My tiny baby girl is 5 months old! And she is weighing in under the 9lb mark. There are a ton of babies who start where we are and yet Sofia has worked so hard to get to this point and I’m immensely proud of her. At 7weeks the social smiles are I’m full affect and she’s mastering the art of flirting which includes the side glance with full smile! She’s got me hooked for sure. As for Daddy? Oh, you better believe he’s wrapped around that teensy finger.
Aside from the smiles it seems this week her tummy has been giving her some problems. It’s been about 7 days since she been able have a dirty diaper, which being on breast milk isn’t a concern, and seems to be getting increasingly uncomfortable. That’s were the concern comes into play. At times during the day she’s been woken out of sleep with her tummy pains and only seems comfortable, I use that term loosely, while being held. It’s so difficult to see her squirm in discomfort and literally whimper and whine during the gas and tummy pains. My normally content baby spent the majority of yesterday crying, complete with real baby tears! It’s heartbreaking. We go in to the pediatrician for a weight check tomorrow hopefully, I can get some info to help her.
On another note, Sofia has been putting herself to bed at 9pm for about a week and half. She always stirs to eat no matter when the last bottle was. This week we’ve added reading a book to her bedtime routine. She been consistently sleeping a 5-6hr stretch for about 3 weeks for the first half of her night, that was extended to a glorious 7hrs last night…the night I went to bed late…sigh! I should have know this would happen, doesn’t everyone sleep better after a reading of Goodnight Moon?