4 Months, 3 Weeks

Wow I'm not good at this posting thing.

We're still in the sleep battle. Every night is different. Every morning is different. Yesterday he was awake at 6:45 and we all suffered because of it. This morning he ate at 6:45 and -- while he was awake when I put him back down -- he slept until 9! NINE! I needed to write that out just to be able to put it in all caps.

My new thing is trying to do better with his naps. New thing as in... I've been focusing on them for the last two days. We'll see how long it sticks. Part of me is thinking that if we could get a nap routine going, maybe his nighttime sleep would be more solid? Hard to tell. When I read all of the Google results for "4-month-old sleep regression," we aren't having those problems. Jack isn't attached to being rocked to sleep at night, he doesn't wake up without his pacifier (he barely sleeps with it at night). He takes a full feeding everytime he wakes up. It's just that sometimes it's 7p bedtime, then 10p, 1a, 4a, 7a feedings. Other times it's down at 7p, eats at 11p, 4a, 6:45a. The 11p feeding is no problem. Hubby and I are going to bed at that point so we aren't waking up for that feeding. If we could nix the 4a feeding that would be awesome. He's starting to just take 3oz at that feeding, so maybe he's starting to wean himself of it? Oh please oh please oh please.

In other news, Jack is rolling over! Back-to-belly! He does it all the time and now there's rarely a time when he's on his back for long. He's forgotten he knows how to roll belly-to-back. He'll get there. He did log roll with two full rolls a few days ago... so maybe he'll get there sooner rather than later.

He's waking up from a nap... gtg.

4 Months

Jack is 4 months old! I can't believe it. He's really grown in the last month. It's amazing to see him stretching out, his face and chest filling out and his hands starting to get a little chunky. I love it!

I did jinx myself with the sleeping. It's a crapshoot. He slept the best he has in a long time last night -- seven hours, from midnight to 7am. It's a late start, but I'll take that as opposed to the feeding in the wee hours of the morning. I'd much rather stay up and he eat right before I put myself to bed. I think he knows when I go to bed, too. Last night I'd just slipped under the covers and started to wiggle myself into a comfortable position when the baby monitor peeped to life.

Jack is doing well at daycare. I work almost every day he's there, and that works out well. It's nothing like my pre-baby full-time days, but for now it's a good balance of mama and writer/producer.

I just realized a salad dressing I've been using for the last two weeks has diary in it. I wonder if that means my days of no-dairy are... over? Jack has been fine. We'll see! His 4-month visit is in a few days. Hopefully his doctor doesn't panic.

He has rolled over from belly to back. Two different days! So he's not consistent. But he knows he can do it. Now I do too. :)