Miss Abigail turns 5 months old today! This last month has definitely gone alot faster than any of the first four. So, in honor of this milestone, here's an update on all of her little antics:
Abbie's new favorite toy is the dog. She likes to grab a handful of Kahlua's hair and pull - we're lucky to have such a good natured pet. Kahlua just stands up and walks away when it bothers her.
For some reason (probably because of teething), Abbie likes to stick out her tongue and blow raspberries all over the place. Between that and the constant drooling, I've learned to appreciate my mother's advice to keep bibs on her constantly.
She's not able to go from laying to sitting up on her own yet, but she's trying really hard (you'd think she was constipated the way she grunts), and when helped up, she loves to sit up and can stay sitting up on her own for a limited amount of time. She's rolling over (both ways) just fine now, but she prefers to roll onto her stomach and then complain until Mommy picks her up.
Abbie had her first solid food on Friday (10/10). It was a mixure of rice cereal and breast milk - she lapped it right up (but not without the usual spitting mess, of course). We're hoping the addition of solid foods will help her sleep better at night, because recently she had gone back to waking 1-2 times a night to eat.
And speaking of firsts, Abbie had her first night away from her parents last night - Marc's cousin got married yesterday (congrats, guys!) and so we left Abbie with my mom for about 24 hours. I was definitely not prepared for how much I was going to miss her, but funny thing - she came back to us in one piece and she was even still smiling!
She's also become a much more social little girl in the past couple weeks - she'll smile for anybody and everybody who smiles at her. That's also added to the sleep issues - socializing is so much more fun than napping!
She can also now go from sitting in my lap to standing up on her own, but she immediately falls over, because she doesn't have any balance without something to hold on to.
That's about all I can think of for now. When she hits another milestone, we'll let you know!