The Ducote Family: Julia-4 months!

Friday, January 23, 2015

Julia-4 months!

Our smiley little peanut turned 4 months on January 8th! This is such a fun age where she is full of smiles, coos and giggles, not mobile yet and as long as she gets fed when she's hungry no tantrums :) We call her our little pterodactyl these days as she loves to hear herself talk/yell and if someone will talk back to her she gets even louder. She is super close to rolling from her back to stomach but hasn't quite mastered it yet-she gets stuck on her side and then just rolls back to her back. Joseph and Ella love cheering her on and Ella will often yell for me, "Come, come" so I can see Julia trying to get over-they are going to be so excited when she finally does! She is a drooling machine and underneath her chin rolls always seem to be wet and dirty (such a lovely thought!) She is no longer sleeping from 10 to 5 (ugh-going to blame that on traveling in December) and is now getting up normally around 3:00ish and sometimes also at midnight. Come on baby girl-we know you can do it-let's get back to the longer stretches! She is still in our room but there is talk in this upcoming month to move her to her own room so we'll see if that helps with the sleeping. She is still napping in the swing which I know I need to break but she sleeps so well in it so why ruin a good thing, right? She loves the exercauser and enjoys the bumbo for between 5-10 minutes and then is ready to get out.

We had her 4 month well check on January 13th and she weighed in at 16 pounds, 5 ozs (69th percentile) and was 25 inches long (85th percentile). The doctor said she looks great and encouraged us to move her to her own room and to start solids if we wanted.

She continues to be just as sweet as can be and her smile and giggles definitely light up our lives!

Sweet girl on January 8th-4 months today!