4 Months Old

December 15, 2016
Weight: 12 lbs 10 oz (3rd percentile)
Height: 24.5 inches (16th percentile)
Head: 40 cm (6th percentile)
Size 1 diapers
Size 3 and 3-6 month clothing

Well our little man is just that, little, but he is still growing as he should be so the doctor was happy with where he is at.  His 4 month check-up went well.  He is a healthy and happy baby.  His spit up is still on the lower end which is good, all of his body parts are looking good, and he screamed like a banchy when the nurse gave him his shots.  His head is a little flat, but unlike Brooklyn it is just completely flat on the back not just off to one side.  The doctor said they would keep an eye on it and send us on to a Neurologist if he felt like he might need a helmet.  Keeping our fingers crossed he doesn't.  He continues to sleep pretty well.  At "night" I wake up to feed him once, usually between 5:00 and 6:00 am and then he will go back to sleep for a few hours.  His naps are still hit or miss.  When he was going through a growth spurt he was napping really well.  He would have two short naps and then two longer ones, but now that the growth spurt is over he is back to mostly 45 minute naps, 4 times a day.  Regardless of how much he naps he is still a happy baby.  He will get a little fussy in the evening around 8:00 until it is time to feed him around 8:45/9:00, but nothing a binky can't fix.  He loves to smile at everyone, but his biggest smiles are definitely saved for his Daddy.  He just lights up when Craig smiles at him.  He likes to giggle, but doesn't have the big laughing fits like Brooklyn used to.  I must have been funnier back when Brooklyn was a baby.

A new development this month is that he completely refuses to nurse.  At the end of last month he was starting to not like it so much, but soon after he turned 3 months old he decided it just wasn't for him anymore. So after a very frustrating week of trying to get him to nurse but then ending up having to pump because he refused, I now just exclusively pump and bottle feed him.  I'm not going to lie, it is not fun.  If formula wasn't so dang expensive I would just switch him over, but I really can't bring myself to spend $40 + a week on formula when I can still produce it for free.  So I will continue to pump for as long as I can keep my sanity and we have no idea when that will be.  Luckily I have some milk stashed in the freezer that can get us by for at least a few weeks, but I know I will give in at some point, which Craig keeps reminding me is just fine.  Luckily he takes the bottle really well and has even started to try to hold it himself this last week or so.  Hopefully he will figure out how to do it all by himself and that will definitely make my life a little easier.  This last week he has also started rolling on to his sides.  he still hasn't figured out how to get his bottom arm out of his way, but he will get there eventually.  He loves to grab at toys.  The poor kid, most of his little toys are pink and purple, because they were Brooklyn's, but luckily he doesn't know the difference and we did get him some more "boyish" toys for Christmas.  This kid is definitely more of a binky kid then Brooklyn.  He likes to be sucking on something, when he doesn't have his binky in he will suck on his hand or fingers and recently has started to find his thumb every once in a while.  I really hope that he becomes a thumb sucker, I know there are mixed feelings about thumb sucking, but his thumb is attached to him and he can always find it, unlike his binky that falls out all of the time.  I know I might regret this in a few years, but it would sure be nice right now.  He started sitting in the Bumbo a few weeks ago, so hopefully that will help with the flat head situation.

Brooklyn continues to be a great big sister.  She loves to help entertain him.  She is also very good at getting diapers for me and throwing the used ones away and also wiping up his spit up.  She is so good to share toys with him, she does always ask though before she gives him a toy if it can be easily washed off.  She is too cute.  I sure love my kiddos and I am so blessed that I get to stay home with them everyday and watch them grown and develop.  I can't believe they are mine!!

He loves holding his hands