Five. Months. Old.

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Five Months Old!

 This month Lyric:

• finally found her feet!
• has also found her voice, she makes these long drawn-out "AAAAHHHHHHGGGGS" when she gets tired.  I blame Dave and I, we are both "noisy yawners" around her and I think that's what she's trying to mimic.
• learned how to roll over from her back onto her tummy.  I would like to think it was her Valentine's Day gift to me.  But she can only roll onto her tummy towards her left, then back again & kicks her legs so she sort of spins in a little circle.  :)
• started giving us belly laughs!  I love them, she's such a smiley, happy little baby.  I try to make her laugh as many times a day as possible.
• weighs 12 pounds, 10 ounces (I weigh her every week at my breastfeeding support group)
• wears size 2 diapers
• can still wear some 3 and 3-6 month onesies, fits into all her 6 month clothes (some are a little baggy), and now that she can, she takes off her socks all day long.
• still naps 3-4 times a day.  Every now and then I can get a long nap (1.5 hours) out of her but they are usually 30-45 minutes long.  Bedtime is still 6:00pm and she wakes up to eat around 4:00am and sleeps until 6:30 or 7:00am.
• is starting to grab and really hold onto things.  She grabs my hair and rips it out of my bun every time I hold her.  She also has started gripping my ears, nose and eyelids (!!).  After a close call with a pair of hoops and a little bleeding (me not her) I've decided no more earrings for a bit.

New Nicknames:  Weasel, Peanut and Wiggle Butt (there's a song that goes along with that one, I'll spare you)

The Eyebrow!

Do you see this thing?

Lyric was born with a little white eyebrow.  It grew slowly over the first couple months until it was about an inch long.  Being the consistency of fishing line coupled with it's translucent color meant that everyone who held her tried to pick it off (thinking it was fuzz or animal hair).  Of course they're always shocked when they realize they were trying to pluck her eyebrow!  It broke off (or someone plucked it!?) at two months...and I figured that was that.  I thought it was cute and was kind of bummed when I noticed it was missing.

But, here we are at 5 months, and look what grew back!  It's about 1.5 inches long now and I freaking love it.  I get comments about it all the time and folks still try to yank it out (again, thinking it's not attached) and I laugh every time.

I'm curious to see how long it lasts and whether it's something she has to deal with for the rest of her life.  I'm sure she'll absolutely hate it.  :)