Stats:
Weight: 13 pounds, 9.5 ounces on the clinic's scale last
Friday so I guess his 4 month weight was correct. I can't believe my little
chunker is only 13 pounds. Sheesh!!
Clothing: Mostly in his 3-6 & 6 month clothing, but
definitely still able to fit into some 3 month sized stuff as well. I keep
waiting for him to outgrow them & he just doesn't. I guess it's because
he's more round then he is long. =)
Diapers: Size 2 in disposables (Huggies Little Snugglers)
& first snap setting, lowest rise in our cloth. We have been using a lot of
disposables this last few weeks due to the traveling, lack of washer & more
traveling! I can't wait to get them both back into cloth...I hate all the
garbage & waste that comes from all of these disposables. Bah!
Milestones:
02/21: First big move. He didn't do as well on the car ride
up this time, but it was more or less what I expected. He's definitely becoming
more aware & I think he could sense the stress a bit. I also don't think
that the teething is helping the situation.
02/22: First day/night in our new house!!
02/23: First time in the exersaucer. He loves it! He
literally tries to bounce around the whole time. I ended up putting a blanket
in with him to restrict his movement just a little bit though because he was
throwing himself around so much it was freaking me out.
02/25: First time really jumping in the Johnny Jumper. I
finally realized that he was sitting too low in it & as soon as I raised it
up, surprise! He knows just what to do. It's hilarious how much my kid loves
to be upright & to bounce.
03/01: First interaction with another baby. He loved it, she
cried.
03/04: First full day of napping in the crib. It's gone
well, surprisingly. lol We will be doing this from now on to prep for
night-time crib sleeping in the coming months.
Nursing: He's still doing wonderfully & fortunately we
have been problem-free thus far. He still gets distracted occasionally, but it's
not as bad as it was previously. I am sure this whole distracted thing is going
to continue to come & go the more aware of the world he becomes. He's
eating every 2.5-3 hours during the day on average. Nighttime nursing is another
story all together, some nights he wants to nurse every 2 hours & other
nights he will go in 4+ hour stretches. His schedule is kind of irregular at
this point & we are still nursing 100% on demand. He has not taken another
bottle & honestly, we haven't even tried again. It's not a huge deal for me
to just go ahead & nurse him since he is with me nearly 100% of the time
anyway. We don't have a babysitter since we've moved & there is no where to
go that we can't take the kiddos at this point anyway. Since he's already over
4.5 months & we will be to six months before we know it we are just going
to skip bottles & go straight to the sippy. We shall see at that time if he
prefers to take pumped milk from a cup or not.
Sleep: Has also been hit or miss this last few weeks. I'm
not sure if he's truly going through a wakeful period or if all the change +
gas + teething is the culprit. I am leaning more toward the latter though
considering some nights he does A LOT better then others. He hasn't given me
anything over 4-5 hours in a stretch since my last update. He is still going
down by 7:30-8PM every night when C does, but very rarely stays asleep &
often will wake-up multiple times until 10PM. I usually don't feed him again at
10 unless he is REALLY awake & upset because I don't want to train him to
wake-up at this time for a feeding. Napping is going okay, he does let me know what
he is ready to lay down & goes to sleep most of the time without much fuss.
Often times I can lay him down & with very little interference from me he
will put himself to sleep. Unfortunately, he naps about as well as he goes down
at night. He will usually sleep for 20-45 mins & then will wake-up clearly
still very tired. =( About 1/2 of the time I can get him to go back to sleep
for another 30-45 mins, but I wish he would just sleep straight through on his
own. He usually takes about 3-4 naps daily depending on what time we wake-up.
His average wake-up time in the morning is between 8-8:30AM. He is currently
still sleeping with us during the nighttime & will likely continue this for
a few more months. We don't plan on starting any form of sleep training anytime
soon. He still takes a paci to sleep & he also likes to have his lovey to
cuddle with now. It's pretty darn cute. =) He isn't like his brother at all &
prefers to either sleep on his side or on his back.
Elimination: I can tell that he still occasionally has
tummy/gas issues, but he has been having more dirty diapers recently &
seems to be getting a bit more regular. He is definitely going at least every
few days (or twice) now instead of just once or twice a week. We have finally
gotten back into the cloth today & that continues to go well for H. We have not had any leaking or blow-outs lately.
Health: Still doing well on this front. We're into March
& have *thank the lord* thus far alluded any colds/flus in our house. He
handled his 4 month immunizations just fine & with very little incident
this time around. He does still seem to be teething quite badly, but no sign of
any little white caps just yet. The fussiness, drooling like a maniac &
chewing on everything in sight is still very much in effect. We have a teething
necklace on him, but I honestly can't tell if it's helping or not. I figure it
can't hurt though at any rate.
taken to wanting to
grab things this week including books & paper. When we read during the day
or at bedtime he attempts to change the pages for me. I've started to let him
play with his Indestructibles since they are less likely to get destroyed then his other books. He still doesn't love tummy-time, but tolerates
it a lot better & for a lot longer time periods. He's also trying desperately
to scoot now when placed on his belly & just might succeed soon if he keeps
it up. He loves practicing sitting & has gotten the tripod
down quite well. He is able to sit in a modified tripod position on his own for
a good 30+ seconds now without falling over. He thinks that throwing himself
backward from a sitting position is funny (it's not) & fortunately has been
on a soft surface or surrounded by pillows each time thus far. Anything &
everything he can grab can & will get into his mouth now with ease. He
still really enjoys sitting in his Bumbo chair.
Likes:
His lion lovey, being upside-down, milk, momma, the
exersaucer, being bounced or flown around, being tickled, his reflection, bath
time, being nakey, his brother
Being in the car/car seat, sleeping alone, having to wait
for anything, gas, teething, getting dressed
No comments:
Post a Comment