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I tried to do a quick shoot with his 4 month sticker one day after work this week and it didn’t go quite as smoothly. Jack is worn out after daycare and can switch from happy to upset very quickly. I got a few good ones and I have to say this will definitely be the last month for his 3m onesie he’s worn for these photo shoots since he was born. We’ve got a growing boy on our hands!
Sleep:
Your sleep schedule definitely changes depending on if it’s a daycare day or not. When you are at daycare, you tend to take 1 long nap a day (1.5-2 hours) and then a couple of other cat naps (15-20 minutes). I laugh when I get your reports at the end of the day because you will have several naps will literally say 2:15-2:28. You are pretty tired when you get home and often tend to fall asleep in your swing around 6:30 or 7. You could sleep there all night! I normally will wake you up around 9 or 9:30 to feed you, change you, and put you to bed. You have been waking up once during the night. Just recently it has been around 5:00am, but you still throw in a 2:30 or 3:30am every once in a while. After you eat, you will sleep until around 7:30.
Eating:
You are currently eating 6-7oz 5-6 times a day. You had your first bottle of formula this month, but are still on majority breast milk. Your only formula during the day is your bottle before bedtime. While mom was in Hawaii, you were on formula pretty much the whole week and did great. Since I haven’t quite kept up with the amount you are eating now, the bottle of formula at night makes up the difference.
Size:
You were exactly 13 lbs at your 4 month doctor appointment. You have just started to outgrow some of your 3 month clothes. It makes me sad when you wear an outfit for the last time and then it’s headed to the bin, but love that you are growing into your 6 month clothes. You are still in size 1 diapers.
Things you love:
Playing with your mobile and play gym. You have started grabbing at the toys on your gym.
Speaking of grabbing you have to be holding onto something at all times. If you are in your carseat you are constantly grabbing at your blanket or toys. If you are not grabbing something then your hands are normally in your mouth. You love your longhorn pacifier because you can grab onto him and figit with it. You still use your pacifier but often prefer to use your hands instead.
You also love it when we sing to you and you just smile and giggle. Lately “Wheels on the Bus” always makes you smile. You love to talk to us and make noises when you are happy and not so happy.
You still love to “watch” the tv and are now sitting in your bumbo. You have started sitting on the kitchen table in your bumbo while dad works at the end of the day.
When we are playing with you, you always want to “stand.” Whenever I hold you up you straighten your legs and stand tall and look around.
Activities:
Sitting in the bumbo, “watching” tv, mobile, play gym, riding in stroller, sleeping in swing
New things:
There have been a lot of new things this month. You had your first bottle of formula since you were going to be away from mom and dad for a few days. You didn’t notice a difference and took it down like a champ.
You spent your first nights away from mom and dad. First, mom and dad had a work weekend function near Dallas and mom’s parents came to San Antonio to stay with you. You also made a trip to Plano and stayed with both sets of grandparents while mom and dad were on vacation in Hawaii.
You have slept through the night 2 times in a row in San Antonio and 1 night at Grandma Marshall’s house. I’m hoping this will become more consistent.
You went on your first weekend vacation to a “hotel” during Labor Day weekend. It was actually a ranch but you do great in all different surroundings and are very flexible. W also went for your first swim while you were there. At first, you weren’t so sure but eventually relaxed. I think you realized it was just like your bath.
You also started in the nursery at the Pineapple School while mom’s at work and dad’s at school. It was so hard for mom to take you the first day and first week, but you did great and adapted well. You get to do all kinds of activities and hang out with other babies your age. Your report card pretty much always says content and cheerful. I love to read your daily reports when I pick you up and what activity you enjoyed during the day. You take stroller rides outside, have spa days, play with fruit, sing songs in Spanish, and they read books to you in Spanish to name a few things.
Along with daycare, you got your first cold! You are actually still battling it…it’s stuck around for a couple of weeks and now you have a cough.
You met your great aunts and uncles on the Marshall side (Rick, Lori, Pat, & Daryl) and one of mom’s cousins (Holly).
I still haven’t seen you roll over (from your stomach to back), but they said you have at daycare. I'm excited to see it. Your head and body control are excellent. Every once in a while you’ll still have a bobble, but I can carry you on my hip now and you are able to support yourself and look all around. You still don’t like being on your stomach but you can at least hold yourself up and look around for a while and then get upset when you get too tired to keep holding yourself up and you faceplant.
You also have a hemangioma (a group of blood vessels) above your left eye that has gotten a bit bigger so we are headed to the pediatric plastic surgeon to see what he suggests since it’s started to cover your eye a bit. They said it will go away with time, but we don’t want it to affect your vision. On a positive note, your herniated belly button is getting smaller!
Routine:
We don’t have much of a routine since you go to daycare during the day, but recently you have been waking at 5:00am to eat and then go back to sleep until around 7. You just play in your crib while mom gets ready for work and then I feed you, get you dressed, and we head to daycare. When I pick you up when head home to play until bedtime. If you don’t fall asleep, then I will feed you around 8 so you are asleep by around 8:45. You get a bath every other night.
