Our little man is 4 months old today. I can hardly believe it. Here's a little glimpse of what its like in his world these days:- He's long and not nearly as plump as his sister was at this age. He is in the 95th percentile for height and just under the 50th percentile for weight.
- His 3-6 ms. pants fit him around the waist but look like capris. His 6 ms. pants cover his legs but fall off when I pick him up. Gracie's socks fit him best. He has really long feet.
- Grant is very ticklish and loooves being tickled. His eyes light up, he smiles and squeals and laughs, laughs, laughs all over.
- He won't take a pacifier. This isn't the end of the world, its probably better this way. But so much of the sleep training I figured out with Grace was made possible by her binki. Not only won't he take the binki, but he won't be rocked or held to settle down. So when its nap time, I put him in bed, talk to him for a minute, say good night and close his door. He squirms or cries for a few minutes and then he's out.
- Speaking of crying, he's been doing a lot of that lately too. Whining would be a more accurate description. Grant spends about 50% of his awake time whining unless I'm sitting with him and helping him play. And even then, he gets fussy really quickly if his diaper is wet, the radio is too loud, Grace is too excited... He knows what he wants and how he wants it. I'll just have to patiently wait for him to learn to tell me. Time to brush up on that sign language!
- Even when he's really fussy he'll go from frowns to smiles in a flash once I figure out what he wants. He really wants to be happy, I just know it.
- Grant is too busy to be a peaceful eater--a trait which makes nursing an adventure. He is always looking around and sometimes doesn't realize that he's sucking on his lip instead of his food source. He takes a bottle much better, because it can move around with him, but I'll keep nursing him as long as I can.
A few of his favorite things:
- the fuzzy green boppy
- the fabric colors book with the rattle on the end
- being in the Baby Bjorn facing out
- undivided attention
- talking with Gracie- he loves his big sister
- the animal mobile on his crib
- his Mommy (don't worry, Grace has always preferred Cori to me, so now we're even)
3 comments:
He is such a cute baby! Your kids are both darling.
Oh, so cute! He sure looks like Cori to me--what do you think?
Wow--it sounds like he's a good sleeper just on his own, huh?
He's going to be tall, it sounds like! Maybe Bubbers could lend him some rolls, I think he's got some spare ones... :)
Thanks for writing this--I love hearing about Grant (and Grace!).
soooo precious. Isn't it fun to have a boyfriend??!!
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