Today, you are five months old! It seems like you have grown a lot and learned even more this past month. Here are a few things you've been up to:
First, you have maintained your generally sunny disposition and get many comments about what a happy baby you are. And you are a happy baby! You really only cry if you're hungry, tired, or need a new diaper. However, we should add that when you are hungry, tired, or in need of a new diaper, you can really scream. Wow. You treated us to quite a show in the car this afternoon, when we were on the way home from Bubby and Poppa's and stopped midway for the wedding of some good friends. After the wedding, during which you were peaceful and happy and passed around to several people, we put you in the car and you were inconsolable for what seemed like an eternity. All this is to say that you know what you want and you definitely let us know when you're not getting it!
Things on the sleep front are going well, for the most part. You have been having some trouble getting to sleep at night, especially now that you aren't in a swaddling blanket anymore. However, once you get to sleep, you have been sleeping mostly through the night and waking up just once to nurse. You usually start out in your little crib and then come in bed with us after you eat. It's a very sweet pattern and we appreciate getting to cuddle you! You sometimes even get cuddles from Mateo, when he comes in to snuggle in the early mornings.
You still love your Mommy's milk and have that for 99% of your feedings. You do get a bottle or two a day from me, which is nice for me, and you just started rice cereal yesterday! We're excited to introduce you to all kinds of new foods now!
You have learned a lot during this past month. You can really grab things and you've also added bringing them to your mouth after grabbing them. You've also gotten down the whole thumb sucking thing. You love your thumb and have begun to learn to self-soothe by sucking it. You've never been much of a pacifier baby, so the thumb-sucking is a nice thing for you to have learned to do. You've also been doing a lot more tracking of people and things, and, especially, food! You watch with rapt attention when we eat. That's one of the reasons we decided to try some real food on you, because you seem so interested in ours.
And, for your grand finale, you learned to roll in both directions! You demonstrated that you can do it with both hands tied behind your back, (nearly) literally, last night. You are a rolling baby now. You combine the rolling with a love for tummy time that neither of your siblings have, making us wonder if you will crawl early, or if you will be content to just observe the world from your tummy for awhile. Either way's fine with us!
It may be too early for this, but you do seem to recognize your siblings and you love it when they play with you. They will get down on the floor and help you roll or help feed you or help change your diaper and we can't help but think that you love it.
Rosa, we love you more than you could ever possibly know. We're excited to see what the next month will bring us!
with all our love,
Mama and Mommy
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