5 month state of the address

Willa is five months old, wow!  This month has seen a host of new experiences, like swimming in a pool and Kindermusik, as well as the basics like her feet and the joy of chomping everything with her two new teeth.  She is about 15-16 pounds, based on the difference between my weight holding her and alone and is still long and thin.  She has great head and neck control, excellent grabbing skills, and is improving in sitting up alone.  During tummy time she is starting to scoot with her first half consistently, and can move across the floor if we help push her lower half.  She has rolling from her front to her back like a champ, but is still working on going from back to front.

Right now her favorite toys are her chain links and the Jumparoo, with the playmat starting to get boring.  When she's in the Jumparoo, she moves and grooves a lot with a big smile on her face, so it seems like this will be the Summer of Jumping for little miss.

She is still sleeping through the night, although most nights she wakes up needing to burp a couple of times before she goes down for the night.  She is still exclusively breastfed, but we will start her on rice cereal in the next couple of days.  As a bonus, she has started to hold her own bottle for Jeremy and the sitters, which is quite impressive.

One handed, no less!

Stranger danger is starting to develop too, which makes me glad that we have had the same babysitters since the beginning.  We went to a craft event at church yesterday, and there were a lot of very nice people that wanted to hold her, but she was very shy.  I think she made it a couple of minutes before she was ready for mom again.  This, plus her reaching for me, makes me feel very loved indeed.  I just hope she doesn't hurt people's feelings during this stage!

Right now we are loving life.  She knows us, is sleeping through the night, eats well, and stays where we put her.  It seems like a perfect sweet spot, and I'm excited to see where it goes from here!