EATING:- You still nurse about 7 times a day.
- You spit up a LOT. The doctor told us to keep you upright for 30 minutes after you eat (which is almost your entire waketime!), and it has helped quite a bit. You have reflux, but you're still growing, so we don't have to medicate. So that's good!
- The doctor gave us the go ahead to start rice cereal, but I'm not ready yet. (She said it would help your reflux, though.) Also, I've read about maybe starting with oatmeal cereal or avocado or something. I don't know whether I want to go with what the doctor recommends (rice cereal since it's easy to digest and has little to no allergies) or something that's more "whole food" or "nutritious." Any suggestions?
- I think I might wait a few weeks before starting you on anything, but because you're so big already, I'm not sure. Oh, this is such a guessing game!
- Before Christmas, you had gotten to a point (for a whole week) where you'd sleep from about 10 to 7 or 7:30am! You regressed a lot over Christmas, though, and we've had to kind of start over since we've been home...but it's been okay.
- In just a week, you're back to going from 10pm to about 5 or 6am! If you wake up between 4am and 7am, I'll feed you and put you back down. Then, I'll wake you up at 7:30am to start our day.
- You are no longer swaddled. We quit cold turkey when we came back from Christmas because you roll onto your tummy and can't roll back...even if your arms are out! You scared us over Christmas a couple times...
- You have become a tummy sleeper even though we put you to bed on your back.
- You take really good naps during the day once you're settled. You will take 3-4 naps at between 1 to 2 hours each.
PLAYING:
- You grasp toys and bring them to your mouth.
- You still really enjoy sucking on your big toe and on my thumb! You've even found your thumb...even though I don't like that.
- You can keep your head level when I pull you to sitting, and you are VERY strong with your legs. You'll pull up to sitting or standing very easily when I hold on to you.
- You can sit in the Bumbo for 5-10 minutes, and your head control has improved!
- You like to sit in your high chair and play with your toys while we're in the kitchen.
- OHmygoodness, yesterday you started protesting when a toy was dropped or taken away. Like full on tears and crying! Let the real parenting begin!
- You can roll to your tummy when you're on your back (both ways, but usually to the right), but you still can't roll from your tummy to your back.
- You talk, squeal, and sometimes laugh (especially at daddy).
- You sometimes raise your chest up on your hands when you're on your tummy. Sometimes.
- You will smile at any face - even if it is in a magazine smiling back at you! It's so cute!
- Daddy really enjoys singing to you at all times, especially in front of the mirror.
Oh, sweet Garrett,
You get to be more fun and interactive every day! I just hope I can keep up with you. Thank you for sleeping so well this month. Here's to sleeping until wake-up time again! We love you very much and can't wait to see how you grow in your fifth month.
Love, Mommy & Daddy
2 comments:
He's growing. If you don't want to start him on cereal, don't. You can also do just a little bit to ease the reflux if that's something that's bothering you.
We learned with Charlotte that rice cereal tends to gum up the back end if the baby, so we started Michael on oatmeal cereal. He's pretty normal, right? :)
Ultimately you're the mom. As long as you're keeping him healthy, do what feels right to you.
He is adorable!
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