5/6 month old check in?

[Bernadine]

I love hearing what's going on with the other babies.

Is this age too young to understand cause/effect? Dd was playing with wipes. I took them away from her, and she started crying. I gave them back to her, and she stopped. Is she manipulating me already? Lol.

We have her eczema under control now, and we're slowly reintroducing foods.

I noticed her first tooth about a week ago. She hadn't been any fussier, I just happened to feel it.

She can sit up for a few seconds on her own, and then face plants, lol. She's rolling all over the place, and starting to really enjoy toys. She's figured out how to yell, and likes to make sure everyone hears her.

She's still a shitty napper. At night, she will sleep about 12 hours, with two wake ups, usually between 12-12:30 and 3-3:30. I wish she would stretch that second wake up a litttttle later.  I put her down awake, and she's pretty good at getting herself to sleep.  And she falls back asleep easily after she eats.

Nursing is going really well.  I'm still amazed at how much easier it is now.  She can nurse on both sides in 10-15 minutes, and last time we did a weighted feed, she at 5 ounces in that time.  Between bottles and nursing, she's eating about 6-7 times per day.  And then solids about twice a day.

Overall, she's a GREAT baby, and I feel incredibly lucky.  Also, it makes me not want another one, because there's no way I'd get another baby this good.  Lol.

Oh, and we saw Santa, and she didn't cry!

[pinotgrig]

H is 5 months old!

He nurses like a champ and can eat in <10 minutes. He doesn't mess around with food! I still have a bit of an oversupply and am freezing an add'l 100 oz a week almost. I've donated 200 oz to a local mom and probably have another 800 oz in the freezer. No more mastitis, thankfully - soy lecithin is amazing!

He sleeps so well - usually 9:30-7 when I wake him up for school. On weekends he sleeps in until 9:30 or so. Usually no wake ups, but if he does it's around 6am when I'm getting up anyways. We've not started solids yet. He still has a pretty strong tongue thrust reflex but does seem interested in food we eat.

Ds1 loves him to much - he loves to kiss and hug him and bring him toys. He just started rolling back to belly. He can sit with help and is tying to sit up in his rnp. He loves play gyms and chewing on soft toys. He doesn't take a paci which we're ok with since his brother is still mega-attached to his at 2.5 yo.

He is SO mellow! So happy and as long as he a full belly doesn't care if you put him down. My house was so clean on ML, lol. I can put him down awake in his crib and he puts himself to sleep with no fuss. I feel like he's a unicorn baby. He's the best snuggler and just SO sweet.

ETA - No teeth yet, but I think he's starting to teeth. He does this cute thing where he sucks 2 fingers when he's asleep. He's also quite gassy and it's so stinky. Lol

[winemaker06]

How are they growing so fast?!
DD is about 5.5 months and I keep forgetting I don't have a newborn anymore. But she's still a pretty happy baby who laughs a lot ands enjoys being held.

She is sleeping about 10 hours at night again after a hellish Thanksgiving week of waking every hour. We took all pacifiers away and she started sleeping again! Occasional wake ups but at least I'm not a zombie anymore. Unfortunately there's no miracle 'drowsy but awake' bedtime, she protests unless she nurses right before bed. But 5 minutes of crying and she tapers off and goes to sleep.

Along with a week of crappy sleeping, I've had a cold and my output pumping at work has suddenly tanked. It is slowly increasing a little so I'm hoping it doesn't keep getting worse. But I have 500 oz in the freezer so I'll make it to 6 months no matter what!
Feedings still take 30 minutes, I guess I'm not destined to ever have quick eaters.

To go with that, daycare keeps saying she needs bigger bottles, which I can't pump enough for. She's not napping well there and I think they want to feed her every time she fusses. I told them to get her to nap if she acts hungry at the 1-2 hour mark and it seems to be helping.

She's rolling all over the place, making it hard to leave her in her play mat and pump in the mornings!
Trying to sit up but definitely still needs support.
No solids yet. I'll probably wait until after Christmas because we don't need to add anything else to the chaos.

The toddler really loves his sister and can make her laugh so easily. He is quite the entertainment for her, especially when running around and falling off couches and stuff.

[Mrs.flang]

DD is only 4 months but I'll chime in!

At the start of last week we had three straight nights of 6+hours of straight sleep and it was glorious. But then starting last Friday until now it's been the worst it's ever been! I nurse to sleep and then can't even put her down without her waking and fussing. Rinse and repeat all night long until I usually give up at around 4am and let her co-sleep until I have to get up at 6:30. I keep reminding myself that everything is a phase and as annoying as it is, I'm not ready to sleep train or try anything too disruptive so I'm just KOKO until I can't take it anymore!

Since she nurses practically all night Idk if she's gotten more efficient. I think so much of it is comfort nursing, but I'm happy I've been able to keep up. She seems to be gaining like a champ.

Pumping at work has been getting more efficient and I'm in a good grove now and not as stressed out about keeping up with her demand. At the request of daycare I reluctantly increased her total oz during the day by just one oz spread over four bottles and it seems to have worked at least for the last few days. I'm able to get almost an oz in leakage when I nurse at night so that's how I'm making up the difference. I do start my busy season at work in January so that will be another adjustment period that I hope will go smoothly.

DD has found her voice and just loves to babble. It's like we're having a conversation and so super adorable.

[tealblue]

DS2 just turned 6 months! He's such a sweet and happy baby. He loves to giggle, babble and give kisses (or eat my face).

He rolls all over the place. Lay him down and he's half way across the room in a second. He loves purées and had some sliced bananas and sucked on a whole steamed carrot.

I asked daycare if he needs more ounces per bottle and they said no. He's spreading the bottles out more now that he's getting 2 oz of food at school. I have about 600 oz of milk frozen and think I'm going to see if one of my friends wants 100 oz or so for her baby. 600 oz would get me 1 bottle everyday for daycare until he's 1... and I'm still keeping up to his intake, so I don't think I'll use it all.

[lifetaketwo]

5 months next week!

One day about a week before she turned 4 months old she woke and was a happy baby, and she's been happy ever since.  It's FANTASTIC.  She was such a tough newborn so I'm not taking happy baby for granted at all.  I wish my maternity leave started now.  It was really like a switch flipped in her brain and she just acclimated to the world.  Now that I can wear her facing out she tolerates the carrier so we can do errands and shop finally!  She loves loves people and will smile constantly if you talk to her.  She also lets you know when you are not paying enough attention to her.  Haha she has intense emotions.

Her sleep is another story - so so so terrible.  This week has been better, but not great.  We've started Feber, but it's kind of spotty because sometimes she immediately falls asleep no effort needed and others she's wide awake and actually has to self soothe.  It's only been a week so we'll see.  The first day we attempted to Ferber she had a magical night and slept 5 then 6 hours so the Ferber part didn't really happen.

She's not doing a traditional babble, but she coos constantly and with emotion.  It's like a conversation.  At our allergist's very strong suggestion we tried some solids and she was NOT impressed.  She wanted the spoon, but once the taste hit her mouth her face was pure disgust.  It was hilarious.  She rolls but only to change positions and not to get around.  One of these days she is going to figure out she can move that way.  We have a weight and ear check on Monday.  I'm trying not to be worried about the weight.  I also hope ear infections don't become her thing.  She just got her third cold today.  Daycare is a petri dish.