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| Margaret at 5 months. She’s at a stage where she doesn’t want to stay put – she wants to lunge forward when I do these posed yet candid photos with her for her monthly update pics – I love those stickers – hers are iron-on but here is a sweet set of reusable stickers for clothes. Her eyes are just so gorgeous in these photos in our living room! |
Last summer when she turned 5 months old, we ran into the realization that our girl was growing up so quickly! Due to her continued slow weight gain, we started some solids with her on the recommendation of her Pediatrician. We started on baby oatmeal which she didn’t like at all at that point in August 2017 (and still doesn’t as of May 2018). She took to apple compote and peach compote immediately though! Gradually increased solids in small portions while I continued to give her mostly breast milk directly from me or expressed and in a bottle. She does both very well without much fidgeting or fighting me or her Daddy about “eating.”
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| Margaret at age 5 months, Pippin Hill Farm & Winery, Albemarle County, Virginia. August 22, 2017. Beautiful evening with Scout Bags and the hydrangea bushes were absolutely resplendent! |
In the photo above she is in her Bumbleride Indie in the Camp edition color (we purchased it from Baby Blossom in Fairfax, Virginia). She loves this stroller. With baby number two we will likely get the bassinet insert as well just to make it easier, since I may be prone to smaller babies… maybe. haha. Maybe future number 2 will be massive in comparison! Anyway, the Bumbleride Indie is made from 100% recycled PET – and folds up beautifully to fit easily in our car trunk. We recommend it to everyone we know as it can go on trails, gravel, sand and sidewalks. Easily maneuverable!
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| Margaret at five months on August 22, 2017. Pippin Hill Farm & Winery in Albemarle County, Virginia. |
Five months in, we got to a point with Margaret that we were more comfortable taking her out and about with us, so we enjoyed lots of outings and events such as: a family reunion, meals out on patios in and around Cville and RVA, my birthday long weekend in my hometown with family, a blogger event at Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards with Scout bags, and other outings. She was our little social butterfly and she loves people!
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| Like I said, our little social butterfly just loves being a little ham for the camera, and for our friends (and strangers)! |
So if my calculations are correct, the window of 5 months old is from 121 days to 150 days old, or 12 weeks, 1 day and 15 weeks, 6 days (approx.). I have to write these out before I do these posts so when I go through the Photos and iPhoto app on my laptop I can skim through and find the most applicable photos. I also have to go through the Ovia Parenting app, which helped me track the different developmental moments for our sweet girl. I used the Ovia Pregnancy app when I was TTC and during fertility treatments (have I talked about this on the blog?). Both are pretty convenient resources and you can save profiles for multiple kids, which will come in handy down the road.
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| Baby MCVA on my 32nd birthday wearing a sweet smocked bear bubble that was mine as a baby, and a new bonnet from The Tipsy Bunny which we got for her in gorgeous white eyelet lace. |
Developments for Month Five:
- Holding head straight up while lying on back
- Blows raspberry/making wet “razzing” sounds
- Reaches for utensils while being fed (tip: give baby a second spoon to play with and hold while you feed. She’ll fight you less!)
- Gets in crawling position
- Babbles enthusiastically
- Tries to lift head while on back
- Expanded sounds: gurgling, growling, giggling.
- Recognizes bottle and breast.
- Can have conversations of mimicry – we especially noticed this pattern when we would go to events or when we would be in church and she would mimic us saying “Amen”
- Holding objects with both hands.
- Repeating one-syllable sounds.
(Some of these may possibly have been duplicates of previous months, haha)!
I hope you have enjoyed my continued (UBER DELAYED) monthly updates for this kid. She really is amazing, and I love sharing her with you all. If she wasn’t such a ham and social person, I probably would never share these posts, but she definitely loves being around people so much more than you all may realize unless you knew her yourself. We are so lucky to have a happy, loving, kid (esp now that she knows how to hug and kiss back #HeartEyes).
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| By the end of five months, someone was such a pro at tummy time! She loves this play mat from Infantino so very much. And it folds up nicely for storage if you need to (the top part even detaches quickly if you just want the mat out and the dangling toys loose). |
She is PRECIOUS! Although we know we are supposed to cherish every moment, nothing adequately prepares us for how fast they actually grow up. Enjoy her!
Such cute photos, she's a doll! And that stroller looks awesome too. 🙂
She is adorable and true babies grow quickly. I hope her weight is where it needs to be now and she has discovered more foods she likes.
She’s getting so big! My kids always loved doing raspberries LOL it’s so funny seeing how excited they get when they realize they can do it!