I am 5’8 and weighed 175 lbs pre pregnancy. I wore a size 9 so i wasnt fat just "filled out" A few of my friends are also pregnant and at 5 months they had the cute baby bump and you could tell they were pregnant. To me i feel i just look like i have gained some weight and look chubby! i have only gained 8 lbs since being pregnant. When will it actually look like im pregnant!

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Brody is 5 months and wears and infant size 3
brody has wide feet too, i have to get thin socks so his feet will fit in the shoes. i cant just put him in socks because he pulls them off lol

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Our daughter is 12 1/2 months old and we NEVER put a baby gate at the bottom of the stairs, but did have one at the top of the stairs. She has, for the last month, been climbing up the stairs without us even watching her. Since she is so good at it, I don’t even fret about it. I would like to encourage her more often to go down the stairs on her stomach, but she seems disinterested in going down, though she will if we require her to. Still, I think not having a baby gate at the bottom rapidly increased her skill level, strength, and safety using the stairs and I think we are better off because we never had one. All of our neighbor’s with similar aged babies have them, and wonder why we don’t.
To clear up any confusion, my daughter has never had one at the bottom of the stairs, ever. She is 12.5 months old and why have a baby gate when you can just close your child’s door isntead? Much like my neighbor’s backyard fence they installed to trap their daughter, I think it’s easier and more useful to "teach them" as opposed to restricting them. We were the same with her walking, she was doing it at 10.5 months and now walks quickly and well without assistance.

She climbs up the stairs barefoot. My goal is for her to learn how to safely get down the stairs and I will supervise and work with her until she is confident in her abilities. We often times let her climb up the stairs unsupervised. My wife did not like at first, but she now agrees that my daughter can climb without our staring her down. Over protective neighbor’s and friends still think it’s crazy, but I think they are just lazy parents/teachers.
It’s not about convenience Brooke, it’s about teaching them and their practicing. No way do I agree that it’s more convenient NOT to have gates than to have them. That’s just ridiculous. Lazy parents have gates, engaging parents teach.
OK, I think the most frustrating part of the comments is people commenting that my daughter "can’t possibly" be able to do this on her own. Yet again this morning she did without fail. For the record, we do have carpet on our stairs so perhaps that is why I am comfortable with it. At 8 months, she held herself on a pull up bar during baby gym class, and at one year we saw her lift a bocci ball all on her own and those things are heavy. So, perhaps your problem is lack of practice, don’t fear your children, let them build their muscles instead.

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My son is 5 months. My nanny told me I could start giving him 2nd stage baby food. She said that is what she did with her kids. He does all the requirements that are labeled on the boxes of the 2nd stage foods. He sits on his own but does lose his balance at times. I also noticed that when they start 2nd stage foods they can start drinking juices. When do you give a baby juices? I am a first time mommy by the way!

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I live in the south and it gets hot here in the summer. Of course we keep our air conditioning on about 72. My daughter is 5 months and since its been winter she’s been in footed pajamas. Do you keep them in footed pj’s because they can’t have blankets? Or do you switch to a short sleeve or onesie?

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I’m 22 weeks pregnant (5 months, 2 weeks exactly) & I haven’t taken a single photo of my belly yet. I want to take a few with it covered. What color of shirt & background would show it best? And then I want to take some where it’s not covered. What color background would work best for that?

Any tips & advice would be great! I want to take ones at different angles, distances, etc. But it would be helpful to know what works best beforehand.
My skin is very light if that helps.

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1. How old are you?
2. How old were you when you had your first child?
3. How many children do you have?
4. What are their gender age and names?
5. Were they planned?
6. How much did they weigh at birth?
7. Did you give birth naturally or C-section?
8. How many days were you in the hospital?
9. Did you breast feed or use formula?
10. Where is your favorite place to shop for infant/toddler clothes and accessories?
11. Are you planning any more children in the future?

I’ll post my answers in a few. (:
1. How old are you?
– Sixteen.
2. How old were you when you had your first child?
– Sixteen.
3. How many children do you have?
– one.
4. What are their gender age and names?
– Boy, 5 months, Owen, (:
5. Were they planned?
– Definitely not, but I’m blessed that i had him.
6. How much did they weigh at birth?
– 7lbs 2oz
7. Did you give birth naturally or C-section?
– Vaginally with medicine.
8. How many days were you in the hospital?
– 3.
9. Did you breast feed or use formula?
– I breast fed for about the first month and then my boobs wouldn’t produce anymore milk, so i had to put him on formula.
10. Where is your favorite place to shop for infant/toddler clothes and accessories?
– I love shopping for my little man, so this is a hard question. But probably baby gap.
11. Are you planning any more children in the future?
– Yes! But thats a few years from now! (:

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It’s still 5 months from now, but I want to get some ideas because I don’t know what would make the day special to her because she’s always around our friends and family, and everyone is always buying her things. So, a big party with lots of people and presents is good, but won’t be any different then a Saturday night at Grandma’s to her. So, I need ideas of what to do, where to go? Or just what would be very good for a year old baby girl? thanks to everyone!

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I am looking to purchase an Ergo Baby Carrier, it can be worn on the front, hip and as a backpack. My baby is 5 months old and i was wondering if she’d be able to be in it as a backpack.

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Yes, how can I prevent my infant from influenza virus meanwhile she also has allergy problem. From her nose and throat we can hear like people who have cold or flu voices. She is almost 5 months old. I have visited doctor many times and got some medicine from doctor, but it doesn’t work. My baby still in cold and flu condition. please help.

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