Molly, You are 4 Months Old today!
What have you been up to?
* You are still wearing 0-3 month clothes and are officially in size 2 diapers (Target Brand- Up and Up).
* You are doing great nursing! Yay! You eat every 3 hours, sometimes 3 1/2, and you nurse anywhere from 5 minutes to 30 minutes. If you nurse for 30 minutes, you are usually asleep for most of it. Daddy gave you your very first bottle this past weekend (7/19) and you ate 3 ounces. You took it like you've been doing it your whole life. Daddy loved feeding you, and I was a little bit sad. I was very relieved that you took your bottle, since I start back to work next week.
* We are trying to figure out your sleep. You are a light sleeper and started waking up every morning when daddy would turn on the shower. Since I'm going back to work next week, and will have to get up very early, we decided we needed to move you into your room. It wasn't easy, but I was hoping you would sleep better. So, we moved into your room this past Sunday (July 20). You seem to wake up more now that you're in your own room. You've decided you don't like to have your arms swaddled, because you want your hands in your mouth. I was making multiple trips to your room each night to reswaddle you. Last night, I decided to leave your arms out. You weren't breaking out of your swaddle, but you were waking up because you get startled now. You were waking up sometime between 3-5 to eat, but now you've moved it to around 1:30. I'm hoping you will soon start sleeping through the night.
* You are ready to take a nap 2 hours after you wake up from your last nap. If we don't get you down at that time, you start getting cranky. You definatly have a tired cry, and mommy knows when you are ready for your sleep. You sleep best when we hold you, but you nap in your swing most of the time. Mommy tries to hold you for a nap at least once a day. I love it as much as you!
* On July 1, you gave us your first real laugh. It was the sweetest sound! You had made a few small chuckles at mommy, but this was a full on laugh. We were invited to a play date in our neighborhood, and one of the moms started singing "Hey Diddle Diddle" to you. You thought it was hysterical. Mommy was able to record it and share it with everybody. We try so hard to get you to laugh, but you don't share them too much, yet. You also belly laughed at Jordan last week. Brady and I were throwing the ball to eachother in the house. Jordan was running around trying to get it, and you thought it was hysterical. That was the first time daddy really heard your laugh. I was telling my friend, Brook Cobb, about your first laugh when you started laughing at me. It was so sweet and definitely made my heart feel like it was going to explode.
* You celebrated your first 4th of July! We had a fun relaxed day at home. Uncle Tony came to visit and we grilled out. You went to bed before we did fireworks.
* Mommy and Daddy left you with a babysitter for the first time, Nana, so we could go on our first date since you were born. You slept most of the time, but when you were awake you cried. I'm pretty sure you missed Mommy, because as soon as I walked in the door, you stopped crying. I missed you too!
* You rolled over from your tummy to your back the first time on July 11. You had been trying to roll over, but finally did it when daddy, mommy, Brady, and Nana were all here to see it. You are so close to rolling from your back to your tummy.
* You've found your feet and it's so sweet! You love to grab your sweet little toes.
* You went to church for the second time this past Sunday. You stayed with Mommy and Daddy and were a perfect little angel! You enjoyed the music, then slept through the message.
* You had your first visit to the Aquarium yesterday. Daddy took the day off work, so we could have one last summer hoorah. Mommy carried you in the Bjorn and you loved it. You looked around at all the animals and didn't cry at all.
* Things you love: Mommy, Daddy, Brady, Jordan, sucking on your hands, being held, nursing, sleeping, TV, blowing rasberries (July 20), being talked to.
* Things you do not like: Your carseat, having your arms swaddled, when mommy leaves.
My sweet Molly girl, Happy 4 Month Birthday! These past 4 months have been filled with so much joy! You continue to make our hearts feel like they are going to burst every day. Your sweet personality is showing more and more, and I love everything about you. I look forward to what the next month brings. I love you so so much!
