4 Months Old!

Fourteen Weeks

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Seventeen Weeks

Weight: 16.9 lbs. (80th percentile)

Height: 26 (86 percentile) (height and weight done September 4th at four month well-baby)

Eating: Nothing new in the eating department! Except I will say, there is no feeling like looking down and seeing a good latch after our rough start at BFing.

Sleeping: August 25, 2013 I found out I was pregnant. August 25, 2014 I spent the first night without my baby within arms reach of my side - he slept in his own room. August 24, 2014 we were sleeping through the night. August 25, 2014 good-bye sleep, hello going to the other side of the house throughout the night. That about sums up night-time sleeping. We even went to the Hollinger cabin this month where he slept in the pack and play beside me, and he slept all night long. Back home in his own crib, no such luck. Maybe it is because I am a first time mom, or maybe it is because I have read too many articles, but I really don't agree with the "cry it out" method (at least definitely not this early). Maybe down the road I will see a need for it, but right now I don't mind getting up to reassure him throughout the night.

Napping during the day is going well. When we are home he naps in his crib. He naps really well in there and absolutely loves his mobile (I normally lay him down and put that on and it puts him to sleep.) He will nap about an hour after every feeding for anywhere between 30 minutes - 2 hours. He seems to be taking his longest nap after his 2:00pm feeding.

New Skills:
~ Rolling over back to belly (although he doesn't find it that amusing so rarely ever does it)
~ Playing with his chains
~ Reaching for objects
~ Consonant sounds
~ So close to giggling!

He Loves:
~ His chains
~ He loves when people say hi to him! There is hardly ever a time that he won't smile.
~ Being held up on a shoulder so he can see the world

He Doesn't Like:
~ He is seriously the happiest guy and is hardly ever not smiling!

Exciting Things We Did: It was a busy and exciting month filled with lots of firsts!

First Craft Show!

#1 Salesman! 

First Proposal! 

She said yes!

First time camping!

First time in a bathing suit!

First time in a pool (don't mind the mom blur finger in the corner)

First time at the beach

Toes in the ocean (& not so happy about it!)

First babysitters! (It was hard to leave for an 1.5 hours!)

Within a few days Charlie had three different babysitters. My mom and dad watched him while I went out for dinner with some girlfriends to celebrate Monica's bachelorette party. Then the next day Ty's parents watched him for 3 hours while we went boating. Then three days later his Aunt Courtney watched him while I went to a meeting for our company. I'm not sure I'll ever get to the point where I can leave him without a little (more like a ton of) heartache!

C moved into his own room. 

Our good friends Mike and Monica got married & Charlie helped mommy give a speech. 

Some More Pictures:

C learned how to roll over, but doesn't find it that great so hardly ever does it. 

Maybe I should start buckling him in? 

First time in a swing

First favorite toy

Charlie also became a nearly full time worker this month too. We work for our family company on Tuesdays and Thursdays and hang out with my cousin's children on Mondays and Wednesdays! 

I'm always going to say this, but four months... really?! Did anyone find that pause button yet?!

ok, ok, I know, I'm nearly two weeks late on this post! A lot can and has changed in those almost two weeks. Everything that I wrote is based only on his 4th month.