5 MONTHS!!

Parks and Marlee are 5 months old today.  I can't believe it.  They have changed so much in these past months, and I love them more than I thought was possible.  We went to the doctor today for their checkup and got a good report.  Both are doing well and growing like sweet little babies should.

Here is what Marlee is up to at 5 months:

- Weighs 11 pounds, 0 ounces

- 23.5 inches long (8th percentile)

- Wearing size 1 diapers

- Wearing 3-6 month clothes

- Is so inquisitive…is constantly looking around and checking out everything in the room

- Loves to stand up

- Is not a fan of strangers

- Eats at 8, 11, 2, 5, 8 and 10:30

- Sleep from 8:30pm – 8am consistently

- Recently started taking a 2-hour nap in the mornings

- Has blue eyes

- Has more hair than her brother and is getting a few more each day

- Smiles all the time and has the cutest and softest laugh I’ve ever heard

- Rolls from tummy to back and is soooo close to going from back to tummy

- Sleeps in a sleeper sack with a paci

- Loves her paci (we only give it to her for sleeping and when we are out of the house doing something

 - Had first taste of formula (I tried straight formula at first and she wouldn’t take any, but now I mix one ounce of formula with 5 ounces of breastmilk into a bottle and she takes it fine)



I love that cheesy smile



Here is what Parks is up to at 5 months:

- Weighs 16 pounds, 2.8 ounces (50th percentile)

- 25.5 inches long (44th percentile)

- Wearing size 2 diapers

- Wearing 9 month clothes!!

- Recently discovered his feet and LOVES to hold onto them

- Smiles and laughs ALL THE TIME and is very talkative

- Is in love with his jumper/bouncy thing that hangs in the door frame…would jump all day if I let him

- Eats at 8, 11, 2, 5, 8 and 10:30

- Sleeps from 8:30pm – 8:00am consistently

- Recently started taking a 2-hour nap in the mornings

- Has Blue eyes

- Is starting to get a little bit more hair…I still think it will be blonde when it comes in

- Rolling from tummy to back with no problem…and just started rolling from back to tummy about 4 days before 5-months old

- Sleep in sleeper sack…but is a little too long for it so we have to go to something else ASAP

- Won’t take a paci for a second…spits it right out

- Had first taste of formula (I tried straight formula at first and he wouldn’t take any, but now I mix one ounce of formula with 6 ounces of breastmilk into a bottle and he takes it fine)



He was so into his hands and not so much into the picture-taking  :)