Age 4
months
Weight & Length 15 lbs 3 oz (43%), 26.4
inches (90%)
Clothing size 3-6 months
Hair Jackson’s hair seems to be
getting blonder by the day! His cowlick is growing the most hair of anyplace on
his cute little head!
Teeth Zero, but
drooling and chewing a lot so we wonder if the teeth may be coming in
soon.
Sleeping Most nights he will go to
sleep at 6:30 pm or so, and either wake up (or sometimes I wake him) between
10-11:30 to eat, and then he will often sleep through the rest of night.
Sometimes he wakes often between 3-6 (usually if he spits his pacifier out) but
will generally go back to sleep with a little soothing and doesn’t need to
eat.
Eating Jackson continues to eat
about every 2.5-3 hours during the day. He is now taking 4.5 oz bottles at daycare.
Movement He continues to love to
kick like crazy. He can still roll
over front to back, but doesn’t do this every time he does tummy time. He doesn’t love tummy time, but will
tolerate it for a while each day. He did
roll over back to front once, but it was in Daddy and Mommy’s bed, and the soft
mattress may have helped. He
especially loves to splash with his arms and legs in the bathtub.
Milestones He loves to grab his feet
and spends much of his day doing this! He has not yet figured out how to get
his toes into his mouth though. He
also loves to hold on to things. He has started to shake toys around and grab
things with both hands. He also is
very interested in “baby paper” (crinkles when he grabs it) and soft books. He has developed great head control and
loves sitting up (with support).
Favorite toys/activities He has
started to enjoy the jumper we have at home and also the activity centers he
plays in at school. He also likes
to be able to sit up in the bumbo seat.
He continues to love his Bjorn bouncer and the toy attachment can keep
him busy for quite a while- he is so focused when he plays with it and spins
the pieces.
Dislikes Jackson doesn’t like to be tired….or hungry. They tell me the only time he cries at
daycare is when he decides he is hungry and a bottle isn’t already warmed up-
he doesn’t like to have to wait to eat! Otherwise
he is a very happy baby! We are working on taking more naps and better naps at
daycare. Because this is sometimes hard to do, he has to have an early bedtime
which leaves us little time (if any) to play with him/see him on nights when we
have to work late or are on call.
This has been the biggest bummer of going back to work and working long
days. It makes me very anxious to be done with my fellowship (August 23rd)
so I can have more time at home with him!
Words & sounds He loves to squeal and make lots
of loud happy sounds. He does
giggle a little and we can’t wait to hear more of this! The teachers at his
daycare say he loves to “sing” on buggy rides with the other kids.
What we love Spending quality time with our little sweetie. He is such a happy guy and we just
constantly are in awe of how perfect we think he is and what a sweet little guy
we created. Amazing that just over a year ago, we were finding out we were
expecting him!
What we don’t love Not getting to spend much time with Jackson while he
is awake during the week (especially Mommy). Thankfully Daddy has a better schedule right now which
allows him to pick him up at daycare by 4:30-5:30 most days so they have some
time to hang out and his days at daycare aren’t as long.
What we’re looking forward to next month Rolling
over back to front and more giggles!
