Today marks your 4 month birthday. As I was looking at you this morning, it dawned on me just how much you have grown since you were born. You've totally lost that newborn look. Your cheeks are fuller, your gaze more focused, and your face is rarely expressionless. You have learned many new things over this past month. Your latest Discovery is your feet. You have worked tirelessly over the last few days to insert your toes into your mouth but have yet to succeed in those endeavors. Every once in awhile, I will push your toe into your mouth, and your face lights up with joy.
You have started to recognize different people that you interact with regularly and stranger danger is definitely setting in. When someone picks you up that you do not know, your mouth quickly turns upside down and is followed closely by an unmisatkable wail. You do like being held facing out though so you can look around. When you are safe in mommy or daddy's arms, you love meeting strangers and greet them with a smile.
You continue to be a pretty laid-back baby. You enjoy spending time on your play mat by yourself, and I think that's because you rarely get a moment alone. Your brother and sister are always close by. I still have to remind your brother not to be too rough with you, and that is likely the reason you do not like for him to hold you. Every time I sit you in his lap, it only takes about 30 seconds before you start fussing. Your sister on the other hand can hold you and play with you anytime, and you always seem pleased with that. She really is your second Mommy. Your daddy and I sometimes joke that she is our 7 year old babysitter. One of your favorite activities is "playing" with your siblings. When they are laughing, you always try to laugh with them. It makes my heart smile.
One of your least favorite things (aside from being tired or hungry) is when your daddy or brother make loud noises really close to you. Your daddy sometimes says funny things or sings silly songs, and you start wailing. The pouty face is so funny that I had to get some pictures.
The last week or so, you have started to follow a pretty consistent routine. You're still waking up a couple times per night, but you're usually getting two long stretches of sleep and you always go right back to sleep after I feed you. You also still love to be swaddled when you sleep. I don't think your brother or your sister continued to like swaddling at 4 months, so I am curious to see how much longer you like it. One thing that the swaddler does make extremely evident is just how long you are. You go to the pediatrician in a couple more weeks, and I will be extremely surprised if you are not in at least the 75th percentile for your height. You also have large. You are wearing 12 to 24 months size socks, and have some sleepers that your feet are too big for even though the rest of your body fits just fine. In the past month,you've started to outgrow some 3 months sized outfits too.
I am really enjoyinthis baby phase, but I know it is going to come to an end all too soon. You're already sitting up very well in your bumbo chair. Just today, you lifted your head and shoulders when you were in your bouncy chair and sat up on your own in it. You've also started losing some of the hair on the back and sides of your head from rolling around on your play mat. You're able to get from your stomach to your back pretty consistently but still don't seem to have much desire to roll back to front.
I love being your mommy and am so thankful that God has blessed me with that responsiblity. I look forward to watching you grow more and to see what that budding personality will become.
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