5 Months

An update about Siena and Aria at 5 months.

• Both girls are sleeping about 11 hours a night now.  We still have our occasional wake up early but dare I say it’s not that often (don’t tell them I said that, I don’t want to jinx myself.)
• They love to talk to me and we go back and forth.  Siena has decided to talk constantly.  She has been a little quieter until now and that has definitely changed.  Aria has started mimicking me a little and still has the sweetest little voice.
• Both girls are laughing so hard.  In fact sometimes they are laughing so hard I think they’re going to gag themselves.
• They are playing with their toys much better.

Things Aria would do ALL day if I let her:

• Sit up in her bumbo or with someone holding her
• Suck/chew on her firefly stuffed animal, or really lick and suck on anything
• Watch TV…no matter what’s on, she’s interested
• Kick her legs, and let me tell you she can get those legs going so fast.
• Drool and spit up…never ending.

Things Aria would never do if we didn’t make (er…encourage) her:

• Lay…on her tummy or on her back.  She lifts her legs and head at the same time and grunts at us until we pick her up.  She’s going to have some strong abs.

• Roll Over, I swear she has absolutely no interest in rolling over, she sees no need when she can just sit all day.

Things Siena would do ALL day if I let her:

• Play in her Exersaucer or Johnny jumper
• Lift her legs and then slam them into the ground, crib mattress, bath tub water, etc.  In fact that is what woke me up this morning, I could hear her doing that from the other room.  I don’t even know if she was awake.
• Say Ah-goo, she is so proud of herself with her talking all of the sudden and talks constantly.
• Smile at anyone who looks at her and looks around to see if anyone is looking or wanting to talk to her.
• Kick off her socks.  She has learned to use one foot to push against the other foot and get her sock off…it’s so annoying.  We’ll all be happy when it’s summer and I don’t care if her feet are covered.

Things Siena would never do if we didn’t make (er…encourage) her:

• Lay on her tummy 
• Take a nap for more than 40 mins.