As she grows... month 5

Yesterday Bean turned 5 months old. I can't believe my baby is growing up so fast - even though she's still pint sized. We don't go back to the doctor for another month, but I think she is around 10lbs and still wearing her 0-3 month clothes - though she must be getting longer because some of the PJs are getting a little tight.

Just in the past few days she has really started seeming like an older baby. While she's 5 months old actual, she really is only 10 weeks adjusted, so a lot of ways she acts like a 5 month old, but in others she's still like a 10 week old or somewhere in between. I'm just happy to see her start to hit milestones and know she'll catch up to her actual age by age 2 (or sooner).

New 5 month-ish activities:

- She doesn't want to nap after every feeding

- Likes to vocal her needs a little more loudly

- Loves to engage with you through laughing, smiling, cooing and some vowel type sounds

- Favorite games include looking at her mobile, kicking the toys on her gym and reading books.

She also loves her play mat/gym, but only if she can look at herself in the mirror from her back -- put her on her tummy and she's not so happy after about 5 minutes. I can see how an older sibling can really help a younger one, because when cousin Ellie was over on Sunday, Bean stayed on her tummy for 20+ minutes and didn't complain one bit. Ellie was on the mat with her and guess that extra company helped her hold out longer. Bean can lift her head up when on her tummy, but moves to fast for her mama to get a picture that's not blurry.

In keeping with tradition, we took 5 month shots yesterday with her bear. Once we put her cute bow on, she got all serious. You can check out her previous months shots here.

One of our friends let us borrow their Bumbo and since she has improved her neck control, I couldn't help trying it out yesterday too. She enjoyed that for all of about 3 minutes, but think she liked the view.