Miss Josie Wosie is five months old! That is five months of wonderful!
- According to our scale, Josie weighs 13lb 14oz. While we don't know how long she is, we know that she is growing length-wise due to her jammies becoming too small. She wears 0-3 month and 3 month clothes still, but we are starting to transition into 3-6 month clothes (especially those jammies). She also wears size 2 diapers now.
- Josie is really starting to sleep at night! She will lay down around 7:30 or 8:00 each night, waking up once to eat. She usually will sleep for about six hours in between those feeds. It is so nice to get a nice stretch of rest, for both of us and her.
- Josie is averaging about 4 1/2 ounces of formula at a time. Once she even had 6 1/2 ounces! She still spits up, but it isn't as bad as it once was. She usually eats about 1/4 cup of cereal once a day, too. I am so glad that this kid likes eating!
- We have a rolling machine on our hands! Josie just rolls and rolls and rolls! One day I watched her roll 6 feet away in a matter of seconds. After she was finished rolling she propped herself up on her arms and smiled. Silly girl! Besides rolling a few feet away from her original location, she will also change directions. If I turn around to do help Sophie with something, or to grab something from another room for a minute while Josie is on the floor, I will always find her in a new place. We really need to be careful about Josie's safety now, watching to make sure she can't pull anything down on her or get tangled up by cords or blankets. If I have her in the hallway upstairs I always lock the gate at the top of the stairs just in case she makes her way over there. Sophie makes the safety thing a little bit harder since she is always leaving toys and items all over the floor.
- Speaking of moving all over, Josie is in those beginning stages of crawling. She does the 'Superman' (arms and legs off the floor while she is on her belly), gets her knees under her body (she isn't pushing up though), and is even scooting/inching forward on the ground.
- Josie is loving her Jumperoo this month. She likes being able to sit up and see everything that is going on. She is also able to touch the ground now, so she is starting to bounce a little. She also loves when Sophie comes over and plays with her. She is starting to play with the attached toys, too.
- Josie loves her big sister! Whenever Sophie goes over to her, Josie will get the
biggest smile on her face! Even when I think that Sophie is being a little rough with Josie
(pulling her arms, opening up her hand, etc), Josie smiles and giggles. Sophie loves Josie, too, and constantly covers her in kisses and gives her big hugs. I am so glad that these two have each other.
- Josie had a lot of firsts this month. Her firsts included: getting in the pool (she liked it); being pushed in a swing outside (loved it!); met her great grandma Z (she gave her big smiles) as well as a few of mommy's aunts and cousins that she had not previously met; she went to her first funeral (for great grandpa Z); she sucked on an ice cube with the mesh holder (She seemed pretty happy with it. It really soothed her gums-we think she is teething); she ate carrots (wasn't too sure about it at first, but ended up loving it. She ate the whole container!).
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| First reactions to carrots. |
- Josie participated in a diaper study. Basically we had to use some diapers for two weeks and record information about them. Can't going to any other specifics due to the confidentiality of the study. We earned some money and had free diapers for two weeks so that was pretty sweet.
- My girl's hair is starting to really grow! I love the fuzz on top of her head.
- Josie and I had a scary experience a few weeks ago. We were walking down the stairs so that we could go to church. I had her on my shoulder, holding her with one arm, and I was holding into the railing. I must have slipped on my pant leg because the next thing I knew I was falling on the stairs. I immediately had a vision of Josie leaving my arms and stumbling down to the hard tile at the bottom of the stairs. I grabbed Josie's shirt and squeezed her to my body as I tried to grip the railing to stop myself from falling. Josie lurched around a little bit, but never left my arms. I was bruised, scraped, and tore skin off of my finger, but thankfully nothing happened to Josie. I am so thankful that Josie was alright. I would take any hurt and pain as long as it meant that my kids would be safe. What a scary experience!
- Josie is grabbing things and holding them so well this month! She is still working on the coordination of it all, but there is a drastic improvement from last month. Now she is holding and grabbing at things both deliberately and with more precision. She will hold objects up to her face so she can get a good look at them. Then the items go straight into her mouth for proper inspection! Her favorite things to grab are her feet and toes. She can't put them into her mouth yet, but I know she will soon enough.
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| Josie loves grabbing her toes. |
- Josie is really starting to get frustrated with laying down all of the time. She constantly tries to sit up by doing these little mini crunches. She gets so mad! Because of this, I've been trying to get her to sit up on her own. She generally just leans forward on her arms and looks like a sphinx. It doesn't last long, but it is a start!
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