At 4 months, he is much more into toys and holding things than ever before. His favorite toy is anything that crinkles or that he can chew on with the occasional rattle.
Jimmie is getting better and better every day at sitting up. On average he can hold himself sitting up between 5-10 seconds before toppling over. It's adorable! On his tummy, he still cant quite pick his head up. But every once and a while he will kick so hard that he rolls over. Mostly, he just tries to scoot along the ground with his face on the ground. It's pretty funny...but stay immobile for a little longer okay baby??
Even though he's been "teething" for the last month, it appears that we may have a tooth breaking surface any day now. The funny thing is, it's not one of his front bottom teeth... it's a side bottom tooth! It appears to be one of his "vampire teeth" or "fangs". For Jimmie's sake and for our sanity though, I hope it comes through soon. Right now he is at the stage where he is sensitive to everything and will just scream in pain half of the time. It wakes him up a lot and generally stops him from falling asleep which results in an overly tired baby in pain.
He takes it very seriously ;)
Some people Jimmie's age start introducing solid/real food. Jimmie's really not showing any of the signs that he is ready for that though. And as his Momma, I'm sure not ready for it either. That would mean admitting that my little baby is not so little anymore...and I'm not sure that I'm ready for that :)
(Though it is really funny to see his reaction to bits of ice cream here and there).
Aside from teething, I think he's finally starting to get the sleeping through the night thing. This last week or so has been full of nights where he will sleep from 9:30 or 10:00 straight through til 5:30. I'd love for him to sleep even longer than that, but we'll take it!
He's doing great with his daycare Monday-Wednesday and it's working out just fine. He's still a very happy baby (unless he's got mean teeth trying to poke through) and just loves loves loves to smile and laugh. His new favorite thing that makes him giggle is when I laugh...especially if I do a silly laugh, he seems to think it's about the best thing in the world :)
HAPPY 4 MONTHS, LITTLE MAN!
He is just getting so, so big. Love the ice cream face, of course. And, what a champ with the sleeping from 10-5:30...Way to go, Jimmie!!!
ReplyDeleteI just love your posts! Esp since I can't travel back & forth to see him grow personally. I just miss him so much! He is getting so big! Give him a big hug & kiss for me!
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