Little Lykes: 4 Months

4 Months

Weight: 13 lbs 11 oz

Height: a tall 24 ½ inches

Appetite: You are still a good eater! Your curiosity about food has spiked! When you see Daddy or I eat, you observe what we are eating and watch us chew. (sometimes I feel bad eating in front of you- if I’m holding you and go to put something in my mouth, you often open yours) If I’m eating fruit, I usually let you have a lick and you LOVE it, especially grapes, strawberries and pineapple. You are now eating 4-5 ounces at a time but still every 3-4 hours. You are a frequent, small meal eater. You are still nursing like a champ and taking bottles when needed! On January 30, 2014 you ate your first oatmeal dinner, and you couldn't get enough!

Clothing Size: You are still wearing your 3-6 month clothing! We spend a lot of time in our jammies- I feel like you outgrow these more quickly than your other clothing.

Milestones: You are sitting up great with little support! You have discovered your toes and love to put them (sometimes your whole foot) in your mouth! Teething is in the works! Drooling?! Forget about! Everything goes into the mouth! Your ability to focus on an object and grasp it is incredible! When in your Einstein, or play mat you can easily entertain yourself for periods of time (you often make loud playful screeches when playing with your toys all by yourself; got this on video) We introduced you to your first sippy cup! You did great! You got the hang of it rather quickly!

Can we say “Miss Independent”? You are a girl that knows what she wants, wants it now and wants to do it on your own! When Daddy and I try to help you do something, you scream because you don’t always want our help!

Special Outings: We have been kind of house bound! With frigid cold temperatures this Winter we have been doing fun things inside! We started our new Sunday morning routine! 10:00 church service! You were mesmerized by the huge, beautiful chandelier, colored glass windows and the handful of ceiling fans! Daddy and I were shocked at how well you were! For the first 25 minutes of service you stood on my legs, offering smiles to anyone that smiled your way. Since it was nap time, you fell right asleep halfway through service and slept through all of the hymns and talking! That’s our girl! Looking forward to your christening, you are going to look beautiful!

Thoughts: I am loving being a Momma! I love watching you grow day to day.

Our routine: Our routine has stayed pretty consistent since three months old. Still awake between 7 and 7:30 a.m. You awake to a morning feeding. You and I have playtime down on your play mat and try to squeeze in some tummy time. Yes, I often lay on your play mat with you. The view from your play mat looking up at the dangling toys is quite fascinating. You then sit in your height chair while I make breakfast and have my morning coffee. By 8:30ish you are ready for your morning nap. You nap in your crib for about 2 hours. It’s then time to eat and more playtime! If we need to run errands, this is the time that we run out! After rotating through both play mats, your bumbo chair, Einstein, and story time, it’s about time for your afternoon nap. You go down around 12:30-1ish and sleep for about an hour to an hour and a half. You awake to another feeding, and more playtime! I usually begin prepping dinner, as you sit in your height chair and watch! Daddy comes home from work and shortly after you are down for your evening nap. This is the nap that is iffy. Sometimes you even skip it. If you do nap, it is usually in your swing and it’s more of a catnap! You and Daddy have some playtime before we begin our bedtime routine. On bath nights, you get a bath and we begin to turn down the lights around 8-8:30. We make the house dark and quiet to show you that it is getting close to sleepy time. Lately you have been going down for the night around 10ish after your last feeding before bedtime!

Any big changes: You slept through the night!!!!!! Woohoo!! It was like pure heaven! I must have checked on you like 100 times!

Your favorites: We have many of the same favorites as last month. You are enjoying story time more and more. I love watching your face light up when I hold a book up in front of you. Your teethers, sing along puppy, baby Einstein take along, and piano mat are all favorites of yours. You absolutely LOVE bath time! Not only do you love sucking on the soppy wash cloth, but you love splashing with your feet! You won’t be fitting in the sling of your bathtub much longer!

Momma’s Favorites: Oatmeal and TONS of water (trying to increase the boobie juice supply), the Boon Lawn drying rack- drying bottles and sippy cups can’t be easier, Dreft Baby detergent- love the smell of her freshly washed clothes and it gets out all the crap stains from the numerous blowouts that we have, headbands- not only do I love a baby in a matching headband but I enjoy making them for Stella. Lastly, jammies with zippers--makes for middle night diaper changes that much easier!

Sitting all by herself in her Bumbo chair! When I first put her monkey slippers on her feet, she looked so confused and couldn't stop staring at them. Like a "what is on my feet?" kind of look.

This girl is unbelievably flexible! Yup, that is her foot smooshing her cheek!

She literally "stuck her foot in her mouth"

Staring contest with Simba!

This is her expressing excitement! It is a bit blurry because her arms and legs were flailing! We call it Baby Bird! It looks like she is waiting for mama bird to drop worms into her mouth!

I will leave you with a few other pictures from her 4 month photo session :)