Something big this month that happened was that we started cereal. Due to Cote's persistent refusal of the bottle, we have begun giving her cereal which she eats mainly at daycare. She will eat it for them without much fuss, and it is not nearly the same kind of headache for her teachers. ;) The video of her first taste will be below!
Anyways...
By five months, your baby:
...should be able to:
hold head steady when upright [check]
on stomach, raise chest, supported by arms [check]
pay attention to an object as small as a raisin [check]
squeal in delight [check]
reach for an object [check]
smile spontaneously [check]
grasp a rattle held to back or tips of fingers [check]
keep head level with body when pulled to sitting [check]
...will probably be able to:
roll over (one way) [she can roll to the right]
bear some weight on legs [check]
say "ah-goo" or similar vowel consonant combinations [she can. but she seems to prefer loud squeals and growls]
razz (make a wet razzing sound) [check]
turn in the direction of a voice [check]
...may possibly be able to:
sit without support [we are working on this. she tends to lean into her feet if left for longer than a couple of seconds without support.]
...may even be able to:
pull up to standing position from sitting [not yet]
stand holding on to someone or something [she can, but I think this is meaning that she is standing on purpose rather than because I am making her, which she cannot do yet.]
object if you try to take a toy away [not yet]
work to get a toy out of reach [sometimes. but not far out of reach]
pass a cube or other object from one hand to the other [not yet]
look for dropped object [not yet]
rake with fingers a tiny object and pick it up in fist [not yet]
babble, combining vowels and consonants such as ga-ga-ga, ba-ba-ba, ma-ma-ma, da-da-da [she made a "ma" sound for the first time a couple of days ago. but she sticks mainly to sounds that start with vowels]
As you can see, her progress seems to have slowed a little from previous months. Her doctor had mentioned that her fine motor skills needed improvement, so that has been my focus this month. I put her in her play place a lot to work on reaching and grabbing. She lays on her play may to do the same as well as practice her rolling over. Recently I bought her an infant key board to also get her moving and grooving. And it all seems to be paying off. She really has started doing a lot more with her upper body.
It seems now that we need to work on sitting and speaking. Sometimes she will go most of the day without saying much of anything, and some days she will not be quiet. I think it is just a baby thing. Hopefully by next month she will be all caught up!!
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