She loves to suck her thumb so I have just given up on the paci all together. I use to try and ease her thumb out of her mouth at night and slide the paci in, hoping that she would take to the paci again but I have had no luck. Now she just gets mad and sticks that thumb right back in! Even though I would sooo much rather her suck a paci for her mouths sake, there is something soo sweet about a baby looking up at you with her thumb in her mouth. Melts my heart! We started her on rice at about 5 months and then started squash at 5 1/2 months. She has had squash and green beans so far and loves both of them! She would much rather eat an entire jar of baby food than take a bottle anymore. I think that she is so ready to eat real food though because she will just stare at our plates and try to grab anything off of our plates that she can (not that we let her eat it). I am ready for this one to be able to eat finger foods because I think she will be a much happier camper if she could eat like we do :) She loves to be held....all the time!!! The only places I can set her down and she won't scream at the top of her lungs is in her bumbo and excersaucer. Other than that, you can forget about putting her down unless you want some serious tears. Usually the second you pick her up she will look up at you and coo and laugh. Oh goodness!! She is a great sleeper at night. We try and put the girls down around 8:30 and she usually sleeps til about 7:30 ish and Livi until about 8. She is still taking 3 naps a day, one at 9 (usually 2 hours) one at 1 or 2 (usually 2 -4 hours) and another one around 6 (maybe 45 minutes). At her 5 month check up she was 15 lbs (40%) and 25 1/2 inches (55%). Happy 5 months sweet girl!!
