Four Months!

Our Lucipea is 4 months old today! It is nearly impossible to think of what our days were like before her. What did we do with ourselves!?!??!

Every morning Lucipea greets us with this big open mouth grin...she's got such a pretty smile!
She was very excited to be sitting up by herself in her chair.
Get out of my way monkey!

Notes at 4 months:

-Sleeping is our biggest battle. At 2 months she was sleeping between 8 and 10 hours a night without waking; now she cries every 20 minutes for the first two hours, then wakes every 2 to 4 hours for the paci and/or to eat. The last three nights she's started eating once or even twice during the night. Not sure if we are dealing with a growth spurt, a need for a changed routine, decreased milk supply on my part or something that we haven't even considered. But whatever it is, we are desperate to fix it!

-She is getting stronger everyday. She still has only rolled over once, but she is very close to rolling from her back to tummy. She rolls up over onto her side and arches her little back, but then rolls back.

-Tummy time is still largely spent eating her arm. She'll go 7 or 8 minutes at a time on her tummy now without throwing a fit. When she's mad (the last 3 minutes) she'll push up on her arms and scoot her little bootie & legs like an inchworm...but her head still seems awfully heavy for her.

-She is still being swaddled...which we know we need to stop. Whenever not swaddled she pulls the paci out of her mouth and then might try to put it back in, or just bonk herself on the face with it. Whereas before with arms free she would startle herself, now she just keeps knowingly bothering herself!

-She can take the paci in & out of her mouth, but can't really pick up a paci that is sitting on the floor by itself and put it in her mouth.

-She can and does put link-a-doos in her mouth...they are very lightweight and seem to be easy for her to control. The teething rings Aunt Brooke bought for her seem to be too heavy for her to manipulate up into her mouth.

-She found her feet on Thanksgiving.

-She has a toy that she plays with while lying on the floor...she can reach up & swing at the little creatures and when she hits them they sing to her. For the first few days she only used her left hand to hit the friends...now she's using both. Her newest trick is using her feet to make them sing!

-She also took this new skill of reaching out & grabbing things and applied it to her mobile friends...even catching them & not letting go! Except for the rabbit that is...only the cow & the donkey are interesting enough to catch. How funny! And yes, after we watched her do this (and oohed and awed at her development), we moved the mobile so that the friends were out of her reach. We don't want her pulling the thing down on herself!

-She still loves the ABC song. Last week Aunt Baylee would sing it to her & sign the letters...no matter how fussy she had been she would stop & give Baylee her full attention without making any noise.

-She is in size 2-3 diapers, and only fits into 6-12 month gear.

-She's spending lots more one-on-one time with Pop Pop as I continue to hit Bikram Yoga whenever he's home. I think it has been good for all of us!

-She is a chatterbox! Lots of uuhhmmm, mmmm, baaaaa, buuuuuuffff, gaaaa, hrmmmm, buuuuhhhh. The b sound is a new one I've just noticed in the last couple of days. The moaning has been replaced with high pitched squealing all day long.

-Drool, drool, drool...everywhere...all the time! And raspberries...combined with more drool & bitting!

-When Clay blows in her face she has the same response EVERY time! She sticks her tongue out ever so slightly with pursed lips. Clay's response is also the same EVERY time...he cracks up!

-She still really likes her crib...what a blessing for us! Almost without fail if her bedroom light is on & the mobile is singing to her, she's happy to roll onto her side & scoot around. She's started looking at the speaker of the mobile too...

-Her 'annular eczema' (diagnosed by Dr. Brooke) is getting better due to a twice daily lathering of Aveeno baby lotion.

-She still loves the bath! Her newest thing is trying to suck the water as it gets up by her face.

-She giggled for the first time a week ago yesterday...it was the sweetest sound I've ever heard. We can usually get her to giggle by zerberting her belly (or as Clay calls it, blowing air between pursed lips onto the skin of the stomach...as Jamie pointed out...apparently he didn't grow up watching the Cosby Show!)

-She goes to the doctor for her 4 month well baby visit on Wednesday. I'll post her stats then!

Aunt Baylee left Friday & we miss her already! Come back soon Aunt Baylee!!