Today Maleah is 5 months old! This was a month of GREAT changes! Maleah now naps in her bed in her room! That is HUGE for us! Maleah has learned to suck her thumb! She now calms herself back to sleep very well. She sleeps swaddled with her thumb sucking arm out and this works very well for her. Since she was unswaddling at night at least part way, I knew the swaddle was on the way out, so we tried sleep sacks during naps...they worked pretty well. Just last week, by accident (or divine intervention) we found the Halo sleep sack with the swaddle option. This turned out to be the prefect combo for Maleah! So with naps going so well, we decided to move her to her room at night. She does very well, waking once to nurse. And now if she wakes early, she can use her thumb to put herself back to sleep.
Okay, she does do other things than just sleep well.... :) Maleah eats solids pretty well! She has had rice cereal, sweet potatoes, carrots, avacado (although that is a lot of work!), and prunes. We started with the rice cereal when she was on an antibiotic and that helped her. But after the meds were over, the rice cereal stopped her up, hence the prunes. And thankful they work, fast too! Fed her prunes at breakfast and lunch and she exploded by 5pm that night! SOOO thankful that happened during the day and not at night!
Maleah laughs and giggles, plays well with her toys, enjoys her bath and still has a worried/concerned look on her face when we go out to new places. She seems to be an observer. She lights up and gives her best giggles to Reese. So glad she is 5 months old now the REAL fun can begin! :)
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