4 Months old

  

Can you believe this sleeping little angel is already four months old?  I can't.  But as I watch him, he is definitely becoming his own little character.  I thought for sure he was going to be too long for his infant car seat, but coming in at only 25 inches, he has an inch to go.  However, it was surprising that he had only grown an inch in the last 10wks.  Even more surprising was his weight.  Ten weeks ago he was 12lbs 1oz today he was only 13 lbs 12oz.  Although he his healthy, eating and sleeping well, we do go back for a weight check in a month.  He is active!  He is rolling around, often getting his legs caught in the crib bars.  The other night I did find him sleeping on his tummy --and I had put him back to sleep.  When the girls started flipping over while sleeping, I let them do it, it seemed as if they were strong enough to get there that I had less to worry about, but they were older when they started.  But he seems still so young, so I asked the doctor today, she assured me that while SIDS can still be a concern, that if he is rolling over on his own, that I don't have to stress about flipping him over -that I can let him sleep.

 

The debates have started!  He watches everything going on and loves it when his big sisters read books to him and play games.  I thought he was too young for Candy Land, but he took it all in.

We are going to try and feed him more often during the day (When I say we, I mean me, I am going to feed him more often, one of the perks of nursing).  Hopefully this will help him gain weight.  His reflux has been pretty bad lately, but between 4 & 6 months that is suppose to get better, so we hope that will get better during the next month allowing him to retain more calories as well.