At five months, Ellie went on her first official vacation to Cancun! She did pretty well on the plane ride which was surprising to me. I for sure thought that I was going to be the one with the crying baby the entire plane ride, but she was such a good girl. We didn't have much time to do much, but we did take her to Xcaret. She did fine with the heat, sun and humidity. I think she did better than I did. We spent a lot of time just relaxing at the hotel pools and beach. All in all, a great time! Although traveling with an infant has its inconveniences, it was definitely worth it to us. Hopefully, there will be many more family vacations to come.
Developmentally, she has done a lot. At five months, we started her on solids. At first, I thought I was going to make my own baby food, but I realized that I really didn't have that much time and I'd rather be spending any extra time that I have playing with her, so we are going the jarred baby food path, which is fine with both Frank and me. She also started sitting unassisted at 5 months. Now, she is a total pro at sitting by herself and playing independently. We bought the alphabet foam pads for her room, and as soon as I put her down at one corner, she rolls ALL over the place and can end up at the opposite corner in a matter of seconds. She is able to get on all fours, but no crawling movements yet. At the beginning, she showed a preference of rolling one direction and as first time parents, we started worrying that she wasn't going to be able to roll the other direction, but now, she has mastered rolling both to her left and her right, from tummy to back and back to tummy. We also started putting her in her walker. She's great at moving backwards in it and also trying to move forward, but that seems like it's much harder to learn than flying backwards =) Ellie also babbles a lot more now. She's constantly playing with her consonant sounds, but they're mostly "da da da da da" or "ba ba ba ba ba", very rarely would she go "ma ma ma" but I am working on it with her! Also, the other big improvement is her naps. She's now able to fall asleep on her own pretty well for naps. We no longer have to hold her and rock her for 20+ minutes. Took some time to get here, but I think she's finally grasp the concept that it's nap time and we're putting her down because she's tired and needs sleep. We just have to work on extending the duration of naps now... It's hard, she's so alert all of the time and curious about the world. She doesn't want to miss out on anything that goes on around her.
The other night when I was putting her to bed, I held her on me and was about to walk over to her crib to put her down. I looked into the mirror and saw our reflection and couldn't help but feel a bit sad inside. Don't get me wrong, I love how she's a happy girl and excited for new milestones, and I'd never thought I'd say this, but I miss her as a newborn. I still remember when we first brought her home, she looked so small when I held her against me. Now she is so much longer and bigger. Pretty soon, she won't be our "little" girl anymore! She already won't let us cradle her anymore, and we had to put her infant swing away a couple of weeks ago. Time really flies and I'm going to miss being able to hold her and cuddle with her. I am loving the stage that she's at though. I love how she's able to sit on her own and play contently with her toys by herself. Pretty soon, she'll be moving all over the place and probably won't be so still when I want to cuddle with her anymore =(
Oh please Ellie, don't grow up so quickly. Mommy just want to hold you and love you and protect you forever...
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