4 months

This post is up a little late. Greta turned 4 months old on June 25. She had her 4 month checkup on Tuesday.

Here are her stats:

weight: 12# 11oz. ~ 25-50th percentile

height: 24.25" ~ 50th percentile

head: 16.6" ~ 75th percentile

The pediatrician thought she was growing well. She sat Greta up on the table and thought with her head and torso strength that she would master sitting pretty soon.

What is Greta up to:
- easily rolls over both ways
- sits up with support
- laughs at our voices, funny faces, or with tickles
- shakes and feels things with her hands
- kicks her feet
- brings everything to her mouth to chew on
- recognizes familiar and unfamiliar faces
- follows parents and objects with her eyes
- she's a talker!
- you are in size 2 diapers at night and wear cloth during the day
- you are in between sizes. You still wear the 0-3 month size in sleepers and some other outfits. Mostly, you are in 3-6 month clothes but can wear some larger size dresses.

Greta has really found her giggle. I was talking on the phone yesterday and she caught site of me and just started laughing at me. She's also will often start to giggle when you are changing her diaper or just touch her under her arms. She seems to be really ticklish.


She loves to sit up and look around at things. We have her sitting in her exersaucer or Bumbo chair more. She will still play on her activity mat but will often roll over to her tummy right away.

She still takes naps in her swing but doesn't usually want to be in her swing for extended periods of time when she is awake. She will try to pull up in a sitting position when she's in her swing, carseat, or done with a bottle as to say "get me out of here".

Sleeping has gotten a little more tricky this last month. She still usually goes to bed around 8pm but has started to wake up more often in the night. Some nights she will sleep for 6-8 hours in a stretch and then other nights she wakes up after sleeping for only 4 hours and wants to eat. She loves to sleep in though and usually doesn't get up for the day until somewhere between 9:30-10:30am. I definitely feel more rested than I did during those first months. I feel really fortunate though that when it is time for bed, we are able to just lay her down and she will put herself to sleep.
We really enjoy going to mommy and baby classes and have 3 classes we go to throughout the week. It's fun to get out of the house and meet new people.

Greta is changing so fast and is really turning into a little person. We love her more and more each day!