4 Months

I realize that I am super late... but I wanted to have this for my own memories sake! Never mind the fact we are creeping up on 5 months already. Yikes! 

Weight: 18 pounds 4 ounces (92nd percentile)

Height: 26 inches (78th percentile)

Hair: Fuzzy on the top, spotty in the back. It's lighter in some places but still dark in others, so who knows.

Eyes: Dark. I don't think they are changing and I love that :)

Clothes: 6 month onesies and pants, 6 or 9 month pj's, depending on the brand.

Diapers: 2, but I think it's time to go to 3's. After we finish the package I just opened we'll probably try the 3's again. We tried a couple weeks ago but we had way too many leaks so that didn't last long.

Sleeping: Hello, 4 month sleep regression.... Sleeping is iffy these days. Some nights you sleep through like a champ. Others you sleep for 3-4 hours and then are up every hour or so after that. You aren't even hungry, you jus wake up and then can't get settled to go back to sleep on your own. Usually if I rock you for .0002 seconds you are already back asleep. Some nights you are just way too hyped up that I do give you a little midnight snack to calm you back down. I think part of the problem is that you are teething, you aren't fully awake but need to have something in your mouth and you get flustered when you can't find anything that feels good. I don't know if I need to start leaving a toy in there with you or what, but you probably wouldn't be able to find it anyways so that probably wouldn't help much.

Likes: Playing with your tongue, playing in your jumper seat, putting anything and everything in your mouth and chomping down on it. Textures are really starting to intrigue you, you want to touch and feel everything. You also seem really interested in the cats lately, sometimes they'll let you pet them for a minute and you love that! We just got you a walker and you are a little too short for your feet to touch the ground, but you already like to sit in it and I'm sure you are going to love scooting yourself around when you figure that out.

Dislikes: Tummy time. Oh, tummy time. Such a battle. I usually just say forget it but Daddy keeps trying. He waits til you are already over play time since it makes you so upset, that way I can cuddle and feed you afterwards and you calm right down. Other than that you are mostly pretty happy - you are pretty good about being in your carseat unless you sit still for any longer than 1 minute, any longer and you want to be moving.

Eating: Every 3 hours during the day, and here and there at night if you can't get back to sleep. I try not to feed you much at night because I don't want you to think you have to wake up and eat, but sometimes it's the easiest way to help you sleep! Reflux is getting better and I think the dairy thing is getting better too, I had a slip up last week and ate something with dairy and it didn't affect you at all. Could be because it was such a small amount, but I think before that would have upset your tummy so this is progress! Not changing anything quite yet though. I think you may be getting ready for foods, but I'm trying to hold off a little bit longer. I'm thinking I want to skip the whole cereal stage and go straight to real food purees, so I want to give your tummy a little bit longer to develop. And for me to do my research lol

Milestones: Grabbing your feet, giggling, getting close to rolling over (sometimes...), interacting with toys/other people.

Mama's Favorites: Everything! You are so fun right now. So smiley and giggling all the time, aside from the weird sleep happening lately I really have no complaints. You are pretty good to us!

Baby Things We Can't Live Without: Go Ga Ga Squeeze & Teethe Elephant, Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes, and alllllll the burp cloths and bibs. Same as last month, but add in teething toys and your squeaky duck.