Friday, September 16, 2016

4 months old


  • You wear 0-3 month clothes only now
  • You figured out how to roll over your right shoulder a week ago and do it every time we put you down on the ground!  Occasionally you can roll yourself back but usually you get stuck on your tummy.
  • You love to chew and slurp on your hands and fingers.
  • You have found your voice and constantly coo and squeal, it's so cute!
  • You're starting to realize you can control your hands.  We switched the swing to be sitting up with the play tray and you like to sit in it for short periods of time and "play" with the objects.  You don't quite have the fine motor skills to pick things up or hold them for more than a second but we can tell that you are realizing that's the goal.
  • You have loud, happy yawns.
  • You've always been on a good 3 hour schedule, but now it is even pretty consistent as far as what times things happen at every day.  You wake up at 7 and have about 1 1/2 - 2hrs of awake time before you nap for around an hour.
  • You usually wake up cheerful now instead of waking up crying.  You'll grin at whoever gets you out of your crib.  As long as sitting down to nurse is the next move all is well, if you don't get fed within about 10 minutes you turn fussy really fast.
  • You are still such an easy, mellow baby.  You rarely cry and are soothed pretty easily.
  • You adore your puppies!  You'll grin at Little Red when she comes up to lick you, but you especially like watching Pocket play fetch and have even giggled a couple times watching her.
  • When you nurse now, your hands absentmindedly roam more.  You used to always hold them close in tight little fists while nursing but now they'll stretch out, play with my necklace, touch your face, etc.
  • Your chuckle has turned into a little giggle, but we've only heard it a few times so far, and only when either Bennett is laughing too or when watching Pocket.
  • You suddenly don't spit up all the time.  It's so nice to not have to worry about that constantly!  Up until now I have kept a bib on you 24/7.