Above: Christian is loving his cousin Linden's baby toys.
Below: He also loves his afternoon walks (the weather has been beautiful this past week in Colorado.)
Our sweet baby boy is 4 months old! He is growing SO SO fast (I know, I say that every time...) Every day it seems as though he is learning and doing something new. These are the things that Christian has been up to recently:
This past week or so he has begun to giggle in addition to his happy coos. He often laughs when his belly or cheeks are kissed.
Christian is a smiley little guy. When he smiles he tends to "smile with his whole body" - he wriggles his arms and kicks his legs too.
He will often stare at a person until they look at him and then will smile big and wide.
He sucks on anything near his mouth: his hands, toys, clothing, snowsuit (we call it his "sleepy suit" because he will almost always fall asleep in his warm bear suit.)
Christian still has crazy, strong little kicking legs. He is scooching himself around all over...but still working on rolling over.
He loves to talk...making sounds ma, na, ah, ga...etc. Lately he really enjoys squealing.
Currently, Christian's favorite toy is his cousin
Linden's playmat. Really, he likes anything that is moving, plays music, and catches his attention.
Just these past couple of days Christian has begun to purposely and actively reach for toys and objects that are near him.
Around Christmas time Christian made the change from his 0-3 and 3 month old clothes to only 3-6 month, as well as wearing a size 2 diaper (too much info?) Christian had a well-baby check up this morning with his vaccinations. He weighed in at 14 lbs. 14.5 oz. which puts him in the 50th percentile for his age. Funny though, because when he went to the peditrician on Jan. 7 (when he was sick) he was 13 lbs. 13.8 oz....he sure grew in a week and a half! He is 24.5 inches long putting him in the 33rd percentile and his head circumference is now 41.6 cm which puts him in the 32nd percentile. Like I said before, "he is growing SO fast!"
Christian and Mommy at exactly 4 months.
Last night Christian had his very first bowl of rice cereal. (When I say "bowl," I mean 2-3 tablespoons.) His pediatrician said that he would be ready for solids when he began to show interest in food at the table and/or when he no longer could stay full after nursing. Christian has been studying food at the table for about a month now...and always seems extremely eager to eat. Plus, he pretty much always has his mouth open and is playing with his tongue. I bought some rice cereal 2 weeks ago and some small spoons a couple of days ago...but kept putting off the solid food thing. It just seems like our baby is growing so fast that *I* secretly wasn't ready for him to begin eating solids. His little growing body obviously has other plans. He LOVED his rice cereal, opened his mouth wide, and probably ate 3/4 of the cereal. We will continue working on eating from a spoon and then will eventually move on to other tasty foods.
