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Baby Journal: 4 Months Old


Dear Lorelai,

Today you are 4 months old. When everyone told me that time would fly by, I didn't believe them...now...I do. I cannot believe you are already 4 months old. This month has been my absolute favorite. You smile like crazy now, and you give the absolute biggest smiles when you wake up in the morning and one of us comes to get you out of your crib. You also have grown out of your tummy issues, so I am no longer on the MSPI diet...and I'm thrilled. Not just for my sake, but because you are so happy now that your tummy doesn't hurt.


Don't get me wrong, you still cry... a lot....but those first 3 months you seemed to cry anytime you were awake. It was absolutely exhausting.

You're sleeping really well, sometimes 8 hours at a time at night. A "normal" night you wake up just once, which is letting us finally get some sleep.We had to stop swaddling you at the very end of your 3rd month, because we knew you were about to roll over...and guess what...you did! Not only did you roll from back to tummy, but the following day you rolled from your tummy onto your back.

You do have a little "stranger danger" right now, and can tell when someone you don't know is holding you. That being said, you'll smile at just about anyone.

Your favorite thing is to stand. If you're crying, we can usually prop you up on your legs and you stop, and start smiling. Usually we can just let you grab onto our fingers, and you stand all by yourself (with the help of using us for balance...balancing on your own two feet is going to take a while) We started you in the saucer this week and you love it.

You're just starting to grab things. You look at them first like you really want it, then usually just open your mouth and wait for us to put the toy in for you. We're trying to stop doing that :) Yesterday we set up your highchair so you can sit and play with your toys while we work at the table. You're loving it so far.

We still struggle daily with cradle cap....but hopefully you will grow out of that soon. Unfortunately that was something I passed down to you.

Most importantly, we love you so much and are so proud of every new accomplishment you achieve. You're an absolute joy in our lives, and even though having a child was way more difficult than we expected, we are having so much fun with you.




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caitl1n said…
For cradle cap, try mustela!! Their newborn shampoo got rid of my son's cradle cap!!!
May 7, 2017 at 7:29 PM
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