Four Months!

I really can't believe 4 months have already passed! Like 1/3 of a year! This boy gets sweeter and smiles more every day.

New this month:

Colby found his voice and it cracks me up! Before now he definitely made some noises, but I don't think he understood it. When we went to Fort Worth for spring break he really got to talking... that Lexy showed him how it's done! We got him out of the bath one night, I laid him on the bed to get him ready to go to sleep, Missy sat down next to him and he just started telling her a story. And he hasn't stopped :) He talks in the middle of the night when he wants to eat, when he's trying to go to sleep, when he's nursing, even when he's out and about. He has a kind of low scratchy voice and I hope it never changes. It is so funny and I love it!

He still rolls from tummy to back but only sometimes. I see him rocking like he is thinking about going the other way soon... we will see! He sits up really well in his bumbo or just with a little support and seems to prefer that to laying down to play.


Eating continues to go really well and I am so thankful. Nursing was sure the hardest thing I've ever done for those first 2 or so months, but we seem to have worked it out. Clearly from these stats... he is getting enough to eat :)

Height: 25 inches
Weight: 16 lbs 4 oz (hello 77th percentile up from the 50th)
Head: 15.5

(as close to a sic 'em as we get at 4 months)

Sleeping this month has had its ups and downs to say the least. Maybe a growth spurt happened or something, but in the middle of this month he went back to eating a couple of times at night sometimes. Or eating only once but waking up several times when he wasn't hungry. But as of this week he's sleeping at night so much better! Going to bed around 8:30, waking to eat around 4 or 5 and sleeping until 8. Amen. Naps on the other hand are just plain out of control. Last month I kindly said he took naps anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours. Little did I know how the number 45 minutes would come to haunt me! He is clearly not happy with just 45 minutes of napping so it looks like we have some work to do on that this month. This is what C thinks of that:


I would say favorites for this month are: baths, talking, having clothes changed, toys where you sit up, when Daddy shakes him after his bath, and burp cloths. I really could take all of the toys back and just give him a burp cloth to gum and rub on his face and he'd be a happy boy.

We went to see Dr. B today and Colby got an A+. She is much happier with the results of his tummy time and said the flat spot seems to be improving and should correct itself. She gave some advice on the naps that Colby is not going to like as much. However, she said even if we don't fix that we still have a happy healthy baby and that is the most important thing. We couldn't agree more! She also gave us the green light for solids, so we'll see about that this month too.

This picture is Colby to a t. He is as sweet as the day is long and might have a tender heart just like his parents. What a joy it is to be his mommy!