Abigail: Month 5

She loves: slapping her arms, grunting and stiffening her body, still favors cloth toys over hard plastic, hand towels, she grows more and more infatuated with Claire, chewing, eating, and still loves her blankie and paci

• has her first little cold
• We started heartburn medication to see if it helps her to sleep during the night. She's been spitting up quite a bit since she started.
• She went to the nursery for the first time while I did bible study
• Slept a straight 7 hours on 9/7 (8pm- 3:30am)
• Her naps are getting more predictable, and she's wanting to lay on a flat surface more for them.
• Went to her first tailgate
• She has violent burps. She gets very tense and can't continue eating. Sometimes I have to lay her in her tummy or squeeze her real tight while holding her up on my shoulder and do big squats.
• She's started squawking and stiffening her body when she does it.
• Working on rolling and tummy time!
• She tried my banana and loved it, but her poop was super weird afterward.
• I found out that I was giving her 0.1ml of her meds rather than 1ml. Hoping to see a difference in nighttime now. We've stopped giving this to her.
• A friend suggested leaving a light on in her room after hearing that she sleeps perfectly fine during the day, so we are trying that. (Didn't make a difference)
• We started putting her in the Merlin's magic sleepsuit.
• She loves to have the little kisses on her face (like we do for Claire), and has started giving kisses
• Andrew made a good point in saying that she no longer gets sad when left alone, she gets mad and wants us to respond to her!
• She tried sweet potatoes on 9/20, has also tried banana, apple, and butternut squash
• Apparently it's impossible to sleep well 2 nights in a row...
• She's a morning pooper
• At night she typically goes down around 7:45/8, and wakes up in the 12:00 hour, 3:00 hour and 6:00 hour. Sometimes several times within those hours. We "start" our day at 8.
• Eating schedule is around 8, 11, 2, 5, 7:30 with a solid food around 3:30
• She naps around 9:45/10, 12:30/1, and 4/4:30
• 3-6 month clothes and some 6 month
• I can't say it enough how SWEET she is!!