4 Months Old
Starting to get chunky--legs, cheeks, belly--and SO cute!
You are one stinkin' cute kid!
- At your 4 month appointment, you weighed 15.8 pounds and were 25 inches long! (A week later you weighed about 16.5 pounds...what a chunk! But, the day you had your 4 month appt, you also caught a bug at daycare and hadn't kept much down).
- You got your 4 month shots and although you screamed, you didn't scream much longer than 30 seconds. As soon as that mean nurse left, you were good to go!
Sleep
- Still 8-10 hours, depending on the night, and mommy and daddy are SO thankful for that!You've woken up around 2:30/3:30am a few nights this month, but go right back to bed after we feed you. We don't care for this middle of the night thing, but since you don't do it often, we really don't have much to complain about!
- Swaddling: will this be the last month or no? You are in the medium size Summer Infant one and stretch your legs out to the end of it. You fight 5 out of 7 nights with your arms--so we try one or both arms out--and you cry, so we usually put both arms back in and you pass out! Right now (Dec. 15) I'm researching how to best wean you from it....I'll update later if things change.
First ever completely un-swaddled nap!
- You now rub your eyes when you're tired, which is great! Sometimes we already know if it's definitely nap/bed time by your actions, but this is great for both us and if someone else is watching you so you can be put down!
Eating
- You are now eating rice cereal at least once a day. Mommy and daddy try to feed it to you after picking you up from daycare, but if it's a busy evening, it doesn't get added. When I was on my Christmas break from school, I also added it to a morning feeding, so you got it twice a day!
- Tried organic brown rice cereal the Monday before Christmas to see if you'd like it---you DID! (Think I liked it more too. When we went back to white rice, it was goo-ier and just didn't seem as good!)
- You're still at 6 ounce bottles if you're not eating rice cereal---you're growing into quite the chunky monkey, but you're healthy and we love it! You get a little less with cereal since I use the bottle to make your cereal.
Personality
- OMG can we say HAPPY BABY??? You are such a happy baby and every day we comment on how lucky we are that you are the baby that God blessed us with! Your laugh makes everyone around you giggle with delight and I try to get it on video whenever I can!
- You wake up happy and go to bed happy (most nights).
Activity
- Doorway Jumper--LOVE it still! You are a bouncing baby boy in every aspect of your life!
- Jumperoo--starting to love touching and pulling on the toys on it. Your feet are just touching the floor, which makes it easier for you to entertain yourself in it.
- Swing---STILL love it! We took it to Gram and Pops' house for Christmas--that's how important it is!
- Playmats--LOVE touching/hitting things on it
- Tummy time---still not a huge fan, but you're holding up your head so well and kicking/pushing off things more and more. Rolling over is on hold because you hate tummy time so much, but we try it every day!
- Bumbo--LOVE it! You are now a huge fan of sitting up/standing up (with help) to see what's around you. You'd much rather do that than lay down flat.
- Grabbing--bringing things to your mouth and reaching for them when they're around you
- Throwing--started doing a slight toss of objects you have in your hands (did this right before Christmas)
- Sitting--you're working on it....let's just leave it at that! The pictures pretty much say it all!
- The week or so before turning 5 months old, you started reaching/grabbing for things a LOT more. You actually started coming at me with your arms out if I was feeding/burping you, or just holding you in my lap and playing. You've started to love it when I eat your hands and it really makes you laugh!
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