5 months old

Brenna is now 5 months old! Based on the home scale she weighs about 15 pounds (her next checkup isn't until next month). She is growing and changing so much every day and we can't believe that our baby is almost half a year old. As we've mentioned in earlier posts, she is learning new things each day and has recently started making new noises and puts EVERYTHING in her mouth so we think that teeth are on the horizon. She really seems to enjoy paper and books - those are almost always what she reaches for first (and of course brings them straight to her mouth). I hope she likes books this much when she learns to read! Now that she is 5 months old, we decided to introduce rice cereal to her diet. She was giving us signs that she was ready for food (eating A LOT, eyeballing our food, reaching for our cups, etc.) so we thought we'd try it out. So far, we've tried it 4 times and most of the cereal ends up on her chin, cheek, nose, hands, bib, etc. But, we figure the longer we try, it will become a part of her routine and she'll learn to eat it. It is also an attempt to get her used to the new high chair (and attached toys) that she got for Christmas from Grandma and Grandad Pearson. She has moved into a bigger car seat and has been sleeping through the night most nights (hope I didn't just jinx it) and it is nice for us to get some rest!