Monday, April 30, 2012

4 Months Old!

Today, Emma turned 4 months old! Crazy!  What's new this month?
The Good:
  • She has consistently been sleeping through the night! Between 11-12 hours straight! 
  • She smiles all the time now.  Anyone who talks to her...she'll smile.
  • She FINALLY laughed!!!  Yea!! It was SO cute.  She's been stubborn about laughing very much since then (a week ago) but we'll get there.  
  • She "talks" a lot too.  We have some good conversations throughout the day.  
  • She has a chair she sits in so I can get things done.  The flower in the middle makes music when you pull it.  She figured out how to pull it!  Smart girl!
The said chair
  • She likes to be thrown in the air.  It makes her smile and giggle.
  • She LOVES bath time (she cries as soon as you take her out).  Especially when you get her hands wet.  She likes to suck on them. A LOT.

The Bad:
  • She decided she didn't want to breastfeed anymore. :(  I cried for days.  She just would not latch any more.  She'd cry and cry because she was hungry but I could not get her to latch anymore to save my life.  It was a very sad moment for me.  But I can't starve my baby just because I want to breastfeed.  So she won.  Its actually been better for her though.  She doesn't throw/spit up near as much as she used to.  Her stomach/digestion has been doing better too.  It still makes me sad some days though.
  • She pees ALL the time.  We have to put a bigger diaper on her at night and she still pees through it.  I have to change her crib sheet like 3-5 times a week.  No me gusta.
  • She's trying to change her naps.  I used to get a good 1 1/2 - 2 hour nap out of her in the morning and a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon.  She's decided she likes 1/2 hour naps now.  I don't.  Somehow it will be fixed.  I hope. (any suggestions?)

The doctor visit:
How did we celebrate 4 months? By going to the doctor of course!
Her new:
  • weight: 13 lbs 11 oz (50th percentile - she's average)
  • height: 23 inches  (10th percentile  - she's short)
  • head: don't remember but its the 90th percentile!! - she has a big head :)
see her big head?
And you can't complete a doctor's visit without shots!
 That was very, VERY sad.  Its the saddest cry you ever hear!  Makes you want to cry. (she did NOT look this content while getting shots. don't worry)

Overall? She's still pretty cute! :)

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