While the grins and giggles have continued to brighten our everyday, the fifth month has brought major physical growth and development. Her head and neck control has really strengthened. She's able to push her upper body off the floor during tummy time and hold her head steady when carried or propped up. She rolled from her tummy onto her back at the beginning of the month and is on the verge of rolling from back to tummy at month's end. I have been calling Robert to "hurry and come see!" all week long, because she can get herself rolled all the way to her tummy except for that right arm that gets stuck underneath and launches back over onto her back. She has also found her feet. My oh my does she love those feet. She gets frustrated when she can't get both of them in her mouth at the same time. She can quite literally fold herself in half to play with those cute little feet of hers. Many of the pictures I took she was either folded in half or trying to roll over. She's ready to move!
She outgrew her Moses Basket this month. We moved the Pak n Play to our bedroom from the family room. We're doing a modified co-sleeping. She starts off the night in the Pak n Play, previously the Moses Basket, then moves into the bed when she wakes up. However, since she's still largely sleeping through the night, she tends to stay in one place. If she's not in the bed, I like for her to be right next to the bed, so I can tend to her immediately. Anyways, all this to say, I can't believe my baby girl is too big for the Moses Basket! She's growing so fast!
