Grant turned 4 months old on August 5th. (I am well aware that he will be 5 months old tomorrow, but thankfully I can edit this out when I make a blog book and he will never know!) This month didn't really get much easier, but with every month more of Grant's little personality shines through. He is a very sweet, happy, cuddly little guy that is starting to show signs of preferring the members of his "inner circle", meaning he cries when strangers hold him and sometimes even when they just talk to him. Often if someone other than me is holding him and he can see me he starts fussing, we could be in for some challenging times ahead. The stranger anxiety is uncharted territory for us since Payton never went through it as a baby and to this day believes that all others were put on this earth to be friends with her.
We had our first plane ride and trip back to IL with two kids this month and it went better then expected. Grant did great on the flight, mostly ate and slept, and adjusted to life at Grandpa and Grandma's just fine. He got to meet all of his cousins, including little Grayson who is only a few days younger then him. Separate blog post to come on the trip.
His 4 month visit went great, he is on track for pretty much everything and I talked to the doctor some about his sleeping habits and got some tips. His reflux seems to be back so we are giving him the medicine again to keep him more comfortable. His doctor thinks (and I agree) that he has issue is more just an overall immature digestive system that will get better over time. No shots yet, we'll start vaccines at his next check up at 6 months.
Grant Robert @ 4 months
Measurements: 13 pounds 10 ounces ~ 13 percentile, 26 inches ~ 84 percentile. He is still long and lean, I don't think he looks like a 13% for weight and his doctor agreed and said it's probably because he is on the longer side.
Eating: This month was a little harder. He is still eating every 3 hours and sometimes stretches it to 4, but he was having lots of reflux and other tummy related issues. He quit going to the bathroom on his own and we were having to give him suppositories every 4-7 days to help him out for about 3 weeks. He seemed to get pretty uncomfortable and terribly gassy each day he went without going, poor kid. After a lot of research I decided to try cutting dairy out of my diet and using soy formula to see if it helped him. After about a week of no diary he started going on his own again, but I couldn't really tell if it made the difference or not. I have since started eating it again, but far less then I was before. We got the green light on starting solids so we will probably try some cereal in the next week or so.
Sleeping: Well this did not go so well this month. I don't know if it was related to what was going on in his little tummy or a development thing or what, but it was rough. He still won't nap for much more then 30 minutes no matter what we try so we continue to work on that. It makes it so hard to get anything done during the day. He as also been getting up earlier and more frequently at night which has made for a tired mom and dad. He still spends about 11-12 hours in his bed at night, but with lots of intervention from us. I'm hoping with adding cereal and doing things to help his tummy this will get better. We may have to do a little sleep boot camp soon though because I am learning that months of sleep deprivation and I do not mix well. We are going to work on getting rid of the swaddle too.
Tricks: Still lots of smiles and laughs and a whole lot more cooing. He has rolled both front to back and back to front, but isn't doing it regularly yet. He doesn't seem to mind being on his stomach as much now. He is doing much better playing on his own. He is content to play on his mat, on the floor, in the Bumbo and even in the exersaucer now for at least 30 minutes. Happy play time lasts much longer if big sis is in sight. He still adores her and she continues to love on him and be as sweet as ever with him. Despite our eating and sleeping woes this month he is generally a pretty happy easy going baby.
Happy 4 Months little man, we love you so much!!
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