Lainey: 5 Months

This sweet little thing is 5 months old today. 5 MONTHS. It was a big day today in the Allen house as big brother Dawson started 4K today as well, more on that in the next post...

Lainey is an absolute joy. I still can't believe she is here and that she is a SHE. Lainey is a dream baby and very content 95% of the time...although when we are in the 5%, everyone knows we are in the 5%!

She's become so interactive with her surroundings this past month. She is constantly reaching for anything in her path and trying to put it in her mouth. Including...her thumb! It's adorable.

We've started feeding her some food (oatmeal and applesauce). Nothing consistent yet. Some days she eats a ton, other days she has no interest.

Most days look like this:
6:30am: Up for the day
7:00am: 6oz. Bottle
9-10:00am: Nap
10:30am: 6oz. Bottle
12:30pm: 6oz. Bottle
1-3:30pm: Nap
4:00pm: 6oz. Bottle
6:30pm: 6oz. Bottle
7:00pm: Bed

Post nap with cousin Weston!

LOVES her brother so much!

Then she's out til the next morning. So thankful she is such a great sleeper...will never take that for granted. She sleeps without her swaddle and is great a self soothing (for the most part) by falling asleep on her own.

At 5 Months, Lainey...
- is 17.5lbs
- Is not rolling over...and still not motivated to really even try.
- Can almost sit up on her own
- Like her jumperoo
- Loves grabbing her feet while lying on her back
- LOVES to smile and giggle
- Has enough hair for bows! **Squeal!**

One of my most favorite photos of the two of them...

Dawson loves touching and holding her hands. So sweet.

Such a helper boy.

Lainey with her lovey.