Monday, August 04, 2014

4 Months

Another great month with Jack, exhausting at the start of it but ending as our best yet!





Stats:
16 lbs 1.2 oz (75th percentile)
26" (75th percentile)
(This makes him only 1/2 lb smaller than his 7 month old cousin Miles.)
  • moved to his crib in his own room
  • woke up twice a night for almost 3 weeks. I was exhausted. In the past week he's gone to sleeping 12 hours straight pretty consistently. Occasionally he'll wake around 5 or 6 to nurse and will go back down for a few more hours. 
  • usually naps for about 2 hours in the morning, and 3.5-4 hr naps in the afternoon now that he's in his crib. I usually have to wake him in the afternoons so that he will go to bed at a decent hour.
  • will sometimes fuss for a couple minutes before falling asleep (as opposed to Eleanor, who could scream for an hour if we let her). I can also just lay him down awake and shut the door and he'll drift off on his own. I'm not taking this for granted. 
  • loves to stand on our laps - he's so strong!!
  • coos and smiles while he's nursing, take frequent breaks to just tell me stories
  • is in 3-6 month clothes mostly. His 3 month pjs are snug, and some weeks I feel like I'm tossing clothes to the too-small bin on a daily basis.
  • adores his sisters. Every night at dinner he lays in his little rocker bed next to Avery and stare and smile at her. It's precious. 
  • still refuses the bottle, but we haven't tried very hard to make him take one. I really love nursing, but I'd also really love to go on a date.
  • my hair has been falling out in handfuls. Because of this, my hair is always in a ponytail.
  • eats every 3-4 hours during the day, and a little more frequently right before bedtime
  • loves taking a bath.
  • likes to be worn and will settle down into a catnap every single time. 
  • dressed like a cow for free Chick-fil-a...he was very popular with the employees
  • met his great-aunt Jen and great-uncle Dave this month, as well as my cousins, all visiting from Iowa.
  • rolled onto his side
  • found his thumb and I frequently find him sucking on it to calm himself or fall asleep
  • enjoys tummy time for longer periods of time
  • scoots scoots scoots when he's laying on a blanket or in his crib. For the past week he has done a 180 in bed, facing a different wall than when I put him to sleep.
  • often gets a foot caught between the crib bars
  • heard a song he liked when we were picking up some new baby toys for him, so that toy came home with us since it elicited a smile from him.
  • still starts naps and bedtime in a swaddle but we always find him completely undone. Tonight he went down with one arm free, so we'll see how that works before fully taking the swaddle away.
  • is the happiest, most smiley baby ever. People always comment on this, and it's such a treat to see him enjoying everything around him.