At 4 months old, your personality is really starting to shine through! You are one happy little boy who truly has the best smile. We have been getting squeals of joy from you starting at 2 months and we still get a lot of squeals from you. No belly laughs yet but they are coming! And you just seem to have a lot to say…you sound like a little baby dinosaur!
We moved you to your crib right around 3 months and your sleeping has continually gotten worse since then. Remember when you were an awesome sleeper?!?! We have gone back and forth between swaddling and not swaddling you. The nights are getting long, but I am trying my best to remember that this too shall pass. I think we have some reverse cycling going on with me going back to work and you therefore getting bottles of breastmilk during the day and then of course there is the 4-month wakeful so basically I like to say that you just miss your momma (I feel the same!).
Because, let me tell you, you are a momma’s boy! No one can calm you like me – well, actually all I have to do is hold you and you instantly become calm. Of course, I love that!
You are a big boy! You are wearing 6 months clothes (and those are getting a little snug) and size 3 diapers. You were 16.7 lbs and 25 ½ inches at your 4 month checkup (70th percentile for both) and 90th percentile for your head! You took your shots like a champ, but it was a rough night for you after them. You spiked a pretty high fever this time around so I just cuddled you all night long.
You are doing great at daycare and the teachers just love you. You are the only baby so you get lots of cuddles!
(Watch that finger there buddy!)
You take an amazing nap in your swing on the mornings that you are home. Unfortunately, the rest of the day is usually full of catnaps. We are going to need to figure something out soon because the swing can’t stick around forever. You are starting to become very easily distracted when nursing. A nosey little boy you are! We need to start hiding out when it’s time to eat I think! I also think you are getting a little annoyed with nursing since you have been getting bottles during the day, but it’s not ending anytime soon buddy (at least that’s the goal!).
You have found your hands and your face cracks me up when your hands come into your sight. Your eyes get so big and it is like it is truly amazing to you every time (and I’m sure it is). With those hands, you have also been holding on to lots of toys and can pull the frog on your bouncer which plays music. You get excited about that!
You love your playmat and don’t mind sitting in the bumbo. You enjoy having a good view of everything going on. You have also started going in your jumper and don’t seem to mind that for short periods of time.
You love when your brother and sister come by you. You study them very carefully and kick like crazy especially when Luke comes around!
You are full of drool these days but there is no sign of teeth yet. You love your little monkey blankie and of course your paci, but we are still having trouble in the car. The crying is not happening on every trip anymore so that’s good, but we still have screaming spells occasionally.
I cherish my Fridays at home with you and I will continue to tell myself to cherish those middle of the night wakings, even if it is every hour!
You are the sweetest little boy! We love you so much!
