We started off the month with Kalaya's first trip to the pumpkin patch with our favorite family, the Coupens. It was so much fun! We went on the first Sunday of October, on a sunny afternoon after church. Why so early in the month you ask? To beat the crowds to Roloff Farms! (If you don't know what this is, or don't care, move on to the later paragraphs) If you're a fan of the show, you know what I'm talking about! Those of you who know me well, know that I'm addicted to most of the family-based reality shows on TLC, including Jon and Kate (though I've gotten pretty fed up with them lately), 18 Kids and Counting, The Little Couple, and Little People Big World. If you watch Little People Big World, you will know that they own Roloff Farm, which is just outside of Hillsboro, about 5 minutes from my parents' house. Being a big fan of the show, I decided we should go there! It's a fun pumpkin patch and we had a great time! It was neat to see all of the attractions from the show; the treehouse, the castle, the treviches, the pirate ship and everything else. We also got to see most of the family members; Amy, Jeremy, Zach, Molly, Jacob and Grandma and Grandpa Roloff (not Matt). It was neat! Plus, we saw the TLC camera crews going around filming everyone. We may have gotten filmed in the background, but I doubt it. Kalaya and her BFF Elena had a good time in the hay maze, the pumpkin fun house, the petting zoo and picking out pumpkins. Kalaya did NOT like the tractor ride. Probably because she was hungry and it was close to nap time. All in all though, we had a fun time with GREAT weather!
We also went to Kalaya's first Halloween party at church. It was in the evening, so she wasn't a happy camper, but she was perfectly happy in her costume as a goat:
Reaching the 5 month mark means we're getting close to starting solid foods at 6 months. She has her 6 month appointment on November 6th and I'm going to discuss it all with her pediatrician before starting. We talked at her 4 month appointment about it, but he said there was no need for anything other than breast milk until she was 6 months. I've been reading a lot about how to make baby food and plan to do so! It doesn't seem too challenging. I've started buying some organic fruits and veggies to get started and my mom gave me a good high quality blender and food mill to get started. I'm going to make and freeze some sweet potatoes, bananas, apricots and prunes this week. Speaking of prunes, we had to give Kalaya some prune juice last weekend to get some things moving. She hadn't gone in NINE days, so I called the nurse line. It's normal for breast fed babies to go a week or more without, but I was getting worried. Believe me, prune juice WORKS!! 45 minutes later, no problem. Hopefully we're back on track.
I had started getting all of the 9 month outfits ready and then decided we didn't quite need them yet. She's outgrowing 6 month pants and some onesies, but not outfits. She must have long legs and/or a long torso. Plus, those cloth diapers throw off the sizes. She's still wearing 6 month clothes, though she's outgrown some. I've put away all her summer clothes, fall weather is definitely here to stay in Oregon/Washington!
We found a mommy group in Battle Ground! We've only gone to one activity, but we plan to keep going. I've only met 2 mommies with their toddlers, but they were very friendly and we're hoping to meet more. We've gone to story hour at the library a few times, which is where we found out about the group. It will be nice to have some friends in town and closer to home. There are several events coming up. I look forward to meeting other moms!
We still get the question all the time about if Kalaya is sleeping though the night. It's funny, I am not sick of getting woken up at night, just sick of that question! Even in the "traditional" baby books, they only define sleeping through the night as 6 hours continous sleep, which happens almost every night between about 9pm and 3 am. This is, of course, interrupted some nights, but stays fairly regular. Most nights I only wake up once or twice. (I think) Again, I usually don't remember by morning. One of these nights she's going to sleep all the way through and I won't realize it right away, as all the nights blend together after awhile and I usually have to think about it, unless it's been a bad night of more than 3 times awake, which maybe happen every 10 days or so. She has started waking up crying the last couple of nights, which is really unusual for her, that hasn't happened since she was a newborn. The only thing we can figure out is she has finally figured out we are swaddling her and she doesn't like it. We're trying it without swaddling for a few nights to see how that goes.
We still haven't seen any signs of teeth. She does gum on her fingers and fists all the time, but she's been doing that for a couple of months. She doesn't have a large amount of drool either. She does explore toys and everything else with her mouth though. She has not rolled over from back to front either. She is content to lay on her back to play or sit in her Bumbo. She'll get there, I'm in no rush for her to be mobile! She has always done things at her own pace, in her own time and I'm sure she'll get there soon. And then we'll be getting ready to baby proof! I can't believe we're almost halfway through her first year already! I get choked up just thinking about it!
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