Our little chubby bubba turned 4 months old on the 30th April, but we were away for a while, so this update is late! It's strange how the first time the first 7 months felt like an eternity, and the second time these first 4 months just flew by.
Height: not sure, he is too wiggly to measure
Weight: 6.7kg
He is now doing the following:
- constantly rolling from side to side
- occasionally rolled from tummy to back and a couple of times from back to tummy
- sucks hands ALL the time, now that he has found both of his hands, he attempts to stick both hands into the mouth at the same time and make very loud sucking noises
- laughs out loud a lot and smiling whenever anyone is paying him attention, such a happy baby.
- when on the tummy, lifts his head and chest 90 degrees to the floor
- able to sit with minimum back support
- loves to stand with a little support
- has a stable routine, eating every 2 to 4 hours during the day, and every 4 to 6 hours at night
- twiddles both hands together and "counts" his fingers
- kicks and bats at toys
- getting louder and louder and makes many different sounds
- his head doesn't wobble at all when sitting or standing, and his head doesn't fall backwards when we pull him up to sitting
- able to hold and shake rattles
- recognises and follows my voice and footsteps around the room
- gets very cranky if left lying flat for too long, he likes to be able to see what's going on in the rooms.
- Blows raspberries and dribbles a lot
- Smacks his lips to make loud smacking noise
- squeals
The 2 kids finally syncronised their midday nap, so I get a couple of hours to myself each day, it is wonderful to get some housework done or just to take a bit of a rest.
He runs very warm! We were down in Albury for a week last week. I had to wear 3 layers of clothes, and had 4 layers of blankets/doonas at night. He only wore a short sleeve onesie and a long sleeve onesie, wrapped, and covered with a single bedsheet, and he still got sweaty sometimes! He hates his little feet getting too warm.
Our routines are getting much better now and it no longer feels like a struggle with the 2 kids. :)
We traveled to Albury to visit the grandparents, and Max traveled very well on the long car ride, rarely cried at all. The trip back to Sydney, he just slept through it all, waking to eat whenever we stopped to rest. He also slept pretty well and stuck with his routine more or less while we were there. It was a great trip. :)
We can no longer leave him in his pram, change table, or rocker without strapping him in properly. When we went to dinner last week, he actually wiggled his way out of the pram and landed on the floor!! He was fully wrapped too... Such a little Houdini.
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