The Five Month Mark

Well, seeing as how Madeleine is (over) five months old now, we figured we should list her accomplishments up to this point.
1. Miss Fuss definitely knows Mommy and Daddy, and has developed an awareness of strangers. She rarely wants to be held by anyone other than Mommy or Daddy, and can handle one or two new people at a time. Any more than that is asking too much.
2. We are falling into a routine. MJ wakes up somewhere between 8 and 9 a.m., nurses and has cereal. We then play for about an hour, then go down for a one or two hour nap. This cycle repeats itself about three times during the day (eat, play, sleep) until veggies at around 6 p.m. then bath and bed at 8. She usually wakes once between 4 and 6 a.m. to nurse, then goes right back to sleep. Yes, we know, we are very blessed.
3. Although Little Monster has only rolled over a handful of times, she is very close to sitting on her own and can stand for long periods with assistance. Maybe she'll be one of those kiddos that will skip crawling and go straight to walking. God, help us.
4. Favorite things include the jumperoo, Exersaucer, chewing on any number of things that come within range, and laying on her back giggling at goofy Mommy and silly Daddy antics. Not so favorite things are tummy time, the aforementioned strangers, and having her clothes changed.

Mommy feels so blessed to have such a happy, easygoing baby. Miss Fuss is rarely actually fussy, and when she is it's within good reason, the most common reason being Mommy keeping her from napping. We're just waiting for the terrible twos.