Likes:- sleeping in Mommy and Daddy's bed (no we don't co-sleep, but he falls asleep nice and hard after his early morning meal and can sleep a couple hours more if we leave him on the bed)
- his JumperRoo (which he is now a pro at using and gets everyone in the house smiling when he uses it)
- his feet - he hasn't quite gotten them into his mouth yet, but he loves to hold them and usually only talks when he's got his feet in his hands
- LIAM!!! - zOMG his big brother is probably the most awesome thing Colin has ever encountered
- diaper changes - probably the time Daddy and I get the biggest smiles from him is when he's trying to make diaper changing difficult by grabbing feet, diapers, or various articles of clothing
- Lamaze toys - he was obsessing over Mortimer "Bruce" Moose earlier in the month but switched to Jacques Peacock. Then we got him a "knot monster" the other day when we wanted to go to Roseville and he love love loves that.
Development:
- talking/cooing - he's a chatty little guy, but see above note about feet
- rolling over - ummm, still trying hard on that one; Colin gets about halfway over and decided being on his side is better
- no longer needs to be swaddled, but it still calms him down a lot of the time
- can be put down for a nap/sleep without falling asleep in the arms
- has basically outgrown the Puj (his baby tub)
- almost reached out for me in his first moment of "Mommy, you need to come here and pick me up" when he caught eye contact with me after I had been at the grocery store and didn't come get him as soon as I got home. He also cried really loud then.
- sleeping for long long stretches at night and on a good-night schedule that usually has him asleep within 30-45 min of putting Liam to bed each night (8-10hours of straight sleeping baby = bliss for Momma)
- Dr. Honeychurch is still not concerned with Colin's poop-schedule. Yup, Colin is still pooping only once every 3-4 days. Because he's not straining and his belly isn't distended and there's no blood in the stool, he's just not a poopy baby. It's just so weird for a mostly breastfed baby to not poop all damn day. Liam pooped at least 3x/day and he was mostly formula fed by this age.
- Jon thinks Colin's hemangioma is getting smaller. I can't see a difference. Doctor said it would actually shrink from the inside (middle) out so I don't think it is shrinking just yet.
- Both Daddy and I were WAY off on our guesses for how big he would be. We had a bit of a cheat in that we weighed him the day we took Liam in to ask about his fever & rash. Colin was 14 1/2 lbs on that day.
- 15 3/4 lbs (55th percentile)
- 27 1/2 inches tall (99th+ percentile)
- 42 1/2 cm head circumference - my babies have such enormous braincases
- Got more shots at the doc's this time. Only, unlike the 2 month visit, he was not so much of a trooper. And boy was he miserably grouchy for the rest of the day.
- Still mostly breastfed; he takes only about one bottle/day anywhere between 4-6oz of formula.
- Had an allergy attack this week. Basically, seasonal/environmental allergies. Luckily his only reaction was red rimmed eyes and lots of congestion (which led us to haul out the dreaded sot snucker)
- 4th of July celebration at the Stonehouses. Colin did a little better swimming in their pool than he did in Katherine's pool in June.
- Spent a day at Granny's with Granny and Mannam while we were at a food & wine afternoon with friends.
- We went to the doctor for Liam; ergo we went to ice cream at Ben & Jerry's scoop shop
- We went to Roseville to go shopping for a breast pump adapter for the car; ergo we went to Big Spoon for fro-yo.
Happy 4 months my little man. I love you!!!
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