5 Months Old

Chesney you have changed so much in the past month. You are so alert now and love to play. Your little personality is just so amazing! And it is very clear that you know who your mommy and daddy are!

Working on your sitting skills in your Bumbo seat!

Here is what you are up to at 5 months:

• Weight: 13 pounds 12 ounces (about 25th percentile)
  
• Length: 24.5 inches (about 25th percentile)
  
• Clothes: You are now wearing 3-6 months clothes. But, you went through a growth spurt last week and now your sleepers are starting to get short on you already.
  
• Shoes: Your newborn shoes are starting to get tight. We don't put shoes on you too often but when we do, you don't kick them off as much as you used to which is very nice!
  
• Diapers: size 2 but we recently switched you over to Bumgenius cloth diapers and you wear those most of the time.
  
• Food: You are eating both breast milk and formula and not nearly as much as you ate last month. You now eat more at a time (about 4-6 ounces) and can go longer between feeding (3-4 hours).
  
• Development: You are a very active little girl these days. You love to play under your gym. When you are under the gym, you grab and shake the toys hanging from it. You rolled from your front to back for the first time on August 21. But you would much rather get around by arching your back and pushing with your feet. And you love to put things in your mouth now, especially your fingers. My new favorite thing you do is laugh and giggle when I make faces at you..it is just to cute for words.
• Words: None 
• Sleep: You are such a great sleeper. You go to bed at about 8 every night and wake up between 6:30 and 7:00 am. You take a 1 to 1.5 hour nap in the morning and a couple 30 minute naps in the afternoon.
  
• Teeth: None yet
• What I love about you: You are so full of energy and just light up when you see me or daddy. You laugh out loud when I play peek-a-boo with you which I can't get enough of. I love snuggling with you and giving you hundreds of kisses a day. You are one amazing little girl!

That smile is just contagious!

My little peanut you have blessed our lives, and I can't imagine my life without you. You are so loved!