Four Months Old!

The big boy can sit in the high chair now.

Of course Ethan has to check things out.

He still enjoys the sling.

Holding a bunny that Nana got him for Easter.

You can actually see the love for his Daddy in his eyes...melts my heart.

This butterfly is his favorite toy. He fell asleep holding it.

Such a happy baby...as long as Mommy or Daddy is holding him and no one else.

He wants to crawl so bad.

I don't think he'll be in the swing much longer. He's already trying to escape.

Caleb went to the pedi today for his four month check-up. All was well. He weighs 15-8 which is the 90th%, that's up from 50% at his 2 month. His height was 26in. which is the 97th% (that means only 3% of babies his age are taller than him)! Maybe he's going to be tall like his Uncle Abel. I know he's been in a major growth spurt because he eats all the time! He still eats every 3 hours during the day and is still waking up at night to eat. She said he is old enough that he shouldn't be waking up at night to eat anymore. He used to go to bed around 8pm and sleep until 4am, eat, then go back to sleep till about 7:30am. The last few nights he has been up almost every 3 hours to eat! The pedi said I could try to give him a little water or just a pacifier to get him back to sleep so he's not training himself to wake up to eat. But he really is hungry when he wakes up! He drains a whole bottle. Mondo and I have tried to just rock him back to sleep and sometimes it works but then he's up again in about 30 minutes to eat. She said I could give him cereal 3x a day and then move on to food if he does ok with the cereal. He's eating me out of house and home already and he's only 4 months old!


Overall, she said he is doing excellent. He has great muscle tone and is doing everything he is supposed to be doing. He put on a good show for her. He was smiling and laughing and rolling all over the table. She could hardly keep him still to examine him! That is so opposite of how Ethan was at that age. He was like a limp noodle for his first year. He was content to let us do everything for him. Not Caleb. He is a mover and a shaker. He wants to sit up so bad. When he's in his car seat or the swing it looks like he is doing crunches because he is trying to sit up. He can roll over from tummy to back and he's really trying to go back to tummy. He is changing so fast it's making me sad. He'll probably be potty trained next month!


He has had the sniffles the past few days. A tiny little cough and a little runny nose off and on. I wasn't sure if he had a cold or was trying to cut a tooth. She said his gums looked "bumpy" but she didn't think anything was close to cutting through. She thought it was probably just a little cold. It doesn't seem to be bothering him too much.

He got 4 shots again. Poor thing. He did really well. He didn't cry with the first one but he did with all the rest. He was fine as soon as the bandaid was on...and he got the bottle back in his mouth. :-)