Jase at 4 months:
Jase is a good baby.
He’s darling. He lights up
when I walk into the room. Pumps
those little chubby legs. He loves
sucking on his hand and fist.
Always munching.. always slobbering. He’s adorable.
He has a big, huge smile.
His eyes light up and he loves being “talked too.” He’s always goo goo gaa gaa… talking
his baby talk. We all adore
him. Even Bubba. Jase loves to look around and see
what’s going on. He doesn’t love
being snuggled into you, he likes looking out. Jase loves being outside and is a good baby on the go. He’s taking much longer naps. He’ll nap for 1-3 hours, just depending
on how tired he is. I usually
nurse him to sleep and then he starts to get droopy eyes. Just before he drifts off, I put him
(swaddled in his new swaddling blankets) into his crib. It’s there that he sucks on his little
hands or just falls right to sleep.
Jase is a good nurser.
He has been from the beginning.
He loves to nurse and gets mad if there’s too much milk. I am definitely NOT ready to feed solid
foods! Jase eats pretty fast (5-10 minutes) and seems to get pretty full. He’s better able to communicate that he
does or doesn’t want to eat. When
he’s done, he’s learning to not swallow.
Jase knows who his Mommy and Daddy are. He’s already aware of strangers. Wants to be with his Mommy when he’s
tired. He loves Whitney and
MacKay. He loves to be held
sweetly and cuddled.
I munch on his cheeks and neck. He has a bit of torticolis and tends to lean to his left with
his neck. We are doing daily
stretches. He doesn’t love this. Hopefully, it will work. Next week, I will take him to the
doctor to see if he needs physical therapy.
Jase likes to laugh. He is very, very ticklish. He will laugh when we do ‘peek-a-boo’ as well. He has the cutest smile!
Jase sleeps about 5-6 hour stretch- and then maybe will do
another one. The longest stretch he’s gone has been 8-9 hours sleeping. That happened once.. so far!
He is going to bed earlier. When we are good he’ll go down around 7. Sometimes we keep
him out later, and then he has a rougher time going down.
He’s kinda over his swing. I use it rarely.
He’s getting too long for it now anyway.
Jase, we love you.
You are a dream. I am so
grateful you came to our family. I
can hardly wait to get to know your personality even more. I can tell you are a sweet boy. Sensitive, kind and loving. I can tell you have great things in store.
I love you,
Mom
At Jase's 4 month well-check, we noticed his head was in the 100th percentile. (99.73% to be exact) It was growing at a faster rate than the rest of his body. He had 2 ultra sound scans on his head at the hospital. This is where they stick that probe right on his soft spot on his head. He was not happy. It was sort of traumatic. But the extra fluid in his head is benign and he'll grow into that noggin of his. In the mean time, we think he's pretty adorable.
Also, at 4 months, Jase started to go to physical therapy for his torticollis. It was around 3.5 months, we noticed that he titled his head to his left. He doesn't love therapy or the stretched. Now that Jase is almost 7 months, the torticollis is much better and he's almost got his head/neck straight up! :)
