Caroline is 5 months old today! I know I say this every month, but SERIOUSLY! It's going by so fast. She's turning into such a big girl right before our eyes.
Caroline at 5 months:
-No official check up this month, but we did go see Dr. G this week to have her eczema looked at again (it's really been bothering her) and she weighed 16 lbs. 7 oz....OMG! This was with her clothes on, so I am not sure how much that skewed it, BUT that is still 2 pounds more than she weighed a month ago!?!?! 2 pounds?!?!?! Geez...
-She is still nursing every three hours during the day. Which seems to be doing the trick. We'll probably start cereal sometime in the next month, which I am sure will lend itself to lots of funny stories and pictures. At night, we are in the process of dropping her 10:00pm feeding. So far, so good! She eats about 10 oz. at 7:00 pm, goes to bed around 8:00 pm, and sleeps all the way until 7:00am!!!!
-She rolls in both directions (tummy to back and back to tummy). This is definitely her favorite thing to do! However, it seems that since she figured out how to get from her back to her tummy, she "forgot" how to roll from her tummy to her back. She still can (and will), but not without a bit of fussing.
-She is a side sleeper all the way. Has been for a while now. Every once in a while she rolls onto her tummy while she's sleeping, but she doesn't seem to want to stay that way.
-She tosses and turns like crazy at night! I find in her all kinds of crazy positions and locations in her crib. This isn't new, but it has definitely gotten worse since she can now roll. She gets her arms and legs caught between slats. I debated about what to do...put the bumpers back on? leave them off and keep rescuing her through out the night? I opted for the mesh bumper solution. Now, she won't suffocate, but she also won't get stuck. I highly recommend them!
-She is working really hard on sitting by herself. She has mastered the boppy-assisted sitting pretty well. She'll play like that for quite a while, until she reaches to far for a toy and tumbles over...ouch. If I sit her up by herself, she can sit unsupported for up to 15-20 seconds....sometimes. Definitely not consistent, so the SLP in me would label this skill as "emerging." :)
-She is still obsessed with her Daddy. I feed her, change her, and care for her all day. But as soon as he walks in the door, I am old news. She will just stare at him and smile. I will try to sing to her or get her attention with toys, but no. She's done with me. I love that she is a Daddy's girl already!! He is in for it when she's a teenager...
-Favorite toy right now is a remote. We have a cute little toy TV remote (Thanks Aunt Diane!) and she LOVES it! She also loves the real TV remotes and the occasional Blackberry. Is she her Daddy's daughter or what?!?!
-Her hair is what I like to call "in transition." Not sure what we are transitioning to, but it's a mess! On top, she still has the hair she was born with, and it's getting long! Around the sides and back, the original hair has fallen out and blonde fuzz has replaced it. This gives the illusion of a toupee and/or a comb over on top. It's pretty rockin'!
-No official teeth yet, but there's a lot of puffiness and whiteness on the bottom. I feel like she's been a little fussier lately, so maybe it's working its way out. She loves her teething rings and especially her teething ball (thanks Andrew and Mel!). I have also been putting her pacis in the fridge and she really likes that, too.
You now know more about Caroline than you probably ever wanted to know :) But I love having this to look back at see how much she's changed!
Aunt Paige and Emma, the birthday girl, chillin' at Peter Piper Pizza...AWESOME. 
Jon beat me in Skee Ball. I demand a rematch. I hate losing!!!!
After the festivities in D-town, we jetted back to Austin to watch to the Super Bowl with friends.
See??? All those Sundays when Daddy neglected Caroline and I finally paid off!! ;) 
