Being Blythe: Four Months Old

I am four months old today! I have my four month check up tomorrow where I'll get weighed and measured so I'll update that stuff tomorrow. For today I'll tell you what I'm up to now.

Sleeping - I'm still a good sleeper but I'm not real consistent. I usually go to bed sometime between 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. and wake between 6-7. Sometimes I wake around 5:00 but I eat and go back to sleep, same if I wake around 6:00. If I sleep until 7:00 or after then I'm up for the day.

I nap about every other hour. I sleep about an hour, awake for an hour - repeat that all day long except I do take a long nap in the afternoon. That's the one when my belly is full, the lights are off and my fan is on. Then I sleep for about 2 hours.

I'm starting to eat a little bit more at a time and less often. I eat anywhere from 3-6 ounces at a time but most of the time I eat 4 ounces. I have a 6 ounce bottle when I first wake up, then about 4 or 5 bottles throughout the day and a 5 or 6 ounce bottle right before bed. Now that I'm four months old I'll be able to try some rice or oatmeal cereal. I'm kind of excited about that. I'll be sure to have Mom and Dad take pictures to post and share with you how it goes.

I still am only rolling belly to back but I'm getting closer to rolling the other direction. I told you about a few of my accomplishments of grabbing toys and using my voice more and more.

I love to watch Cohen play and do just about anything. He and Marlie can both keep me entertained for quite some time.

Mom said I'll get to try out some new toys this week - the excersaucer and jumperoo. They sound like fun and Mom and Dad think I'm really going to like them. Again - I'll have them take pictures so I can share the fun with you.

I'm a very content and happy baby. I like to swing in my baby swing or lay under my play mat and kick and grab at the toys hanging down. I wake up happy and smiley and Mom and Dad can just lay me in my bed awake most of the time and I will soothe myself to sleep - sucking my thumb of course. Once in awhile I require them to snuggle me a little before I'm ready to settle in and neither one of us it mind it a bit. :)

I do like to snuggle. I like to lay on Mom or Dad's chest with a blanket over me. They love to snuggle me too.

I am going to admit I'm a bit of a daddy's girl. I can't help but smile when I see him and love when he holds me. Mom calls him my "hero" because he pretty much does whatever I want him to when I want him too.

**UPDATE** I had my appointment this morning. I weighed 12 lbs 1 oz (9th percentile), was 24 3/4" long (61st percentile), and my head is 40 cm (31st percentile). I got 2 shots and one oral vaccine. I wasn't too pleased about the two pokes. I really wasn't impressed with my Dr. checking me over either. I was trying to hold it together by just sticking my pouty lip out but I eventually broke and turned on the water works.