Caleb is FOUR Months Old!

Caleb turned four months old on August 21. I packed away his newborn and 0-3 month clothes. And I realized, as I looked through Micah's old 6-12 month clothes, that this was probably my favorite stage of Micah's. With every new shirt or pajamas I pulled out, I immediately had a memory of good times! This upcoming time period is when, in only 6 short months, you watch your baby eat, sit, crawl, and walk for the first time. It's an incredible and incredibly fast time period!

And I'm so excited that I'm approaching these precious months with Caleb! He'll be sitting on his own before we know it (his pediatrician commented that he is 'tripod'ing very well for only four months!). He's in the fiftieth percentile in his weight and height. The pediatrician said we don't need to start baby food or cereal until we feel Caleb is ready (we have a different ped. now than we did when Micah was a baby). So we'll be waiting a bit longer to start cereal. Caleb is still doing the tongue-thrust nursing thing when foreign food is brought near his little lips.

He's still nursing every three hours, even through out the night. He's a quick eater, which is really helpful. Micah always lingered during meals and they lasted 30 minutes on average. Caleb doesn't need longer than 10.

Caleb likes to rub his head. He does it when he's excited, sleepy, or agitated. He hates being rocked to sleep. Instead, I prop him on his side with a pillow in front of him and a pillow in back. In this position, he's out in under 5 minutes because he can snuggle the pillow and bury his head. It's great! (See him covering his eyes with his hands during this nap?)
Except we do miss having a sleeping baby in our arms! So when we get the rare opportunity, we enjoy it! It's also made me spoiled and when he wakes at night, I usually pull him into our bed instead of spending the time to get him to go back to sleep. It's just so much easier that way. He's asleep in mere seconds!

But the best part about Caleb's sleeping habits is how he falls asleep at night. All we do is change his diaper, put him in his pjs, and lie him on his back on the couch, with the boppy around his head so he can burrow into it if he feels like it. He'll talk to the light on the ceiling until he drifts to sleep!

I NEVER would have let Micah sleep in our bed. And I never would have propped him up with pillows (a big SIDS no-n0). I don't know if that's me getting more laidback (lazy) with baby #2 or if we're just getting smarter and better able to figure out how to make this parenting stuff easiest and most efficient.

Caleb got four shots yesterday (Micah and I also got the flu shot) and it didn't sit well with him. He had a fever and was a sad, little thing all day. Here he is with my grandma. Enjoying some time away from screaming big brother, I imagine!

Hiding from Micah during hide and seek.


Big brother Micah is thrilled that Caleb is getting bigger. He's ready to run and play together!