Four Months

My little one is four months old. Crazy talk!

Health: We saw the doctor today for Avery's four month check-up and shots. She is a whopping 12lbs,6oz and 24". Still a little peanut!!

She's had a cold for about a week. She is pretty happy  most of the days, but you can tell she doesn't feel good.

Personality: Avery is still the happiest little baby. She loves to smile and is so social. She definitely notices if you're talking to her and doesn't love it if you walk away.

Eating: Avery is up to 5oz. about every 3 hours. She has taken 6oz. once or twice. We're still having to give her prune juice for the constipation. We've decreased it to about every other day. We tried going two days in between, but it eventually catches back up to her. Poor thing!

We talked to her pediatrician today and he suggested starting foods between 5-6 months. He said we could start with rice cereal, but we've talked about just skipping it, which he said was fine too!

Sleeping: Avery is sleeping 7p-7a most nights. Well, I should say we start bedtime around 7. She gets a bottle, takes a bath on days she goes to daycare, and we rock and snuggle. Sometimes I offer her another ounce or two if she stays in the bath for a while. She is still all over her crib.

Avery is on a nap strike at daycare. She's there for 5.5 hours and might take a 15-30 minute nap. At home, I've moved her PnP downstairs to help her get used to napping when it's bright and louder. She still naps in her swing sometimes, but we've been napping together a lot in my bed. It's my favorite!! 

Her favorites: Avery still loves the Kick n' Play and her O'ball. She seems to be enjoying tummy time a little more.  She has found her voice and loves showing us what she can do..very loudly. Avery also likes to hold hands, play airplane and puts everything in her mouth! We can't forget about her monkey, they're inseparable!

 

Things she could do without: I don't think she enjoys sleeping in the PnP. Whenever we've been out of town and she's had to sleep in it, she always wakes up at least once. She moves so much and I think she wakes herself up kicking the sides. 

Milestones: Avery is doing much better with rolling. She's rolling from her belly to her back pretty much every time she's done with tummy time. Occasionally she still uses the face plant and whine method until someone moves her. She rolls to her side from her back, but hasn't gone all the way over yet without help. Like I said earlier, she is so vocal these days...always talking! She's getting close to grabbing her feet. She'll do it if you touch her foot to her hand, but on her own she just holds her knees. Because ya know, knees are fun. She's also making it pretty clear that she would like to sit up. She pulls her chest up when she's in her chair or getting into the car seat and can sit pretty well with support.

(This one is a little blurry, but you can see how she is trying to sit up!)

Big Events: We didn't really do much this month. She's getting into a routine of going to daycare three days a week. They love her. Of course they do! I'm getting pretty excited for her first holidays coming up.

 

Mommy: I'm still hanging in there. Some days are more overwhelming than others. It's been a challenge to get into a routine of work, being a mom and wife, keeping up with thr house, keeping up with exercise, and finding time for me. We've made a daily cleaning list and that has helped. It's easier to clean a little every day than to let it pile up. 

Of all the things that can slip, I don't want being a mom to be one of them. There are nights when we eat dinner at 8 because I don't want to just put Avery in her swing after she's been at daycare all day. I'm ok with that. I'll cook a million more dinners in my life but I will never have time back with her. I don't want to ever say that I wish I had spent more time with her. 

Here is a comparison picture and just a few of my favorites from this month!

That smile. It get's me every time!

 

I forgot to leave socks when grandma & grandpa Gibbs were babysitting. They improvised. I guess when you have 13 kids, you're pretty clever.

One of my absolute favorite pictures of her!


I also DL this awesome app called PicCal. You just upload a picture for each day. Between my phone, IG, and FB I was able to go back until the day she was born! We're going to do it for her whole first year!