4 Months!

Somewhere along the way my little itty bitty baby turned into this little person with the cutest personality EVER! This past month, you have learned how to steal the heart of anyone you encounter and are just the sweetest little guy.

You now weigh 15 lbs. 4 oz. (50th percentile) and are 26.25 inches tall (90th percentile).
Now that you're four months old, you continue to sleep through the night. You've been getting sleepy earlier than before and want to go to sleep anywhere between 6:30 and 7:00. You are no longer completely swaddled but we do keep you bundled up from the arm pits down. I've tried one night of putting you in a sleep sack instead and you did just as well. Mommy still wakes you up for the last feeding of the night around 10:00 but instead of taking a half hour to eat, you usually finish in about 15 minutes! You're quite the efficient little man! While you do sleep through the night, you have been waking up for the day anywhere between 5:15-6:00. During the week this is no big deal since Mommy and Daddy have to go to work anyways but during the weekend, this is NO FUN AT ALL! Just this past weekend, Mommy managed to rock you back to sleep after eating and you ended up sleeping for an extra hour. With daylight savings beginning this upcoming Saturday, I'm hoping we can bribe you into sleeping just a tad later :)

You still eat about every 3 hours but it now only takes you 15 minutes or so to eat. When you hang out with Dawn during the week, you usually eat between 4.5-5 oz. You continue to spit up although it seems like you save that mostly for Mommy and Daddy now. When I pick you up from the babysitter's house now, you're usually in the same outfit from the morning! Before, you were going through 1-2 outfits a day!

You continue to take wonderful naps at the babysitters and have gotten much better at home. Your naps range anywhere from a typical 30 minute nap to around an hour and a half. After a lot of trial and error, we learned that you sleep best with a dark blanket over the window, the fan on, and a white noise track on the iPod. Just yesterday the blanket over the window fell down but you continued to nap in the light for well over an hour! I continue to swaddle you during nap time which helps you sleep a bit longer.

You continue to wear mostly size 0-3 clothing but some of it has been retired to the storage bin. In the past week we've tested out a few 3-6 (6 month) outfits and they're starting to fit. Those outfits are a bit too large but they work since you're so tall. You're officially in size two diapers.
This month you've been practicing rolling from back to belly. You've been able to roll to your side but can't quite figure out how to roll all the way over. You've become more patient during tummy time and allow yourself to lay there for about 5 minutes now. You can lift your head and chest far enough off the ground to watch the stuffed birdy fly above your head! Oddly enough, you haven't rolled from belly to back since we first saw you do it well over a month ago...odd.

On Sunday, you learned how to blow raspberries for the first time. It's so funny to see you communicate this way while drool runs down your plump little cheeks :) You crack up laughing and giggling all the time now! I just love those sweet little baby sounds.
Your favorite toys are the telephone rattle from Grandma and a crinkly teething towel with satin and rubber tips. Daddy likes to call this your starfish.

This month you got to spend the night at Grandma and Grandpa Becker's house again because both Mommy and Daddy were sick. While you were such a good boy during the day, you had a rough time at night and woke Grandma up every two hours :( I guess you just missed us and your own cozy bed.

Now that the weather has started to get a little nicer, you've gone on two stroller rides around the neighborhood. The first time we put the car seat into the stroller but you didn't enjoy that much. In fact, you cried most of the time until getting your paci and falling asleep. The second time we decided you were big enough to go into the stroller facing out. You LOVED this and spent the whole walk taking in all the new sights and sounds. I think we'll have to do that again sometime very soon.

Birth Stats
7 lbs 11 oz. (50th percentile)
21.5 inches long (95th percentile)

1 Month Stats
8 lbs 15 oz. (25th percentile)
22.5 inches long (80th percentile)

2 Month Stats
11 lbs 11 oz. (50th percentile)
24.5 inches (75th percentile)
Head Circumference........... 16 inches ( 50th percentile)

4 Month Stats
15 lbs 4 oz. (50th percentile)
26.25 inches (90th percentile)
Head Circumference.......17 inches (60th percentile)

You're learning so much and becoming such an amazing little guy. Mommy and Daddy love you very much!