Every day with this little mister is a new adventure.
He is now a full blown chubby, gummy smiling, giggling, happy baby boy. He is rolling from front to back and back to front. He wants to crawl in the worst way and has just started scooting himself forward the last couple of days. He absolutely loves standing up and it's tricky to get him in a sitting position. My 4 month old baby is wearing size 6-12 month clothes and is growing bigger every day. We were surprised at his 4 month check up when the doctor told us it's time to start solid food. I thought it was closer to 6 months but based on his growth and development he is ready for it now (according to Mr. Doctor). We started a bit of rice cereal in the evening about a week ago and it's going so-so. He makes the funniest face when it goes in his mouth and spits most of it out. He is still mostly interested in nursing. We'll just take it slow with the solid food for now.
Some days are harder than others. Seems like just as we figure out a pattern and think we know what to expect it goes and changes the next day. We are working on sleeping and establishing more consistent nap times and bed time. Our baby boy is definitely not a self soother and has to be rocked, cuddled and nursed to sleep every time. He also has a hard time staying asleep unless somebody is sleeping next to him or he's asleep on mama's chest. This is wearing me out a bit (especially since he won't take any mama substitutes, including his more than willing father) but we'll get there eventually.
He is all of a sudden not a fan of his car seat and screams in the car. Since his car seat is essentially his stroller it's also made it difficult to go anywhere. We usually end up pushing the stroller and carrying him or putting him in the Ergo.
He absolutely loves to be outside so we've been trying to take walks in the evening when Ritch gets home from work.
He loves to take a bath, loves chewing on his hands or anything else that makes it way to his mouth, loves his little caterpillar, loves his muslin blankies, loves snuggling with his mama, loves playing and cracking up with his dada and loves looking up at the leaves on the trees.
Baby boy's stats at his 4 month check up:
Weight - 14lb 12oz
Height - 25 inches
Head - 42cm
We continue to be amazed by him every single day. We are so lucky he is our little man.
Love,
Chels
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