Happy 5 month birthday Annika! Tonight, before your bath, Mommy will weigh you. I bet you're about 16 pounds 4 ounches or so. Let's see how close I am! I'm also going to stop on my way home from work tonight and get some oatmeal or bran cereal for you. So far, you've only had rice cereal. You're getting pretty good at eating it. You do make quite a mess though. I think it's really funny when I bring the spoon to your mouth, you blow out, and cereal goes flying. Then you giggle because you think you're pretty funny too. This may not be so funny when you get bigger though.
You're not sleeping very well right now though. Last night you woke up at 2:10 AM and thought it was go time. Mommy did not agree. :) I ended up having to rock you until 2:50 AM to get you to fall back asleep. Then, of course, as soon as I stood up, you woke up. It was okay though because as soon as we got back in bed and you were nestled so comfortably in the crook of my arm, you fell asleep again. Daddy wonders why I go to bed so early (9:15pm last night), well, it's because you wake up so often at night! You are waking every 1-3 hours lately. I'm going to keep track of it for a week or two and then refer to the No Cry Sleep Solution book to see how I can help you. Don't worry - Mommy won't make you cry it out. She doesn't believe in that. You're little for such a short amount of time that I can help you learn to sleep better without making us both miserable (Mommy couldn't bare to listen to you cry). I hope you're having a good day with Daddy. I can't wait to see you later! Love, Mommy