4 months!

Dang - time is just going by way too fast. And now ANOTHER month has passed and Brynn is 4 months old. That's a third of a year people! Completely ridiculous. Anyway, she heads to the doctor Tuesday next week, so no status until then, but here's what she's up to.

• The picture is from bath time, which she LOVES. Still in the baby bath seat, but getting almost too big. Plus she likes to try to "jump" out of it, which isn't all that safe.
  
• Sleep is basically still the same. About 12 hours at night (7:30pm to 7:15am) and about 3 naps during the day. Actually on day care days it's sometimes 4. All are about 30 or 45 minutes. There's just too much going to on sleep and miss it all!


• Eating is still the same too. Eats 5 times a day, though on day care days it's 2 bottles a day (I'm still going to the day care once a day to feed her). She can now take a bottle of formula if necessary (though she still gets almost all breast milk).


• She loves going to Ethan's gymnastics class on Thursdays because she gets to go in the front carrier and make flirty eyes at the other little boys. But she's getting heavy in the front carrier!


• 2 days ago was the first time I noticed her cry real tears


• She LOVES her mommy. I can usually calm her down almost instantly.


• She has not rolled over nor has made any attempt to (unless she has at day care). Partly I think because she's lazy and partly because of lack of opportunity. She's in the exersaucer, the car seat, or being held much of the time. Though she is on her back in her bed for 12 hours....scratch that...she has plenty of opportunity. She's just lazy.


• She laughs some, but it's kind of hard to get her to laugh. When she does, it's a soft giggle, not a big belly laugh.


• Still wearing size 2 diapers. She's grown out of any small 3-6 month clothes and is mostly wearing larger 3-6 month or small 6-9 month stuff.


• She can sit for sometimes a couple of seconds without support but usually leans too far forward or falls to the side.


• She does try to talk all the time. Sometimes even at 3 or 4 in the morning. She can say some consonants like "h" and "b" and "g" and "l" sounds.
  

The next month will hold many changes for this little girl. Won't be long until we move her to the bath seat in the big bath tub. Soon she'll be trying some solids and be able to sit in a high chair. She can probably go ahead and try the johnny jumper, though I haven't gotten it out yet. I'll probably break out the baby backpack soon too, as it's easier to carry her in than the front carrier. And hopefully she'll be rolling over in the next month. Good times ahead!