This little girl is the fastest growing baby ever! I can’t believe how quickly her baby-hood is flying by. She has just moved into her 3-6 month clothes. She weighs about 14 lbs. She still sleeps fairly well at night although she will occasionally wake in the middle of the night or very early in the morning. Her naps are pretty unpredictable although usually she will take a long nap in the morning and two shorter naps in the afternoon & evening.
Being the third-born, her naps tend to get interrupted because we have to go someplace or the other with her older siblings. She sleeps well in the car, but not anywhere else. If we’re out and about, she wants to be awake so she doesn’t miss anything. But she’s rarely ever grumpy and almost never cries when we’re out, so she’s such an easygoing baby!
She is finally starting to smile & giggle more often, although she’s definitely more of an observer and doesn’t smile unless you smile at her first. She also has started squealing at the top of her lungs when she’s happy or when no one’s paying attention to her. I remember this with Leah, but not Andrew—apparently girls start their drama early!
She holds her head up very well. And her big sister is determined to teach her how to roll over. She offers a lot of praise, and what’s really funny is when she demonstrates for her how to do it.
Can you believe she already has her 2 bottom front teeth peeking in? Leah was 7 or 8 months before she had any teeth and Andrew was almost one! They’re technically not in yet, but her gums are white and she has shown other signs of teething. She is already pulling things to her mouth and gumming them! I don’t remember that happening this soon, either! However, she still won’t take a paci (which should be interesting when she’s really all-out teething) and she’s not great with a bottle.
This is how I’ve found her in her crib the past few mornings. We may have a finger-sucker on our hands!
She still nurses on demand although she’s much better now at finishing a whole feeding, so it works out that she usually eats every 3 hours she’s awake. She doubles up at night, though, usually eating 2 or even 3 times within 4 hours—storing up for a long night’s rest.
Now that she has more head control, we’ve tried out a couple different toys. She loves to sit straight upright or stand so these are right up her alley!
4 Months Old
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