Braxton Allen {4 Months Old}

Little man! How are you already 4 months old!?!

You now weigh 15 pounds 15 ounces (62%) and are 24.5 inches long(10-25%).

Your head circumference is 17.52 inches (90-95%).

You are mainly in 3-6 month/6 month clothes but are still wearing 3 month jammies and a few 3 month shorts.

You just recently started on size 3 diapers. You were just doing size 3 for overnight, but then you started having a lot of blow outs with size 2 so we went up to 3s....in the last few days, though, you've still been having a lot of blow outs!

You LOVE to chew on your hands and I've even noticed you find your thumb a few times and you will suck away on it! Mommy hopes you aren't a thumb sucker!

Bedtime is usually between 7:30/8:30pm. Sometimes you will wake up for a quick feeding around 10/10:30pm and then are back out until 4/5am. Otherwise you are up around 1/2am and then 4/5am. You've been getting back to more consistently waking only once a night. Yay!! So thankful for the magic sleepsuit which has so far saved us from the every hour wakings and a smooth transition out of the swaddle!

You pretty consistently wake up to start the day around 7:30am, but a few times you have slept until 9am! 

You are still sleeping in your pack n play in mommy and daddy's room at night, but you nap in your crib in your shared room with Big Brother.

I think you are getting closer to a schedule, but I said the same thing about Christian at this age, and it never proved true!

You do have a routine, though. 

Awake around 7:30am -- nurse

1.5-2 hours later you will nap for 45 minutes - 2 hours

Nurse

Awake for 1.5-2 hours

Nap for 45 minutes -2 hours

Awake for 1.5-2 hours

Nap for 30 minutes 

Nurse

Maybe take a cat nap between 4 and 6pm sometime

Nurse and to bed by 7:30pm

Likes:

-Chewing on your hands

-Sucking your thumb!?

-Giggling

-"Playing" with big brother

-Swimming

-Blowing raspberries

-Looking at yourself in the mirror

-Playing with toys

-Grabbing toys on your play mat

-Riding like a big boy in your stroller

-Your magic sleepsuit (you always put yourself to sleep unless you are over tired)

-Playing in your jumperoo

-Drooling

-Hobbly Horse

Dislikes:

-Having to burp/gas

-Poopy diapers

-Being tired

-Kisses from Baxter

Milestones:

-Found your toes

-Started giggling

-1st time swimming

-1st time in the outdoor swing

-Met Grandma Karen

Nicknames:

-Brax

-Brax man

-Chunky man

-Smiley Boy

-Brother

-Bud

-Buddy

-Baby boy

Trying to grab those toes while sitting up!

Checking out your toes!

Hmmm...what is this sitting next to me!?

I think I'll just eat this bear up!

::Pictures From the Past Month::

Getting naked at Big Brother's swim lessons because it's so hot at the pool!

First time swinging!

Playing with your toys...mainly your favorite ball!

Always making faces!

Braxton Allen {3 Month Photos}

Braxton Allen {3 Months Old}

Little boy! I can't believe you are already 3 months old!!! Where has the time gone!? 

You are seriously growing way too fast 

{much faster than I remember your brother growing yet you are the same size} 

You are weighing in at 14.6 pounds on the scale at home and are about 25 inches long

That's pretty much exactly the same as your brother at 3 months old!

You are wearing size 2 diapers for both day time and night time now.

I've almost packed up all of your 0-3 month clothes and you are wearing mostly 3-6 month sizes now. Some pants still fit better in 0-3 month. You aren't the tallest little guy ;) It makes me so sad to pack up your clothes not knowing if another little boy will ever wear them again!

I still think you are a tad more "serious" than Christian and just like to take everything in, but you are still a pretty smiley guy! 

You've become even more chatty in the last few weeks too! 

Sleep has been a little all over the place. Most nights you are up once, sometimes twice. Generally you sleep a good 6-7 hour stretch and then are up every 2-3 hours after that. Bedtime is usually between 8:30/9:30pm and we are hoping to get more consistent with that and start a bedtime routine in the next month. 

Generally you start the day around 6 or 7am...depending when brother wakes up...he isn't the quietest...

After that you usually are awake for an hour, then nap for an hour and 

eat every 2 hours. I think you had a growth spurt this past month, though, because you had a few days where you napped for almost 4 hours and then a few other days where you were eating every 1.5 hours! 

We also tried using the magic sleepsuit so we could transition out of swaddling, but that wasn't going so well at first and we stopped. In the last few days, we tried again and you are doing great! Last night you even slept 10 hours straight!

With the help of the magic sleepsuit you are also putting yourself to sleep for naps in your pack n play or crib. Sometimes {usually for your afternoon nap} you will take a nap in your swing, but for the past month you have mainly napped in your swing.

Mommy is sad that you are getting older and needing to start sleeping in your crib/pack n play because most nights I like to hold you until we go to bed for the night....Hopefully we can keep doing that for awhile longer!

Likes:

-Chewing on your hands

-Talking to mommy and daddy 

-Watching brother

-Playing on the floor where you can kick and roll!

-Playing on your play mat

-Drooling! You are a drool machine some days!

Dislikes:

-Being overtired and not being able to fall asleep

-Pooping! It's hard work sometimes!

-Kisses from Baxter

-Being in the carrier face in, but you're pretty happy when you can face out! You're starting to get strong enough to do that now

-Loves when we sing Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Milestones:

-Rolling belly to back!

-Rolling from back to side

-Slept 10 hours straight!

-Really starting to hit at toys and "play" but not quite grasping them intentionally yet

-Sitting pretty well in the bumbo and propped up

-Celebrated your first Mother's Day with mommy! And Grammy Jill - we surprised her!

-Starting to play in the jumperoo and exersaucer

::Pictures from the Past Month::

Hanging out napping in the swing outside while mommy and Christian play

Getting so strong!

Sweet sleepy boy at Moms Group.

You love being outside!

With mommy and Christian on Mother's Day!

Photo courtesy of Christian

First time in your exersaucer!

You rolled belly to back!

Trying out your jumperoo! You love watching the toys and trying to hit at them...your arms aren't quite long enough.

Now that you can roll, you refuse to stay on your tummy for long!

Not a major fan of the sleep suit at first!

And this is why you still sleep in mommy and daddy's room...Christian loves to climb in with you and will always say you want him to snuggle with you :) 

More "forced" snuggles with brother! He loves you so much!

Getting so strong even without the boppy!

You love your snail toy

Wow. 3 months has come and gone so fast. We love watching you grown and learn new things, but its so sad how fast the days are slipping away already! Before we know it, you will be as big as Christian! Can't wait for you to be able to play together, though! We love you so much little man and can't get enough of your smiles!