Baby Nash is 4 months old

Nash you are 4 months old today!

Where has the time gone.

Everyday you grow and change and we are just in awe of you.

Daddy loves to make you laugh and rough house with you.

Mommy loves to cuddle you and help you grow.

• You weigh 16 lbs 1 oz.  Yes that is right!! Look at those rolls.  I am not sure of your height or percentiles because our doctors appointment is next week. I will update everyone once I have those numbers.

• Eating:  You are drinking 6 oz of soy formula every 3-4 hours. We put a little bit of apple juice in the formula to help you not be so constipated.  A couple days shy of your 4 month birthday we introduced you to rice cereal.  At first you were not too sure but after we continued to feed it you, you loved it. Now we just need you to get use to the spoon.

• You have mastered the pouty lip.  The lip goes out any time you want us to pick you up or you are not happy with what you are doing.  It makes an appearance at every meal when we take the bottle away to burp you.  You are not a happy boy when your food is taken away.

• Clothing/Diaper Size: You were random sizes depending on the brand.  The hardest part about dressing you is that you have very short legs and an extremely long torso.  PJs you are in 6-9 months, almost growing out of the 6 months.  Janie and Jack you are in size 3-6 month; Gap 6-12; Gymboree; 6-12.  Onsies we are in 6 month and some 9 month. Pants/shorts: you were 3-6 months. Diapers you are currently in a 2-3.

•  Sleep: You have given us a couple of nights of sleeping all through the night. and wake up at 6 am and then sleep again until 9.  But most of the time you go to bed around 7:30 pm and wake up between 2:30 and 3:30. We feed you and then you go right back to sleep until about 7:30 or 8 in the morning.  You still love to be swaddled.  The routine now is, we swaddle you and then you look at us and smile and chuckle and then you wiggle your arms free.  It is quite funny.

•  Development: You have just started to take notice of objects and try to slowly touch them. You are bearing weight on your feet and love to stand any time you can.  In fact it is almost impossible to bend you to sit on our laps.  We are working on sitting up and you make a funny noise every time we have you sitting by yourself. You stare at anything that has lots associated to it. Tummy time is still an issue.  You cry every minute you are on your tummy unless you are sucking on your hand.

•  Toys: The activity mat is still your favorite.  You would spend all day there if Momma was not so worried about your flat head.  Now instead of hitting the toys really hard you try to grab them or slowly push them around.  You have also taken notice to the toys on your car seat so Momma has switched them out and you play those the whole time you are in the car seat.  We just introduced you to your jump jump and you have really started to like it.  You have hit some of the music button by yourself and you can push up as straight as you would like.

•  Noises:  Giggling is the biggest difference.  You have a real low chuckle and then we laugh and you squeal really loud.  You will copy us when we make noises to you and you love to sing with Momma while you are in the bath.  We will put your play list on and we will sing and you will try to mimic us.  It is one of you favorite times in the day. The billy goat sound has officially left us. It is a happy but sad moment. Another wonderful thing about this month is that you love to smile!  I just love it.

• Fun facts: All of the sudden last week you decided you were done with Pacis.  This made Momma very sad because I was hoping they would last you a long time as a soothing mechanism.  However, anytime you can you suck on your hands.  You have not found a finger or thumb but you most definitely have found the side of you hand. With all the little kids around, we have noticed how much you love to just watch them.  You will watch with such concentration as if you want to be out there with them playing.

• Munchkin we love you and so excited to see what happens in this month.