4 months of Penelope Jo. We are so lucky. She is still
the best baby. So happy. So talkative. So chill. As long as she gets to eat on
demand and is home for bed before 7, she’s down for anything. (We are going to
put that to the test this weekend when she goes to Indy for the first time.
Wish us luck.)
Sleep is still mostly good, but sometimes all over the
place. She sometimes sleeps from 7p-4am and other times wakes up at 1am
demanding milk. Naps are mostly in her crib and occasionally in our bed. At
night she is now in the crib full time. No more rock and play. She outgrow it
about half way through the month. We are starting to let he have her arms out
of the swaddle, which she seems to be a big fan of. She loves to suck on her
thumb. She still loves her pacifier, but will use her hands if she wakes up in
the middle of the night and isn’t ready to eat yet. There still isn’t much of a
schedule when it comes to naps. Whenever she starts to get fussy, I know she’s
tired. We definitely have not seen the emergence of two solid naps. I'm hoping we start to see that this month.
She still nurses on demand around every 2 hours, and then
goes for a solid stretch at night without. Depending on how long any given nap
or wakeful period is depends on if she eats before or after a nap. At home we
almost always lay down in bed for her to nurse because she is either waking up
or going to sleep, or still half way asleep if it’s during the middle of the
night. Nursing sessions are down to only about 5 minutes on one side, and then
she’s done. Very rarely does she want the other side. Her pediatrician gave us the ok to start solids if we want, but we
are going to hold off as long as possible on that. At this point solids are
just one more thing to have to find time for, and we already have plenty to do
during our days. We also plan to do primarily baby led weaning, so it will be 6-7 months before we start solids.
She officially weighed in at 16lbz 12oz at her 4 month
checkup and is 25.5 inches long. She is wearing everything from 3 months to 9
months depending on the brand. Her Cloud Island sleep and plays are still our
favorite for daily wear, but their days are numbered. I don’t want to buy her
new clothes(well I do but know I shouldn’t spend the money), but she is in a
weird in between seasons/sizes phase with hand me downs. So we are stretching
her outfits as long as possible until spring arrives and then she’ll have a
whole new hand me down wardrobe. I am so looking forward to seeing her in some
of the same outfits that her sisters wore.
We introduced the exersaucer this month, and she is a
fan. About 10 minutes is all she can take before she’s ready to get out. Most
of her time is still spent on her play mat. She has taken a major interest in the hanging toys and it now able to grab and hold onto them. In the evenings when I am cooking
dinner she will rotate between the exersaucer and bouncy seat. She has great
head control, puts weight on her feet, but has zero interest in rolling from
back to belly.
I don’t want to wish away h
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