4 Months 12.20.12

Chattering!

Our sweet little girl turned 4 months on Thursday.  She is known best these days for her chattering, curly hair, and blue eyes! She continues to sleep well.  We're even getting braver and braver to put her down earlier and earlier each night.  She sleep until 4AM on the dot!  So far, we've been putting her down as early as 8PM.  The schedule thing is tough, but we can't complain; she is a wonderful sleeper.  At daycare, she has gotten into a routine.  Now that she has great head control, she is starting to love the Bumbo seat, Jumperoo and a few other toys.  She was queen on the swing last month, but she is branching out!

Smiling at Daddy

Caroline is also rolling over from her tummy to her back.  When she makes the roll, it scares her, so it often ends up with mommy cheering and Caroline crying.  Soon enough, she'll learn that is how she is going to get to places.  Miss Pearl (teacher) says when she is put down for a nap, she rolls all around in the crib which keeps her up.  They have to pat her on the back and get her cozy before she'll settle in for a nap!

Bath time (after a blow out!)

When Caroline isn't napping, she is talking!  She is quite the chatter box.  She loves to squeal  blow bubbles, and is becoming a social butterfly!  Sometimes she gets to squealing so loud, it can hurt your ears-not good for a headache (Nick's ears can't take it at times, so he has to leave the room), but she is just so cute and serious doing it, you just can't help but smile!  If we only knew what she was thinking/saying??    

Talking away

She also is starting to reach for items.  She plays with her car seat toys and was after a Poinsettia plant over Christmas.  Every time she got near the plant, she was leaning, grabbing, and about to launch herself out of the Bumbo to get a piece of it!  My mom was worried sick that she was going to get it in her mouth! Although we have to watch for things she is reaching for, it is a great sign that she is right on track with what 4-month-olds should be doing!

Jumparoo-ed herself to sleep

Health-wise, Miss Caroline is doing well.  She does has a snotty nose always.  Poor thing can't feed sometimes because she is so stopped up.  We got one of the "snot suckers," so my hope is that will be a good tool to use instead of the bulb syringe, which doesn't work at all for her! The doctor said her ears looked great, so she just has a cold and is likely catching one cold after the next.  She also has the pink eye this month.  It was going around the room at the daycare, so it was just a matter of time until she got it.  Luckily we had the eye meds at home, so no need for a doctor trip!  I also asked question at the doctor about anything from sleep schedule to herbs to poop!  I hope they get those strange questions from every parent, or they may just think I am crazy!

Jumperoo Gal

Caroline is doing well with drinking mommy milk (not much formula these day...mommy and Caroline are in sync...finally!).  There is new research that states as long as a child is doing well then they should continue on drink mommy milk exclusively.  We'll look at adding rice cereal to her diet if she requires more milk than I produce or if she stops sleeping through the night.

Won't really take a pacy,
but loves those hands!

At the doctor, she received 4 vaccines-1 oral for rotavirus and the others by shot.  She did very well with the shots, and only cried for a second.  She didn't enjoy the oral one, and I'm pretty sure she only swallowed 1/4 of it.  Sure hope it still works because the rotavirus is horrible 

Caroline's 4 Month Stats:
Weight 13.12 lbs (40th percentile)
Height 24.25 inches (40th percentile)
Head Circumference 16.25 inches (70th percentile)
BMI 16.4
Diapers-Size 1
Clothing-3-6 months
Mommy Milk-4oz every 3 hours during the day
Night Night-8:15PM-4AM (sometime 5AM) in the Moses Basket