5 Months Old

Briley has turned into such a good, sweet baby. She really only cries when she's in her carseat! She screams her head off on the way home from church every Wednesday night!!

We've gotten into a pretty good routine during the day. Nighttime is a little shaky, though! On a good day, she sleeps until 7:30 or 8:00, takes a couple of cat naps in the morning, takes a great afternoon nap, and goes to bed between 7 and 8. We've had some rough nights the past few weeks, though. She got into the habit of waking around midnight and staying awake for 2 hours! Ahhh! I hope I've gotten her out of that habit this week by letting her cry herself to sleep at naptime a few times. I absolutely HATE letting my babies cry, but it really hasn't been too bad. She's only cried for 15 or 20 minutes, then gone to sleep!

I'm still nursing, but she is getting 2 bottles of formula a day. I feed her 5 times a day, about every 3 hours. She is also eating rice cereal, apple sauce, and bananas. She is still working on eating from a spoon, but she gets better every day.

She is almost sitting up, but not quite. She is grabbing everything in sight, including her brother's toys, which he is not too happy about! He is usually pretty good at giving her a "baby toy", though! She watches Maddox like a hawk and acts like she can't wait to do everything he does! He loves to wake her up if she's asleep and we need to go somewhere. He climbs up on the side of her crib and says "Sister, wake up". She lifts her head up and gives him the biggest grin!