On Saturday the 19th, our little peanut was 4 months old!! She is growing so fast and isn't really a little peanut anymore ;) She weighs 12 lbs 7 oz (30th %tile) and is in the 30th %tile for height and around there for head circumference. I think her cheeks are in the 90 %tile though ... ;) Blake was almost 16 lbs at 4 months and Emerson was approx. 13 1/2 lbs at 4 months, so although Reese started out as our biggest baby, she's our smallest at 4 months!!!! She did well at her 4 month immunizations on Wednesday, although was a bit irritable that afternoon. I feel so bad holding my babies down as the mean nurse pokes them :( Definitely one part of having young kids I will not miss.
Reese is changing quickly! She tried out her bumbo chair for the first time and loved it! Blake and Emerson like to bring her toys when she's sitting in the bumbo!! Blake remembered that he played trains with Emerson when she first started sitting in the bumbo chair and was excited to bring "Reesey" some trains to play with :) Reese also tried the exersaucer and was quite happy in it, although her feet are far from touching the ground, so I think we'll wait a few more weeks before we use it regularly!! Reese is "talking" more and more every day. She'll have to speak up in this house to be heard above her big bro and big sis!!!! She's also enjoying her hands ... they are in her mouth ALL the time (except for when she is sleeping and eating!!) She's gnawing on them like crazy! I think she's started the looonnnggg teething process and put her amber teething necklace on her! Hopefully that will give her some relief, if needed. I thought at one point in time that she was going to be a thumb sucker, but it's not looking like it! And we're done trying the soother. Regardless, she has figured out how to self soothe and is getting really good at putting herself to sleep. One day I just decided to try putting her down awake and low and behold she put herself to sleep :) It felt like it took forever to reach this point, but I think that is because Emerson was self soothing and sleeping 12 hours straight at 8 weeks old!!! Reese is maybe a bit more "average" in that it was almost 4 months before she figured out the whole self soothing thing ;) She "complains" for a few minutes and then goes off to dreamland!! That is if I get her down at the perfect time, if I wait too long she gets overtired and I need to nurse her to sleep. Right now she is loving her morning nap, but fights her afternoon nap(s)!! And is doing great at night time! She sleeps approximately 13 hours at night, with 2 or 3 nursing sessions! I'm pretty happy with that and she's gaining weight, so all is good :) Reese is a very content and happy baby! If I didn't know better I think I'd just keep her up all day and tote her around everywhere!!! She doesn't get too cranky, only when she's hungry!
Before we know it Reese will be starting solids and turning 1 and starting school ... time really does pass too quickly!! She has been a perfect addition to our family and we can't imagine our lives without our 3rd little one :)
Blake and Emerson seem to have ironed out their nighttime woes. Cal took Blake to a medicentre last week, because his cough is still persisting and it's been over a month. The doc didn't even look at his ears, so Saturday morning Cal took Blake and Emerson to their family doctor (Emerson woke up screaming Friday night with a flaming red ear). Blake has a really bad double ear infection (the Dr. showed Cal the inside of Blake's ear!) and Emerson's 1 ear was infected. Emerson's wasn't bad, but it doesn't take a bad ear infection for her to be bothered, so she in on antibiotics. We have no idea when Blake has an ear infection, he doesn't complain about the pain or anything and he's always been like that! But we are wondering if the ear infection wasn't causing these "noises" he was hearing?! Regardless, he is doing a lot better at night time now and we're very thankful for that :) Sleep is so precious ... and needed by the entire family!!
It is my month to plan a get together with my new mom's group, so on Wednesday morning we are all heading to Cafe O'Play. I'm really looking forward to checking out this new cafe/play gym! I've heard great reviews!! It will also be nice to see our new mom's group friends :)
Have a great week everyone!! Hopefully now that Spring has arrived, our weather will be a little more Spring-like ...
xoxo Tracy
