Seems like she's doing more everyday!!!

I always seem to have something else to update about :)

Ellery's been a master at rolling tummy to back for a while now.. .she wakes herself up and won't go to sleep on her back - good times LOL

Today - less than an hour ago actually - my mom called me to tell me that she's finally gotten the hang of back to tummy rolling!!!

YAY ellery *and thank goodness!!!*

Weekend Recap

This weekend had it's ups and downs. Friday morning I took Ellery to the GI doctor. . .by their scale she's 16lbs 8oz. - growing like a weed :) Dr. M upped her Zantac and told me that I could go ahead and put her back on regular formula. YAY! *or so I thought*

Saturday morning John got up with Ellery and forgot to give her the good start instead of the hypoallergenic formula. No problem. At her 11am feeding I gave her applesauce and a bottle with Good Start. She ate it fine. . all seemed okay. We went to my parents (where by the way Ellery tried out the pool. . as you'll see in a moment she did NOT like it ROFL - it's freezing cold right now!!!). At my parents we had to give her her 3pm bottle - no good start b/c we forgot it so we just gave her the hypo. formula. She wouldn't drink it.. she wouldn't eat her cereal. .nothing. All of a sudden she just started puking everywhere......she seemed fine afterwards.

7pm rolls around and I'm worried b/c now she's missed a feeding - we mix 2 scoops hypo formula to 1 scoop regular and begin the feeding. This time she keeps it down for about 20 minutes :(. I called the pediatrician who told us to switch back to the hypo 100% and call Dr. M today. argh. She was fine all day yesterday though for father's day.

We had a very nice day - John got to sleep in - and I made cinnamon rolls for him. Ellery gave him a mousepad with her picture on it.. . I gave him the radio remote for his Ipod and Belle gave him a bottle of fancy BBQ sauce from Williams Sonoma. The rest of the day was spent at my parents with my family.

Here are some pics from our weekend:

5 months old already!!!

Where does the time go????? I cannot believe our little munchkin is already 5 months old.....

here's this month's info:

let's see . . .at 5 months:

weight/length/percentiles: TBD - we have a GI appointment tomorrow. . at her last pedi visit which was at about 4.5 months she was 15lbs 12oz and 26 inches long putting her in the 80th percentile for weight and the 90th for length!!!

sleeping: through the night and 2-3 naps throughout the day

teeth: still working on the bottom two - her gums are all swollen and she's in pain a lot from them. . . she bites bites bites. . . Infant Tylenol and Baby oragel help as do teethers in the fridge and a washcloth with an ice cube. She seems to run a low grade fever with them as well.

smiling: of course!!!

laughing out loud: yes. . not consistantly but certain things really get her giggling

rolling over: she rolls ALL over the crib (tummy to back) but is like a turtle once she gets on her back .. .rofl. .makes bedtime a bear lately LOL . she's been falling asleep on her side and falling onto her tummy though.

eating: 6oz every 4 hours (24 oz daily) plus 2 Tablespoons of cereal with 2 feedings and 1 Tablespoon with the other 2 feedings. We've started fruits and veggies at her 11am and 7pm feeding - she's tried carrots, sweet potatoes, squash and pears. She's really seemed to like them all - though i would say carrots are her LEAST favorite.

other: scoots all around her crib at night, holding her head and trunk up amazingly well when on the floor, grabs for everything!!! if we put her in a "tripod" sitting position she'll stay up for a good minute or so.....can hold our hands and go from sitting to standing. . ."talks" all the time. .. screams as well. . she's really found her voice!!! loves her feet . .she loves kicking them (especially the right leg) and loves pulling them up to her mouth when she's on her back LOL, she's so happy all the time. . even when she wakes up. Loves her jumparoo and her exersaucer, LOVES belle so much - always smiles and laughs when she sees her walking by .. . much more interested in belle than belle is in her ROFL

Solids update (sans pictures)

I wanted to do a quick update about Miss Ellery and the solid foods. We started Saturday night by giving her some carrots....there were a lot of shivers and gagging. .I think it must have been the texture. Anyway. . even though she was gagging she was still eating so dumb Mommy kept shoveling it in. . .yeah.. she gagged again and SPEWED carrots everywhere . . .LOL. . Thankfully she hasn't done that since!!!

Carrots were Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday (we had to use up the jars ROFL)

Yesterday we started sweet potatoes. . . .she LOVES those. .gobbled them right up!

I have some cute pics to share of the carrot incident (before spewing :) ) but I'm at work. . and they're at home.

All in all, things are going really well - our only challenge is her rolling - she rolls from tummy to back but not the other way. When she goes down for her naps or at night she's rolling onto her back and fussing because she doesn't know how to sleep that way. . . i'm considering duct tape ROFL :)