Samantha's 5 months old today

Samantha turned 5-months-old today.  She is going to celebrate by getting her first taste of rice cereal later tonight.  Hopefully, once she get used to eating solids (at night) she will sleep through the night.  The last few weeks have been the hardest for me since Samantha was born.  She has been waking up twice during the night, sometimes to eat and sometimes to get her pacifier.   I guess i'm going through what most parents go thru when their baby is 6-weeks old.  Samantha was a sleeping angel at 6-weeks old.  I have also hit a rough spot with my own sleeping and have had trouble falling asleep.  The combination of sleep deprivation and a cold has drained me of energy.  With time i am sure our troubles will pass. Sam is calling...