Nina at Five Months
I haven’t done a blog post on Nina’s developments in a long while…so it’s about time. She’s now a week or so past 5 months, and here’s what she’s up to (see our Flickr photos for more details): She likes to hold her hand (the left one) in front of her face and rotate it back and forth, apparently admiring her fingers. She’s rolling across the floor less, instead trying harder to figure out a way to move forward. No luck with that yet. She’ll push up with her legs so that her bottom is in the air, and sometimes end up sort of propped up on her forehead. She’s a lot more observant and responsive, and she loves playing in the Exersaucer that someone in the neighborhood gave me. “Manning the controls,” as we say. I still haven’t fed her solid food, as the doctor told me to wait until her 6-month visit, since she’s doing so well on the breastmilk. I’m trying not to over-analyze this too much and will just stick with the doctor’s recommendations. I thought about getting some rice cereal for her to try but then I realized I don’t have any plastic bowls or spoons. Need to get those.
Nina loves leaves, balloons, grabbing her feet, and anything with lots of colors. She likes when people dance in front of her and clap their hands. She has one book that she loves, called Chika Chika Boom Boom. The front page of this book has a big colorful version of the letters of the alphabet, and she likes to look at this as I sing the alphabet song. Her other favorite activity of late: squealing. She’s got a very good set of pipes, so her squeals of glee really echo through our high-ceilinged apartment.