Another month, more fun

Jadyn turned 5 months just a few days ago, and though we don't have a weight update for you until next month, we can tell you all sorts of things she's up to these days.

Jadyn can entertain herself for 10 to 15 minutes at a time with her toys and her toes. Laying on a blanket, she'll roll from back to front and hold her head up for awhile to see things from a new angle. We think she's trying to figure out how to scoot or crawl, but her body isn't following her intentions yet, so she can get a little frustrated. Sometimes she rests on her side when she gets tired, and other times she fusses until we help her flip back over on to her back. When she gets bored with the toys around her, she sucks on her fist or grabs her toes.

The toys on her froggy chair are attached with little velcro strips, and she has overcome the strength of the velcro -- she pulls them off, chews on them for awhile, and then tosses them to the floor. Everything goes in her mouth these days, but still no teeth -- drool everywhere, of course, but no teeth surfacing that we can see. We've altered the angle of the swinging chair now that she likes to sit upright, and we attached the tray with a few toys. She likes it! We've also noticed she can hold herself more upright in her jumper, but she tends to rock back and forth or twist a little rather than jump emphatically.


Check out little J in the laundry basket -- at birth she was so tiny that she'd have rattled around in there, but now she has to bend at her knees to really fit! Jadyn is on the verge of growing out of her 3 month sized clothes, and we are transitioning into the 3-6 and 6 month sized things. The sleep sacks with the swaddle wraps that she's slept in since birth are now too small, so we have to get her used to NOT being swaddled for sleep. We usually wake to her bucking her legs in her sleep sack so that her heels thump against the mattress, and we get up to find her positioned completely differently than when we laid her down. She's always well-rested and happy in the morning; maybe this is one way she takes after her mother....


She went to her first Mariners game last week (they got pummeled that night, unfortunately), and enjoyed the visual stimulation (overstimulation?) until she crashed on our arms and we headed home.


It's summer here, and our house gets quite warm in the evening as the sun streams through the west facing windows. We've found the likes mouthing Daddy's beer bottles -- let's assume it's the cool glass she's after at her young age!