food, glorious food!

no, we didn't give her any 5 month birthday cake, silly. it's rice cereal! i don't usually start cereal this early, but poppy has been eyeing food a lot these days. she sits up at the table and stares down anyone in sight checking out whatever they put into their mouths. i should also confess that it was part of a desperate scheme to get sweet p to take a bottle, too. she's rejected the bottle she once willingly accepted and it's making things a wee bit difficult around here. i don't want her take a bottle too often, but a date night with my hubby is all i'm going for here. that's not too much to ask, right?

at 5 months, my poppadoodle is changing rapidly. she still eats about every three hours, but has gone back to longer stretches at night. although it isn't really consistent. one night she wakes after 4 hours, another night after 6, another after 3. i guess that i can conclude she likes to keep me guessing and prefers to be unpredictable.

at 5 months, she also talks A LOT (man is her daddy in trouble with a house full of 4 girls with a gift for gab). poppy will try to get anybody or anything to talk to her. sometimes it is these sweet, soft little sounds, but most of the time she flat out yells for attention (she's gotta get a word in amongst her sisters, eh?).

she has become a big fan of toys. she likes to hold just about anything that crinkles, rattles, shakes or... you get the picture. she holds onto them and spends lots of time trying to stuff said object into her mouth.

she is still spitting up at a rapid rate. we had hoped this would stop sooner rather than later, but alas it is still going strong. mommy changes her shirt at least twice a day and spends a fair amount of time spot treating the carpet (thank God we're renting right now!).

and poppy's latest development is her efforts to crawl. she has not mastered it yet, but spends a lot of time trying to figure out how to coordinate it all. she usually gets those legs pulled up under her, but forgets to put her hands in place and ends up frustrated... and i'm not helping her with this one. i already lived through e walking at 10 months and d walking at 9... i'm not about to encourage any form of mobility. my days are active enough, thank you. (but she is pretty cute to watch as she sorts it all out.)

and i think that about sums up sweet poppy's past month. everything else is about the same. she adores her sisters, loves her daddy, and continues to bring lots of joy to our world.