In an earlier post when Vivian turned 5 months, I wanted to name some things about her at this age. I know I'll forget important things, but here are a few things we want to remember:
Vivian:
-is still eating every 3- 3 1/2 hours. She could do well on a 4 hour schedule, but her naps make it difficult to do that
-naps poorly...continues to wake up at the 30-45 minute mark and can't get back to sleep, even though she's still so sleepy! We're working on it.
-sleeps 12 hours at night, from 7:00 to 7:00 or 7:30. She usually wakes up somewhere between 3:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. to eat.
-loves her exersaucer. She can play in it for 20 or more minutes by herself and be very content. It helps when I need a shower or to do laundry! Most of the time she isn't as interested in the lights and sounds as she is in what she can get in her mouth.
-is easily persuaded to smile. She is very social with everyone.
-figured out that she can move her wrists about a month ago. It's hilarious because I catch her just moving them back and forth...I'll have to take a video of it so it makes more sense. It helps her to manipulate toys.
-plays with her feet when she's eating. She rubs them back and forth together...another video to come on that!
-loves her dad!
-reaches for your face when you're holding her. I love it because once she's got her hands on you, she brings your face to her mouth and give you a big slobber kiss. It's so sweet!
-gets her paci to her mouth and sometimes gets the right end in, but even if she does, she hasn't figured out that she needs to let go with her hand, so she just pulls it right back out
-has been playing around with solids for more than a month (well, her mom has...she did great with rice cereal from the beginning, but I haven't made a progression towards anything else). We plan to get serious this week...she had avocado yesterday and did okay!
-is sitting up very well, and rolls over sometimes.
-is a drool machine. I have to change her bibs 4-5 times a day because they are soaked!
-is a sweetie! We are loving to see how she is growing and changing!
think it's time to put away the infant bouncy seat? I caught her trying to sit up and get out of it last night :) The sad thing is that she never really got in to bouncing in it much.

Dad gets crazy at bathtime!