Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Helen is 5 Months Old!


The week before Thanksgiving we (Scott) sleep-trained her, and she is now sleeping at least 12 hours straight at night. We used the Ferber method like we did with the boys, and just like her brothers she learned within 2 nights how to do it. She also naps for an hour at 9 am, and about 3 hours starting at 1 pm. She goes to bed for the night around 6:30 pm, and wakes up around 7:00 am. She is so much happier now that she is sleeping better. We all are!

She tried rice cereal for the first time at 5 months. She loved it from the beginning, but it has taken a few weeks for her to master swallowing it. She seems to prefer oatmeal cereal now.

She grabs at everything, likes holding on to her feet, rolls well from her tummy to back, and is now unswaddled! She loves to hold her muslin swaddling blanket when sleeping.

2 comments:

Jean said...

She's so precious!! Wow, I am so jealous of how much she's sleeping. (Notice how I'm commmenting at 3 AM? Yeah. Couldn't fall back asleep after the last feeding.) I think it's sleep-training time here!!!!

The Mulleneaux Family said...

How precious is she! Love all the outfits!