4 month stats

Caroline's 4 month appointment was on 7/18, so about a week past her true 4 month birthdate bc the Pediatrician had to reschedule...anyway, she is super healthy and is tipping the scales at 17 lbs, 10 oz!! That puts her in the 97+ percentile! The doctor was pretty surprised to hear that she hasn't had any formula yet!! Go Mommy! She is 25 inches, which is 75th percentile and can't remember the head measurement, but it's 95th....so, all in all we have a pretty big girl :) I looked up Meredith's numbers and she was a bit smaller at the same point, 15.3 lbs and 25.5 inches. She also got the 4 month round of vaccinations, which were terrible, but not as bad as last time. She slept most of the afternoon and we gave her Tylenol for the discomfort, but she never got much of a fever at all.

Caroline is really turning into such a sweetie. She laughs and smiles all the time now and her favorite entertainment is her big sister- Meredith has definitely gotten the best giggles so far, despite the fact that Chris and I constantly think she is smothering the poor thing! She has also just found her voice in the past week. She had been almost silent outside of crying and a few coos here and there, but not anymore! You can hear her testing out her vocal chords and gurgling and blowing bubbles and making raspberries. It's all very cute unless it is at 4:30am, which seems to be her new time for waking up. Usually she's happy and might go back to sleep on her own, but when it's almost 5am and my alarm is going off by 6, it's not worth my time to try to go back to sleep (that's why I've been at work since before 7am this morning!). Sleep is definitely not consistent at all yet. She IS getting through the core of the night from about 9-4 or 9-5, so I can't complain too much, but according to the pediatrician she should be able to go for a solid 10-12 hours at this point. I'm pretty sure Meredith was sleeping longer at this point, but I shouldn't compare :) (M was getting a lot of formula by now though...)

We also talked to the doctor about starting cereal soon. We can wait all the way til 6 months if we want to, but I think we'll start a little sooner than that. I'm not in a huge hurry though. No rolling over yet either, which is totally fine with me and as the Dr said, 'bigger babies usually take longer to roll over'...I love my sweet, pudgy, adorable, kissable baby just the way she is :)

4 months

We have made it to 4 months! Miss Caroline continues to develop her little personality, but she seems to still be on the quiet side. She is starting to blow bubbles, giggle and make a few sounds, but outside of crying, she is really just a sweet girl taking in the world around her. She seems to be sleeping better, but still gets up in the middle of the night quite often. Meredith also seems to get up and come to our bed in the middle of the night as well. So, our house seems to be musical beds at 4am! I'm hopeful that she is close to sleeping consistently through the night, but who knows! She still dislikes her carseat, a lot. Her napping pattern seems to be a lot better these days. I am also still exclusively breastfeeding, so no formula yet! I know the day will come, but I'm proud to have such a beautiful healthy girl fully on mommy's milk :)
Chris has been home with the girls for about a month now and they are doing well. I think he's figured out that it is a lot harder with two than one, but he is managing well. Meredith is in a gymnastics camp this week and she really loves it. She gives me a show every night when I get home and she seems to be getting a lot of good exercise, which makes me happy. I also think it's been good to get her out of the house and away from the tv since she has become an infomercial addict- it cracks me up because she knows that if you buy one, they'll throw one in for free or whatever the tag line is about organizing your cabinets or that the knife can cut through metal and still cut a tomato! She also informs me on a regular basis that I need whatever skin cream is being advertised- I try not to take it personally :)
It's hard to believe it's already July! It's also hard to believe that almost exactly one year ago I was quickly figuring out that I was most likely pregnant :) We were at Myrtle Beach when I was putting two and two together. Now a year later, I have a beautiful baby girl and I feel so happy about my wonderful family and knowing that we are complete. I didn't know this sweet baby's sweet face a year ago, but loved her the moment I found out she would be coming :)