Colette is 5 Months Old!

My sweet baby girl is 5 months old!

Stats- We brought her in to an after hours place a few weeks ago for an ear infection (which she did have) and they weighed her there. She is 16.3 lbs. At this time with Max, he was only 14 lbs.

Personality- My kids sure know how to smile! Colette is seriously the happiest baby you'll ever see. She "talks" all morning, she laughs a lot and just loves watching the kids play. That's how I knew she had something wrong with her the other week. She was crying all morning and wouldn't stop. She was stuffed up and I read about drainage and ear infection so I took her in and that's what it was. She was fine with a little tylenol, but by the next day she was back to her happy self.

Eating- She is eating every 3 hours still with 4 ounces of breast milk in a bottle while I am at work. She loves her bottle, but still loves to breastfeed so it's the best of both right now. With Max we started pureed foods at this time, but he was very fussy and always seemed hungry. I just tried to introduce some apples and pears to Colette at 5.5 months and she wanted NOTHING to do with it. Basically gagged and threw up a little so no rush there and we will revisit around 6 months.

Sleeping- Well, I said she was cute and always happy right?! If there is a downside, it would have to be the nighttime sleeping. Little miss was doing great until about the 4 month regression and it's gone down hill from there. On a bad night, which is most nights lately she is up 3 times... yes. She goes to bed around 7:30/8pm and is up around 10:30/11pm, 2, 5 and up for the day around 7/7:30.

 

This is how she looks when I put her to bed and normally within the hour (usually within minutes) this is how I find her below. 

 

It's a good thing she's cute. This is how it went with Max before we had to do the Moms on call sleep training method. I think it gets so bad that there is really no other option so you don't feel too terrible about doing it. I've let it go on this long because of her being stuffy/ear infection. I wanted to also start some food so I would know she was getting enough and not hungry. Probably will wait till around 6ish months but it's coming baby girl.

She's napping in her swing still and I am going to try moving her to the crib during our upcoming Thanksgiving days off probably. She still naps 3-4 times a day for about 45-1hr ish.

She is such a big girl! Growing so fast! 

She loves playing in her rain forest activity jumper. Usually while we are getting the older kids breakfast (hadley included) we put her in there and she bounces, eats things and has a grand ole time by her self. So thankful for an easy going baby. Also, just a note, if you forget her she will just sleep in there. Just kidding! She wasn't forgotten, just tired.

She puts EVERYTHING in her mouth. She has to wear a bib all day or her clothes will just be soaked. No teeth peeking in yet. She was getting mad she couldn't get this one all the way in. 

 

In the mouth sophie goes. She sits pretty well in the bumbo chair now. She does try to lean over to get your drink cup, food or anything she sees. Must be supervised at all times! 

She's a little roly poly baby. She flips to her stomach so easily and just goes back to her back and so on to get what she wants. Mom sent me a series of photos one day of her under the coffee table rolling all over. She seems eager to crawl so she will probably be early. I am hoping she holds out until after Christmas. She may be the perfect age for a tree or it could go all wrong! I want her to be able to sit, but not actively go after my pretty tree so here's hoping! 

 

I broke out the car walker for her after reading Max's update that he had been zooming around already. She really has no interest in moving in it. She just wants to eat the toys on it and stare into the lights. The older kids think they can still fit and go all around the house still so we definitely got our moneys worth.

Randoms
- She still loves her bath. She has some dry skin and cradle cap like Max had.
- She's in size 3 honest company diapers
-Clothes shes wearing 3-6 but mostly 6 month as those others are snug.

Hadley and her crazy hair was helping with our photo shoot and wanted in on the pics. So cute girls!

I mean just stick a bow on Max and call them the same baby!

October Updates- We've Been Busy!

If you follow me on instagram you've probably seen some of these, but I realized I didn't post much in October so you get to hear about the latest happenings all at once!

 

1. Max is LOVING school. He goes M, W, F and doesn't cry at all. He talks about his teachers a lot and class mates. He says his best friend's name is Landon. The teachers are so great about sending pictures and updates.

 

2. David took his exam a few weeks ago and has a long wait to find results. We are just glad for this break to have him back with us instead of stuck in the books. 

 

3. As you know Michelle and her gang came to stay for a few weeks. Miss. Bella is also here and she doesn't get in many photos so I took a selfie with her. She has a bitchy resting face and can't help it, but that's ok we love her anyway. 

4. Cousin fun before the sicknesses took over.

 

5. Out of no where Max came down with croup on a saturday morning. I noticed when he got up that he had this deep cough although he didn't really cough. It was just deep in there and I knew he might be getting croup. We ran to home depot with the kids and I looked at him in the store (must have been the neon lights they have in there) and I knew we had to get him home and that he didn't look good. He had a fever so we laid low that day. We put him to bed like usual and then an hour later he was screaming and crying. He was having a hard time catching his breath and it was the worst wheezing sound you've ever heard. If your children have had croup you know what I'm talking about. I had read up on it and also saw if they are drooling that they may be having issues with their air passage ways so we headed to CHOA ER. This was after 9 so the urgent care CHOA they have closer to us was closed. 

 

We had to give him a breathing treatment and a steroid. We stayed there until 1 or 2 am. He did not love that mask on his face although it appears he doesn't care (after I snapped pic he freaked). We kept him out of school the next week and we hoped no one else would get it. Flash forward almost 10 days later Hadley came down with it... They went to the urgent care place so not as tramatic as an ER but she had the same treatments done. We just could not shake these sicknesses. Thankfully Colette did not get it as of now. We have all at some point had bad coughs, lost our voices and sore throats. 

 

6. The rug I picked out for the basement playroom/living room came in and I LOVE it. I picked it out from Home Decorators (we have a store in Alpharetta that I went to at lunch one day). They had 20% off, free shipping and mattress pad so I was sold. 

 

7. My sister got a contract on her house over the asking price so that called for a champagne celebration! 

8. Our alma mater Georgia Southern played Georgia State at the Georgia Dome a few weeks ago and we got tickets to tailgate and watch the game. A lot of fun (maybe too much for some) was had. Apparently this pic was hard to tell the two of us apart. Take your guesses. Our school (the real GSU) came out victorious and we are #1 in our division (our new sunbelt division might I add).

Most of you know that David is not a huge fan of football. Tailgating he is all for it and hanging out, but not the actual game. So while we were cheering our faces off David made himself a challenge of getting into the box seats and having free beer. To get proof he got a picture with GUS! I am totally jealous.

 

9. Fall in Georgia is very pretty. Especially the entrance to our neighborhood. 

10. I mean they just are so adorable. Max genuinely loves his sister and tries to play with her and hold her hand a lot. It's the cutest thing. I love how she is holding his hand in this picture.

 

11. Kinsley (Max's cousin) goes to the same school (diff. teacher) but they see each other for recess, specials and events. My mom went to help at the fall festival and got some great shots of them. 

 

His class. They are so cute. 

 

12. Well everyone, this is really exciting news. Our contractor is DONE with his work on the basement! That doesn't mean we are done done, but we are very close! David and the guys still are working on getting all the lighting in, hooking up showers, toilets, door knobs and finishing touches. Here are a few photos in bad light to show you. 

 

I love the colors we went with and the ceilings. Sorry about the refrigerator in the middle of the room, but we haven't moved it to the correct spot yet. More updates when we are completely done. 

13. Nothing is more fun than cousin bath time! Hope you all have a great weekend!