On March 25th, Oliver turned 4 months old. At his well-child check he weighed 16 pounds 15 ounces, 84th percentile (he's a big boy!) and was 26 inches long, 88th percentile. He also had his 4 month immunizations at the health department. The nurse must've hit a vein when she was giving him one of his injections because he bled a lot. It also took him a couple of days to return to the Oliver that we know. He was pretty inconsolable, but Tylenol did help some.
He's in a size 2 diaper, but is almost too big for them. He wears 3-6 month clothing, but they are getting too tight so we are starting to bring out the 6-9 month size. He drinks 6 ounces of soy formula about every 4 hours during the day and about every 5-6 hours at night. He will occasionally go a much longer stretch at night, but not as often as Mom and Dad would like!
He's in a size 2 diaper, but is almost too big for them. He wears 3-6 month clothing, but they are getting too tight so we are starting to bring out the 6-9 month size. He drinks 6 ounces of soy formula about every 4 hours during the day and about every 5-6 hours at night. He will occasionally go a much longer stretch at night, but not as often as Mom and Dad would like!
Oliver is such a happy and sweet little man! He still loves to smile at everyone. He has gorgeous blue eyes that make you melt as well. He is such a blessing to our family!
The major milestone that he hit this month was learning how to giggle. He has such a cute giggle too. Dad found a ticklish spot on his right thigh that can get him giggling every time. He also likes to giggle at his silly big brother (see video posted previously).
He has transitioned from sleeping mostly in his swing to now strictly sleeping only in his crib. Yippee! He was starting to lift his butt up out of his swing and it was becoming too dangerous to let him sleep in it anymore. It took a few days for him to get used to sleeping flat for naps, but now he sleeps in his crib like a pro and will take 1-2+ hour naps in it. At night he will sleep for about 5-6 hours. He still needs/wants to be swaddled for all sleep (we found two wonderful swaddle blankets that allow us to continue this even though he is such a big boy) and LOVES his binky. Our plan over spring break was to "sleep train" him to wean him off of the swaddle and the binky, but time got away from us. I think we'll start that process in the next month. It's getting to be too frustrating to wake up several times at night to replace his binky for him! We need to get rooms rearranged though so that he has his own bedroom before we start that process. He is currently sleeping in our room in his crib.
He has decided that the car seat isn't as bad as he once thought although he still doesn't like to be in it if it is dark outside! Now that it is staying lighter later, we don't run in to this problem as often.
He likes to reach for things out in front of him. He's even getting pretty good at grabbing my food or drink if I'm holding him in my lap while eating. We've had lots of close calls! He loves the bouncer toy thing that we got when Miles was little. It allows him to stand essentially and play with things all around him. There is a frog on it that spins and that is his favorite to play with.
He loves to sit up, but can't sit up on his own yet. He is always doing what looks like crunches to me if he is lying down. I'm assuming he's trying his hardest to sit up. He likes to look around and see what is going on.
We love him dearly and are so glad he's in our family!
Click here to see Miles at 4 months old!
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Milla also hated to ride in the car if it was dark outside and not bed time. We had to turn one of the interior lights on and she would be fine. Crazy. He sure is cute!
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