5 Months

Sorry this is a little late!

Dear Eleanor and Violet,

Again, I'm amazed at how fast each month goes!! This was another big month in development and learning new things!!

You both are getting SO strong! Ella, you FINALLY rolled over on April 23! You don't seem all that interested in rolling though, because you've only done it 2 more times since then! You're just happy to be on your belly I guess! I know you're not behind developmentally, even though you are not rolling much, because you've also started sitting up unassisted this month!! It takes a little propping, but you can sit for several minutes without support! You did that for the first time on April 29th. Violet, you have finally started to enjoy standing up just as much as your sister! You love standing now! You also continue to try to hard to pull yourself up to a sitting position, and roll when you feel like it.



You both seem to be in love with your feet this month! You both have really discovered them! You love grabbing your feet, and trying to get them to your mouths. Violet, you finally got yours to your mouth a couple days after your 5th month b-day, and then Ella, you got yours to your mouth a couple days later! You also both continue to kick like crazy! I think it's time to install Lily's old kick mat toy to your crib!


Probably the biggest thing from this month has been starting solids! I've already written about your first time eating, since then you have continues to not seem to thrilled about solids! Every meal time was a struggle to get you both to eat a couple spoon fulls. Violet, I was worried about starting you on solids, since you didn't seem ready, but you actually seem to be doing better at swallowing your food than Ella! It was just a few days ago that you both started to actually get the concept of eating solids, and have started to eat more of your oatmeal! I'm excited to start introducing fruits and veggies this month!

Your different personalities are really starting to show lately! Violet, you are always so happy and easy going! You're quite the flirt, and love to smile at people! And people can't help but smile when they see your huge grin! You are such a morning person too. One of my favorite parts of every day is waking up to your beautiful smile! Ella, you are a lot more curious and reserved. You always seem like you're trying to figure things out! We've also seen a really playful side to your personality this month! You love to play in your jumperoo, and shriek with delight when you're in it! You're laugh is just infectious! You are definitely NOT a morning person! Every morning while waking up, you fuss and fight so much to keep sleeping! I'm already worrying about having to get you up in time for school when you are a teenager!

You both have really discovered your voices this month, especially Violet! A few weeks ago you started shrieking super high pitched all the time, especially when we were playing! It's was so funny to see, even though it hurt our ears a little! It reminded us of a pterodactyl! Then you forgot all about that vocalization for a while Violet, and started doing this gaspy, sucking in air noise all the time! (Talk about freaking me out...it almost sounds like you are choking...but it's just you experimenting with your voice!) Now you remembered the shrieking sound, and are doing both that and the gaspy sound all the time! Ella, recently you picked up on the gaspy sound too! Mostly your vocalizations are full of grunts and exasperated sighs! I also swear I've heard you babble mum when you are upset!

Both of you girls are seriously teething right now!! You both have massive amounts of drool, and are chewing on everything you can get to your mouths! Sophie the giraffe and my teething necklace have become your favorite toys because they are good to chew on! You each have had a few really extremely fussy days, where the only thing we can figure is that you were in a lot of pain from your teeth coming up. You both also have puffy gums, and we're starting to be able to feel the first 2 teeth under the surface. We expect we'll be seeing both of you get your first teeth within the next month or so!



I'm so excited to see what this next month will bring for you both! You are both so amazing in every way! I love that you are both so wonderfully different We are so proud of how much you are learning and growing!! We love you girls so much!!!

Love always,
Mommy


Eleanor's 5 Month Photo's:








Violet's 5 Month Photo's:





Violet exploring grass for the first time!!