Our little girl is getting more and more fun as time goes on. This month, she has further explored her feet and legs. She loves interacting with the world around her. She still grins at her flower on the toy bar of her rocking chair (which plays music). She even smiles at people she doesn't know. (Like the hygienist at my dentist's office :)) She hasn't quite started reaching for toys just yet, but I'm sure that's just around the corner. Although we don't practice tummy time like we should, she has been on her tummy and lifted her head and chest. Just before her 4 month birthday, she even surprised us by rolling from her front to her back. She hasn't gone the other way just yet, but she will roll from tummy to back a couple times before she gets too upset to try it again until the next day. She seems to have a quota of two rolls per day :)
Little girl likes to fly. I'll lift her above my head, bring her down and kiss her on the forehead, then shoot her right back up - and she gets the biggest grins! I know she's really upset when flying doesn't cheer her up :)
Speaking of grins, this girl gets some pretty large colon-capital-"d" grins. A couple times, she has even tried her hand at laughing. She's not quite there, but she has tried on at least two ocassions to laugh. Pretty cute :)
Also this month, we've started trying to get her to nap in her crib. She doesn't sleep in her bassinet like ever. (We bedshare at night, and half the time, she'll nap in my arms or in her rocking chair.) Her bassinet also says you should discontinue using it when baby can lift herself on arms and knees or she reaches 5 months. So, since she'll be 5 months soon, I figure we may as well try to get her to sleep in her crib, at least during the day. She has successfully napped in there since. Although, she won't sleep for as long in it, and sometimes, it's a challenge to get her to stay asleep when we transfer her. She's getting more used to it, though.
Her 4 month check went great. She got her shots again, less the Hep B shot. The nurse let me give her the oral vaccine. She did great with it. Like last time, she slept afteward. This time, I think I only gave her Tylenol twice, though. She seemed much less bothered by it overall. Finally, the doctor is okay with her weight gain. He said she was doing great and we didn't have to worry (I wasn't anyway). The added formula to her bottle feedings seems to have helped a bit. This month, she weighed in at 9 lbs. 2 oz. (0.03%) She is tall and skinny with a big head. Her height is 23.25 inches (9%), and her head circumference is 15.4 inches (14%).
