4 Months!

Milestones

• Baby H went on his first road trip! We visited his Aunt Michele, Uncle Dan and his cousin Princess C. He did great in the car, but not so great sleeping in a new place.
• He's now grasping things, like his blanket, toys and mommy's hair.
• He's getting better at sitting up with help.
• Had his first laugh. Well kind of, he isn't much of a laugher. I should say his first chuckle. He gives little chuckles when he is amused and when he's excited he squeals really loud.
• Stats from his 4 month appointment:
• Length - 23.25 inches (.93 percentile - an increase from .19 percentile, yay!) 
• Weight - 13 lbs 4.5 oz (9.32 percentile)
• Head Circumference - 16.25 inches (37.17 percentile)
• Still my little baby

Likes

• Having his head brushed. I would say hair brushed, but he doesn't have a lot of that.
• Playing Superman, meaning I fly him around and sing the theme song to superman, very entertaining.
• He also likes to be bounced up and down, which has become a great arm work out for me.
• Talking. He really seems to enjoy having cooing conversations, especially when he is suppose to be going to bed. Sometimes he will coo along to music; it is adorable.
• His hands and sucking on those hands.
• Looking at himself in the mirror. I don't think it can be considered vanity when he doesn't realize it is his reflection looking back.

Dislikes

• A stuffy nose, which has been brought on by the change to cold weather. No fun at all. (However, his little sneezes are so darn adorable.)
• I should also add the nose sucker we have to use when his nose is stuffy. He's getting pretty good at hitting it out of the way.
• Still fights sleep every. single. night. (I'm tired.)

A Few Tidbits

• Enjoyed his first Halloween. He dressed up as a Jack-o-lantern.
• Also experienced his first Thanksgiving, well kind of. He couldn't actually partake of the Thanksgiving feast, but he had fun watching his cousins run around.
• He slept through the whole night for the first time (midnight to 7am). However, he hasn't done that again. Instead we have hit some sort of sleep regression where he wakes up every 2 hours. This has not been my favorite. (4 month sleep regression is a real thing, Google told me so.)
• His favorite toys right now are rattles and his little stuffed monkey.
• While he likes to sit up, he isn't interested in rolling over right now. We've rolled him over to show him what it is like and he looks at us like we are crazy.
• Nicknames: Baby (which he responds to as his name), Little Baby, Chunk-a-chunk, Chunk-a-monk, Little Mister, Pumpkin, Little Boi (Danny's name for him)

That's a wrap, until next time.