5 months old

My sweet girl is 5 months old today.  Honestly, not a lot has changed since my 4 month post other than her weight.  She gained a full pound between her 4 month Dr visit and her 2 week follow-up.  She now weighs 12lbs 12 oz (on 10/31).  The one other new thing at 5 months is that we have started offering her new foods.  (I have a separate post about that to come)  We are still trying to figure out if she has reflux.  We tried zantac for two weeks without much change.  We think the amount of spit up decreased but her fussiness did not.  We went back to the pediatrician to make sure she was gaining weight and did not have an underlying ear infection.  Her ears were good but her nose had some inflammation...possibly from a cold or from reflux. And, as I said, she definitely gained weight.  He changed her medicine to Omeprazole (Prilosec).  So far we have not noticed a difference but it takes a little while to start working.  Every day I go through the list of things that may make her fussy and wonder if this is just her normal.  Maybe she is just a little touchy, easily overstimulated and sensitive to lack of sleep.  If this is the case we will adjust......I think we just need to explore everything to make sure she is not hurting in any way.
Here are her photos from tonight....she started out real happy but got upset pretty quick.  Its amazing how she can go from smiling one second to crying the next.  She is so precious I had to post her crying picture too.