Four Months :)

Where does the time go?  You are four months old already, and you are becoming a little man right before my very eyes J  This month marked mama’s return to work and you starting daycare.  You have adapted wonderfully.  When I take you in the morning, I unpack your little bag and then cuddle and hold you until you fall asleep so I still get to put you down for your first nap.  I hate leaving you everyday, but you don’t seem to mind.  You get to play with all the other kids, swing in the swing, bounce in the chair, and play with all the different activity mats.  They have way more to do than we have at home!  When I pick you up, you are usually napping in one of the many bouncy seats, and are just as content as you can be.  All the teachers talk about how good you are, how little you are, how big and beautiful your eyes are, and how crazy your hair is!!

Now that you are in daycare, you eat from a bottle three times a day, and you take your bottle like a champ!  You eat much more than one would think someone of your size would (12 lbs 4 oz, 25 inches).  You take 6 oz at every feeding!  So, needless to say, we burned through my frozen milk pretty fast.  I can’t quite keep up with you while pumping, so you get the occasional formula bottle…no big deal, you like it just as much as the other. 

You have become much more active this month.  Your new thing is little mini back bends.  While you are on your back, you love to put your feet down and lift up your butt into a half back bend.  You love to stand, kick, and just wiggle around in general.  Your talking has even changed.  You make new sounds all the time, and watching you grow and change is fantastic!  We tried cereal for the first time, and you seemed to neither like it or dislike it.  It confused you more than anything.  I think you got some to go in to your belly, but the majority of it was on your bib.  It is hard to feed a baby a liquid by spoon, so we will just keep working on it.    

We have much more of a routine these days since I am back to work, and you have even started sleeping through the night some nights!  Your typical time is 10-5, pretty early, but way better than getting up in the middle of the night J  You even did 10:30-6:30 this week!  So, I can see the sleep slowly improving.  Hooray!! 

Your favorite things are eating, eating, and eating – still #1, and as I have said before, you would eat all day if I let you.  Your pacifier is number two, and a close third is anytime you can lay on your back or stand, and kick, kick, kick.  You also love to look at yourself in the mirror, chat in the mornings, and smile J  One of my new favorite things is a new eating habit you have started.  You will be nursing, nursing, nursing, then you will stop, look up at me, give me a huge smile, then dive back down, eat, eat, eat, then stop, look up at me, show me that beautiful grin, and then repeat.  It is the cutest, sweetest thing ever!  I love, love, love it!

Every day is a blessing, and you have made me and your daddy the happiest we could be.  We love you little buddy!

Lots of Love,

Mama