Monday, 28 July 2014

6 Months

6 MONTHS!
I seriously can't believe how fast these past 2 months have flown by! We love our Ivy girl so much. 
Here is what life is like with Ivy these days:
-She can sit up on her own for a minute or so then she topples over. We practice with her.
-I pretty much exclusively nurse her. No formula, and she has only had rice cereal a couple of times.
-We gave her some baby food for her 6 month birthday and she spit it all out :)
-Ivy has been acting like she's teething for a couple weeks now. She has been sleeping like a newborn  and pretty fussy during the day, always with her hands in her mouth. I hope she is getting them all in at once so we can be done with teething!
-Her gums randomly started bleeding the other day, but I haven't seen any teeth yet. 
-We finally moved her into her own room. I miss her a lot in the pack n play right next to our bed. 
-She laughs at Cooper the most.
-She loves to smile! She is always looking for somebody to look at and smile at. 
-She coos and talks a lot. 
-Her favorite song is "you are my sunshine". I know its weird to have a favorite song at this age but she always smiles the biggest when I sing that song to her. She LOVES it.
-Her favorite games are pat-a-cake and when we sing the "dance as fast as you want to" song from the library and make her dance. The boys love doing these with her.
-She has finally started using binkys. I don't know how I feel about that. She usually only uses it for sleep though.
-She hates when I paint her nails because of the smell. As soon as I open the bottle, she screams.
-She is rolling all over the place (both ways) but not scooting at all!
-She has started loving lotion rubs
-She still loves bath time
-Her naps aren't very consistent because I always drag her along to playgroup activities for the boys. If she could, she would love to nap at 10 and 1. Her morning nap is usually just 1-2 hours, but she can nap for hours in the afternoon. She is tired by 7-8 pm but she is on sleep restrictions in the evening because of her bad sleeping at night lately :)
-Her disposition is the very sweetest. She is pretty much always good, she is such a happy baby with the biggest smile. 
-We try not to spoil her but kind-of can't help it :)



Wednesday, 9 July 2014

5 months

You are 5 months! How did that happen?! You are so sweet. Your personality is starting to show more and more. You love when we play with you. You smile and laugh a lot now. You hardly ever cry. You laugh the most for Cooper. He loves to talk to you and play with you. You have rolled over both ways but usually you roll from your back to stomach and forget how to roll back over. You aren't able to move your hands however you want to yet, but you are always trying to grab at things. You give big, open-mouth kisses. (probably because you get big kisses on your lips) You hate to have your nails painted, because of the smell.