Happy 4 months baby Charlotte! It's hard to believe that we are in 2017 already and that our sweet little baby is a third of the way into her first birthday!!
She may be our biggest social butterfly yet as she loves watching everyone and honestly always smiles when someone engages with her. She still doesn't like to face in when being held or in the carrier because she just wants to see the world!! She has the best belly laugh and the biggest wide mouthed smiles! Joseph, Ella and Julia continue to dote on her and shower her with attention. They all love holding her (more Ella than anyone) and really still haven't shown any signs of trouble with having her around. Jules still refers to her as "Baby Lar Lar" which is too cute.
She hs found her feet this past month and loves holding on to them! I have noticed though that she rarely will grab them if she has socks on or feet pajamas-I guess she prefers to really feel them but honestly the minute that she is in bare feet her hands find them!
She likes being on her stomach these days and can hang like this for a good amount of time. I just love all of the different expressions that she has from the following photos.
This past month was pretty much awful for sleeping!! She totally hit a regression stage and seemed to be up every few hours again every single night!! Once I would feed her she would fall right back to sleep but often wouldn't stay down for long-some nights she would fall asleep for only 20 or os minutes and then be crying again and it would take a few cycles of feeding her, having her fall asleep for 20 minutes and then back up again until she'd finally go down for a longer stretch. Not fun but we are getting through it and in the next few weeks plan on moving her into her own bedroom and doing some sleep training. I knew that I wasn't setting her up for success by having her sleep in the swing the first month or two but hoping that once she gets in her own space she does better...we'll see what the next month brings!! It's a good thing that she's so cute and so happy during the day!!
She isn't rolling yet but is getting close! Soon enough for sure!
Today was actually the first day that we used the bumbo with her and she seemed to like it!! She definitely has the head control to sit up so now just needs to strengthen that core-soon enough and she'll be on her own!
Charlotte had her 4 month checkup on January 16th and is a perfect, healthy baby girl! She weighs 17 pounds, 2.2 ounces (90th percentile) and is 24 inches long (50th percentile.) Her head is 42 cm and is in the 80th percentile. She is right on track for development and actually rolled at the doctor's office on the table to show off her newly learned skill!
Happy 4 months sweet baby girl. We love you!
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