Catching Up With Caitlin: Five Month Update

Five months old on 1/22/13

It's a new year, and last week I turned 5 months old! Almost half a year already, and Mommy says it's flown by! It was a Tuesday, so I spent most of the day at day care, then hung out with Mommy and Daddy at home.

Four Month Stats
Weight: 16lbs 4 oz
Clothes size: 3-6 months
Diaper size: 2

Five Month Habits
Eating: 4 or 5, 5-6oz bottles of breastmilk (or breastfeeding when Mommy's home!) per day, about every 3-4 hours. I just started eating some veggies this week since I turned 5 months, too, and so far I like them all! I eat oatmeal cereal around 8am and veggies and/or rice cereal around 5:30.

Sleeping: For the last 3 nights, I've been sleeping through the night from 6:30 or 7pm until about 6:30am!!! Mommy and Daddy are really hoping it sticks!
Naps - I usually take a pretty good nap in the morning for 1-2 hours around 9am. Then in the afternoon I take another nap around 12:30 or 1. Some days it's another 1-2 hours, and other days it's only 30-40 min. On those days, I take a late afternoon nap around 3:30 or 4, too. At least, that's how I usually nap at home. At day care, who knows! I like to do something different every day!

Play/skills: I've gotten really good at reaching out and grabbing things, and I like to put everything in my mouth. Lately I've been practicing reaching out and picking up toys when I'm on my tummy, too, but it's hard work! I still haven't quite figured out how to roll over yet. Mommy says that I used to know how to roll from my tummy to my back, but I guess I forgot! I'm still trying to roll from my back to my tummy, but I get about 2/3rds of the way there, and then I flop back over. It makes me spin around in circles on my back on the floor, which is kind of fun! I can sit up with a little bit of help. I LOVE to talk. I will squeal and coo and make all kinds of sounds! I still love reading books, and my favorite right now is Pete the Cat: I Love my White Shoes. My favorite toy is my piano play gym that Nana and Papa got me for Christmas!

Video of the Month
Check out this video of me in my swing for the first time yesterday!