The day Nadia turned 5 months she rolled over for the first time, and that set the tone for an exciting month of new discoveries! Within a week Nadia was rolling tummy-to-back and back-to-tummy. A few times Nadia has rolled onto her tummy while she’s sleeping too, which meant she finally outgrew her bassinet. She naps in her crib (in her bedroom) and sleeps at night in the pack-n-play in our bedroom. She wakes up a couple times most night and I appreciate not walking down the hall in the dark 🙂
Nadia is still exclusively breastfed and is a pretty good sleeper. We plan to introduce solids next month using baby-led weaning. When we eat dinner, Nadia will copy our chewing motions and she reaches for my food when she sits on my lap during meals. I hope this means she will be curious once we offer food.
Nadia loves to play on the floor– whether she is reaching for toys in her play gym or just rolling around on a blanket. I often put a playmat down in the kitchen so Nadia can play while I cook. These days, I’ll be mixing something and look over because Nadia rolled over but got stuck on her shoulder. I know it’s just a matter of time before she’s crawling.
We got a little extra time with Nadia this month due to a COVID/ spring break daycare shut down. It was a little wild to find out right before dinner on Sunday that we would have to keep Nadia out of school for a week, and then really wild to learn mid-week that they would actually close for two weeks. I’m certainly thankful that Nadia wasn’t exposed to COVID (it was another classroom) and that Daniel and I have flexible jobs. I would hate to feel like we missed out on the 2020 parenting thrill of working and parenting full-time…
Just when we were ready to send Nadia back to daycare, she came down with a terrible fever on Friday night. The next morning the pediatrician sent us to the Pediatric ER, which eventually lead to an overnight hospital stay. Even with her terrible fevers (103) she was still smiling and playful (well, when she wasn’t crying). I hope we won’t be going back to a hospital anytime soon–it was stressful and scary! Nadia has been home a few days now and seems like she is almost back to her regular self.
We took our first trip as a family of three this month– we spent a weekend at Smith Mountain Lake State Park. We had a great time staying in a cabin. We enjoyed walking the trails and snuggling during an afternoon thunderstorm. We stopped by the Booker T. Washington Site on the way home– Nadia got to see her first live farm animals. It’s funny because of COVID we had a lot of firsts that trip– first overnight stay, first time sleeping outside her bassinet, first time getting a diaper change in the car, etc.
Nadia had a good first Easter this month– although you wouldn’t know it looking at this picture. We took her to a sunrise service (which is fairly easy to pull off with a baby who’s pretty much always up by 6) and had my parents over for lunch and then an afternoon egg hunt for August. It was a nice easy-going day.
Nadia has been a good sport this month as Daniel and I had her sit on three civic meetings regarding the casino proposal that will literally be in our backyard. We took Nadia to her first protest too– we held signs on Forest Hill and got a lot of supportive honks. We will find out next month if the proposal was accepted. I really hope it won’t– we might decide to move if it goes through.
Things Nadia loves:
-Faces– she loves touching my face, including sticking her hand in my mouth to touch my teeth. She loves yanking off masks too!
-Kermit the Frog- Nadia LOVES when we play any song by Kermit the Frog. My personal favorite is Caribbean Amphibian.
-Tummy time- best position for playing with toys!
-Kisses– best way to make Nadia laugh.