5 Months Old

Josephine turned 5 months old last weekend! Her new trick now is chewing on her toes (as you can see in the picture).

Josephine Update:

• Josephine slept in her own room for the first time last night. I slept in the other bedroom upstairs. I didn't want to go up and down the stairs in a sleepy stupor (sp?) all night long. She's gotten a little bit better at night. She'll sleep for a couple three-hour stretches at a time now, but mostly wakes up every 2 hours. I'm hoping that by sleeping in her own room Nathan and I won't wake her up and it's a bit darker in her room too. We're also trying an earlier bedtime. She was asleep by 8 o'clock last night, but then woke up at 8:45 and would't go back to sleep until 11:00. Maybe tonight will be better.
• She's rolled over from her stomach to her back twice this morning. She doesn't try to go from her back to her stomach. She just lays on her side and puts her head back as far as it will go to see what's above her head. She can almost touch her back with her head, it's kinda creepy.
• She's discovered a "new voice". She makes kind of a short, screechy yell, it almost sounds like she's trying to clear her throat. She likes the sound.
• As I mentioned before Josephine has discovered her toes and loves to put them in her mouth.
• My hair has become a big attraction for Josephine. She's starting to put it in her mouth. Yuck. She's always pulled my hair, but it's becoming more purposeful now, she seems to search for it. She likes to hold on to it when I'm rocking her.
• She's back to the preference of me rocking her to sleep. She'll still go to sleep in the swing, which is where she is at the moment. She's been asleep for an hour now, very strange. She usually only sleeps for 30 minutes at a time.
• She sits up on her own for the most part now. Although she likes to throw herself back. She hasn't hit her head on anything hard yet, so she doesn't realize it's a bad thing. If I walk away from her I still keep the Boppie around her.
• She is very aware of people eating and drinking. She starts licking her lips and follows the food/drink from the table to your mouth. It's funny. I'll probably start her on cereal in the next couple weeks since she's so interested. The pediatrician recommended waiting until 6 months to start solids, so it's pretty close to time.