4 months - BLM

It's getting harder and harder to keep up with what's going on with the boys. I feel like I just did Bradley's 3 month update yesterday. It has been a very interesting month for the B man. He spent his first few nights out at my parent's for the wedding we went to over Easter and then stayed with GiGi one night a week or so ago. The good news is, he can pretty much sleep just about anywhere which is nice to know. The bad news, he is totally regressing in his sleep habits. We had gone from about week 7-8 until about week 14 with consecutively getting 7-8 hour stretches each night. So we decided about 3 weeks ago to move him to his crib. He cried the very first time we put him down, but after that he was fine. For the first week, he didn't do too bad. He would sleep about 6 or so hours at a time before waking up and go right back to bed. Then, things changed and have not been the same since. He started waking up every 3 hours on the dot and now that he goes to bed earlier around 8:30, this was not working with our schedule. After a week, we decided to try a few experiments to see if he was really hungry because that seemed to be the only way to get him back to bed. After an hour and a half of rocking, looking at the mobile, trying the pacifier, and just plain crying it out, I gave in and fed him. So the next night, we tried him back in the bassinet just to see what he would do and he slept 9 hours. Well that was a fluke because now he's than he's ever been and waking up sometimes every two hours from midnight on. Wes has been in London, so I feel like I have just been sleepwalking through this past week. Unfortunately, Dr. S, our pediatrician, has said that since he has dropped in percentile on his weight that if he wants to eat, I need to feed him. Hmmpph. I'm just hoping he will outgrow all of this VERY soon and guess we will just move him back to the crib this weekend.

The good thing is that he still does sleep about 12 hours total before getting up in the morning and naps 3-4 times a day (still in the swing, of course!). Needless to say, we have a lot of work to do in the sleeping department. He's still pretty happy throughout the day. Starting to get bored somewhat, so we have pulled out the Exersaucer, which he seems to enjoy and think we will try the walker next.

He likes to be sitting upright as well and will try and do crunches to sit up. He will tolerate tummy time for 3-4 min, but can at least lift his head up for a while now. He rolled over from his tummy to back once about 2 weeks ago, but nothing since. He does like to roll to his side and just chill there.

He is even more obsessed his feet right now, especially the right one! Has started smacking his lips, is very ticklish, loves to laugh and smile, and talks nonstop. He loves being held and if I am in the room, will pretty much whine and cry until I pick him up.

We tried rice cereal a few nights ago. He didn't love it, but didn't hate it either. So, I feel hopeful he will take a liking to it. We have been putting it in his bottle some in hopes of more sleep!

Currently, B is:
*In size 2 Diapers
*Pretty much has outgrown 6 months clothes and moving into 9 months
*Finally increased his bottle intake. Will now take 5-6oz at a time when he gets one. Still will only take 3-4 oz during his nighttime bottle(s). He will spit up once he takes too much, which Ryan never did so this is all new to me.
*Starting to like the pacifier, although he does not use it to fall asleep or soothe - really just when he is pretty upset and needs something to focus on
*Loves his little Lion stuffed animal
*His favorite thing to play with is fabric or anything soft. I am pretty sure a silk sheet could keep him occupied for hours. he loves to just smother himself in fabric
*Loves to be held or just sit with me on the couch
*Obsessed with big brother and watches him like a hawk

Ryan loves to help with Bradley. Whenever he is upset, he is always trying to find ways to comfort him whether it is reading him a book, singing to him, laying with him, or in this case, loading him up with a bunch of lovies!

 Right before his shots at his 4 month appointment:

His stats were:

Height - 26.5" (93%)

Weight - 15 lbs. 5.5 oz (59%)

Head - 17" (75%)

 

So he is kind of all over the place and although, long and lean, I think he carries 90% of his weight in his cheeks. They are soooo chubby and hang over his chin, it is so hard to clean his neck :) We did a little 4 month photo shoot at my parents' when we were there while Wes was in London.

 

 Love this boy! Update: I have wrote this almost 10 days ago and since then so much has changed with sleep. I'll update that next with a few other breakthroughs at our house!