Olivia: 4 Months

***Here are the pics from over 3 months ago!  :) 


Olivia, 

Another month has gone by! Your sweet little personality is starting to come out more and more. You continue to be a very content baby, you just go along with the flow. You smile every time someone looks at you and you love to talk! You've really gotten into your brother this month. You follow him with your eyes as he moves around or you turn your head to follow all of the commotion he is making. This just warns my heart. I love seeing the two of you together and know it is going to be so much fun watching you guys interact over the months to come. 

You continue to grow and develop right on track. Although you turned over for the first time a couple of months ago, we were finally able to witness a couple of weeks ago. You smile and laugh and are very alert. You like reaching for toys, holding your hands and feet, reading books, and for someone to look at or talk to you. 

Here is an update on some of your other milestones this month:

You are still sleeping well for your age. Most nights you wake once and several you sleep through the night - a full 12 hours. On the rare occasion you wake twice to nurse. You go to bed now around 7:00-7:30 which is great for all of us! 

Your naps have changed a ton this month. We have basically gone from four to only two most days and even had a few days with just one - you are way too young for that!! We need to practice our naps this next month. :) 

Nursing hasn't changed much this month. You probably nurse about 5-6 times a day depending on what time you wake up and if you take a long nap or not. We've decided to hold off on solids a while as you just don't seen ready at all at this point. 

Things are going much better with the bottle. You've pretty much taken one a day over this last month. 

You finally rolled tummy to back, of course we haven't seen it happen. You only do it when we turn our heads or when you are in your crib. You still roll back to tummy much more frequently. 

You love to sit up or to be held standing at all times. Your head control is excellent at this point. You sit in your bumbo seat for short periods of time and can reach for toys placed in front of you. 

You are so vocal! You let out happy shrieks all the time and talk back and forth with us a lot. You really love hearing your own voice and it's so cute! Jackson always  thinks you're crying though and gets a little concerned. 

You've found your feet and will hold on to them and watch them for several minutes. 

You love putting your tiny fists in your mouth and are starting to bring other objects to your mouth like bibs, blankets, lovies, and some small toys. 

You started sucking your thumb and it's so stinking cute! You mostly do it to put yourself to sleep. It's nice that you have a method of self soothing, but I'm sure it will be hard to break you down the road. 

You have let out a few little laughs but mostly still just let out big shrieks when being tickled or something is amusing. 

We had your check up and you continue to be very tall. You measured 25.75 inches which is in the 93% for height. You only gained a pound the past two months and weighed 13lbs 4oz. Your weight was only 28% on the growth chart. You are a tall skinny little girl! Your pediatrician says that you are very active and that is most likely the reason for the drop in weight. You still wear size 2 diapers and are wearing mostly 6 months in clothing. 

Livi, adding you to our family has been easier than we would've imagined. There have been some challenges and will be more to come, but your easy going personality just balances out with our busy schedules and Jackson's high energy. We love seeing your pretty little smiling face each morning! We are sad that time is passing so quickly already; however, we also look forward to watching your personality grow, hearing more of your voice, seeing more or that smile, and watching you learn to play and interact with others. We have entered a fun stage for sure! We love you little princess!!

This is when she first started sucking her thumb!

Sweet girl :)

I can't resist a sleeping picture! 

He always wants to sit by his sissy!

Another thumb picture. 

Little play time in the bumbo

Love her expression here! 

Happy four months pretty girl!