5 Months!

What a big boy we've got on our hands :)

Night times continue to go fairly easily.  You get a bath every other night, nurse, then fall asleep afterward.  It is so unusual for me to have a baby that can fall asleep without needing to nurse to sleep.  I'm hoping that will help make falling asleep even easier as you get older.  You go to bed around 6:30-7:00 at night and wake up around 5:00 to be fed.  Most mornings you fall right back to sleep afterward until you wake up for the day at 7.
 

Holly has been attempting to get you on a 2-nap-a-day schedule the past few days and has been fairly successful.  Your naps have been about 2 hours long!

You are now eating 8oz bottles every 3 hours or so.  I still can't believe such a little guy can down that big of a bottle but apparently that's what works best for you.  I am worried that I won't be able to produce enough milk to meet your demand but at this point, it is still working out.

You are now starting to wear 3-6 month clothing and are still in size 2 diapers.

You can now roll in both directions on a fairly regular basis.  We are going to need to start considering baby proofing the house once again now that you have started rolling around large areas.  Just the other day I laid you down in the living room while I made dinner and you ended up at the opposite end!

You've also found your feet!

You went to your first pumpkin patch this month.  We also took you to hang out with the family at Great Grandma's 80th birthday celebration.

Time sure is flying!

Things I Don't Want to Forget

Andrew started blowing raspberries last week.  Ethan loves to tell him to stop and it makes me smile when Andrew doesn't listen :)

Yesterday, Andrew started rolling from back to belly.  He's been working on it for a few weeks now and was finally able to hoist himself all the way over.  He did it for the first time at Holly's house.  I have to admit, I felt a slight twinge of sadness because I wasn't there to witness this "first" but I was just as excited when I saw it for myself the first time.

Ethan has been practicing his ABCs and numbers a lot lately.  In fact, I think the ABCs is his favorite song of the moment.  He can get through the whole song until the "WXYandZ" part which he skips entirely.  Ethan's counting is equally amusing.  He'll get all the way to the teens when you start to hear, "...10, 11,12, 13, 14,14,14,14,14,..."  I'm guessing 14 is his favorite number!

Ethan and I started a new step as part of our bedtime routine that came about when I wasn't feeling well one day last week.  He wants to lay right next to me on the couch snuggled up in a blanket while we watch our bedtime show.  Ethan has NEVER been able to sit still long enough to snuggle through a show which makes me even more delighted that it's happening now.  I look forward to these snuggles each night.

4 Months

Our little boy is 4 months old already!

You go to the doctor on October 5th so we'll see just how big you are at that point.  You've grown quite a bit since your last doctor's visit.

You are doing such a wonderful job falling asleep at night and staying asleep.  On a typical night, you fall asleep around 7:30 and sleep until about 6.  There were a few nights when you would wake up once to be fed but that was very rare.  I've found it is easier to get you to sleep now since I am able to better recognize your cues.  You absolutely adore having a snuggle blankie pressed up against your left cheek.
 

During the day you are usually awake for about an hour or two before getting tired and needing a nap.  At those times I find an activity to occupy Ethan and I'm able to quickly rock you to sleep.  We're all so lucky that you are such an easy going baby.


You eat 5 oz. every 2 hours and boy do you make it known when you are hungry.  The babysitter and I joke around that you are like an alarm clock with how punctual you are.  When it's time to eat, it's TIME.TO.EAT!


You are wearing 0-3 month clothing and size 2 diapers.

You started rolling from belly to back on a regular basis.  Although you've done it previously, you are just now at the point where you do it intentionally.  You have also gotten very good at grabbing toys and putting them in your mouth.  You love sitting in the Bumbo seat since it gives you the chance to watch things around you.

You had your first overnight visit with Mimi and Pawpaw.  You were such a good boy!  We also attended the Lunken airshow where you got to admire all the big jets.

Mommy and Daddy love you, Andrew!