5 Months

How are we almost half way through the first year with this pretty girl?!  Quinn continues to grow and amaze us each day.  She flashes her big, goofy grin at you when you walk into the room and it melts your heart.  She is laughing, rolling in all directions, jabbering away, grabbing for everything (which is throwing Nolan for a loop), and curiously taking it all in each day.  She is definitely a girl and has her dramatic moments where she knows exactly how to get her way ;)  Her personality is really coming out and it's great to see it grow each month.

I don't want to speak too soon but we haven't had to up Quinn's dosage of Zantac for the last month!!  Usually we were giving her more every two weeks so I am hoping that she may be growing out of her reflux.  Cross your fingers!!!  She is still on the same feeding schedule as last month.  Drinking four bottles a day, averaging 7 ounces a piece.  Rice cereal ended up not sitting very well with Quinn so we stopped feeding it to her about a week in, and once it was out of her system, she was back to normal.  We held off of giving her any solids for that month and just introduced oatmeal to her last night.  Hopefully her system will agree with the oatmeal much better.

Quinn is still being a good sleeper.  Sleeping through the night (for the most part).  She will wake up a couple of times looking for her "nuk."  As soon as we pop it back into her mouth she is back to sleep again.  She is also still taking two naps a day.  One in the morning and one in the afternoon.  Our biggest sleeping hurdle right now is the "Woombie."  She has been sleeping in this "cocoon" looking sleep sack that zips her arms in close to her body since she was a newborn.  Well, fast forward five months and she is in the largest size (mega baby) that they make and she will NOT sleep without it.  I have tried multiple times to get her to sleep with one arm in, one arm out/cold turkey with both arms out, you name it; we've tried it.  She's just not ready.  Hopefully she won't be sleeping in her Woombie when she's sixteen but that's the path that we are on!!

No new weight/length stats this month since she doesn't go back to the pediatrician until she is six months old.  I just know she is getting heavy and long!  She is comfortably wearing 6-12 month clothes :)

She found her baby feet this month.  Cutest thing ever.