Major Catch Up

In light of tomorrow being the first day of February (wow, where does the time go?) I decided that it's high time that I post about December and if I get really ambitious, maybe part of January. :) I'm going to post them on the dates that they actually happened, so I just wanted to give a heads-up if you want to go to my older posts to look at them. I hope you had a wonderful January! I really enjoy reading all of your blogs and am inspired by all that you do and what amazing people you are!

Kayley's 4 month appointment

Kayley had her 4 month appointment today. This appointment went so much better than her 2 month appointment. It was still awful watching them give her shots, but I don't think that will ever get easier. She only cried for a minute afterwards and then just kind of whimpered for a little bit after that. It made me so sad! This time I came prepared with Tylenol and gave it to her at the Dr.'s office right after she got her shots. She did great after that and it didn't seem to bother her. These were her 4 month measurements:

Weight: 13 lbs. 2 oz. (50%)

Length: 25.5 in. (90%)

Head: 40 cm (25%)

I can't believe my baby girl is 4 months old! She's getting so big, so fast! She gets more and more fun every day. So far this is my favorite stage. I could just play with her all day and never get sick of it. Here are a few of the things that she has done since her 2 month appointment. (This part is more for my records than anything, so don't worry about reading it.)

*She has been sleeping through the night (about 8 hrs. from feeding to feeding) since she was about 2 1/2 months old. It was hard to train her to do that, but so worth it. Now she sleeps from about 8:30 pm to 7:00 am with a dream feed at 10:00pm.
*Found a fascination with her hands and her feet and basically anything else that can make their way into her mouth.
*First real laugh/giggle when she was a little over 3 months old. She had been doing the cough laugh (if you know what I mean) for a while, but finally started laughing out loud. I love it!!*Actually plays with her toys. I would always just hold them in front of her so that she could see them, but now she holds them and plays with them herself. Her favorite toy is a little stuffed star that plays "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." She also loves her bouncer and the play gym that Michael and Aimee let us borrow.
*First airplane ride
*Started wearing Size 2 diapers and 3-6 months clothes.
*Went one day without even pooping. That was a miracle to us all. I didn't think that would ever happen.

*She loves looking in the mirror and will just laugh, smile and coo at herself forever.

*Shown a lot of signs of teething but doesn't have any teeth yet.

*When we are in public with a lot of people around she will just stare at people and not really respond to anyone. It makes me kind of sad because she's so happy and interactive at home or when there aren't too many people.

*Is almost always so smiley and happy when she wakes up in the morning or from naps unless I take too long to get her and she's starving! :)

*She still sleeps A LOT! She usually takes a 2-3 hr. nap in the morning and is still on a 3 hour schedule where she will eat, stay up for about 1 hr 15 min to 1.5 hrs and then sleep for 1.5 hrs. I like it, but sometimes I wish that she would stay awake a little longer.

Kayley is such an angel and we love her so much!