Four Months Old!

Sydney is four months old!

 February 11, 2012

Weight: 14 pounds, 5 ounces

Length: 25 inches

Head: 41.5 centimeters

Our little sweet pea Sydney is 4 months old! She is getting to be such a big girl, I can’t believe it. It’s fun to watch her slowly come into her personality.

Sydney had her 4 month check up on Thursday. The doctor said she looks great! She is very healthy and is pretty average in size: 54th percentile for weight, 75th percentile for length and 77th percentile for head circumference.

So Sydney, what are you up to at 4 months old?

• You had your surgery at Children’s Hospital on January 12. Hopefully that’s the last time you ever have to stay in the hospital.
• You are a fantastic sleeper, sleeping from about 9 or 9:30pm all the way through the night until between 7 and 8am.
• You are usually a big cat naper, but recently we’ve be trying to be a little more intentional about having you go down for naps at about 9 or 9:30am, noon, and then again sometime in the afternoon/early evening. If we swaddle you in your bed you do a great job with your naps.
• You learned to roll over from your back to your tummy and you love to show off your new skill.
• You love to be held. You’ll let pretty much anyone hold you without complaining.
• You are a great eater. You eat 5 times a day now (7:30am, 11:00am, 2:30pm, 5:30pm, 9:00pm). We actually just dropped your 6th daily feeding (11:00pm) a few days ago and you seem to be adjusting really well.
• You are an extremely happy baby, always smiling and laughing at us and your big sister.
• You have gotten really interactive, talking and cooing at us all the time.
• You are getting really strong. You can hold you head up really well and you can sit in your bumbo chair for more than a few seconds at a time.
• You are wearing 6 months cloths and size 2 diapers.
• You loved to ride in the Baby Bjorn carrier. I carry you on walks, to the park, around the house when I’m cleaning or cooking, in the store, etc.
• You are so darn sweet! It’s so much fun to talk and cuddle with you. We are so lucky to have you as our little girl.