4 Months Already

Luke Michael, you are FOUR months old today! Over the last four weeks you've gone from an observer to an active participator in life. You love to hold and study your toys, especially if you can get them in your mouth. You fingers, however, are still the greatest thing in your world and you love to suck and chew on them. You are a constant drooler and we're trying to convince your brother that its drool and not "yucky throw up" as he calls it. You are also a mover. I put your head on this burp rag and when I looked down, this is what I saw...

You did a complete 360 on the floor! You can roll from your tummy to your back, and can get about 3/4 of the way from your back to your tummy- one arm always gets in your way.

You are still a very happy baby and content about 85% of the time. (You just really do no like to be sleepy!) Twice last week you threw a fit in a store while riding in your car seat, so today I used the Baby Bjorn in Kroger and you were a perfect angel. You sleep from around 8pm until 8am, waking up around 3am to eat. On most days you take 5 naps, ranging from 30 minutes to 2 hours. My goal is for you to be taking less naps, but longer ones. Can you help me out on that?!! Oh, and when you are asleep The Miracle Blanket is still a must! You just don't sleep for more than 20 minutes without it!

You have fine, ginger hair that is about half an inch long and stands straight up all over your head. And speaking of your head, it seems to be rounding out nicely, thanks to all those late night turns we made. Hopefully at your appointment next week the doctor will agree.

While you will coo a little your favorite thing to do is smile and laugh. And when you smile, our hearts melt!

You've been in your jumperoo for about 3 weeks now, and hopefully sometime this week we'll get the Exersaucer out of storage. Sorry buddy- as Uncle Drew says, you'll never get anything with a tag on it.
You've also become more attached to your passie and we don't ever leave home without it. (Lesson learned!)

You also got your first taste of rice cereal this week. Two words: confused and disgusted.

We love you so much little guy!