4 Month Update

Aubrey is officially 4 months old.  I cannot believe how much she has changed in just this short month.  Some of her new interests are:

• The bumbo chair.  She loves sitting up in it and feeling like a big girl.
• Laying on her back and rolling over to her side.  Aubrey hasn't quite mastered the roll-over even though she has done it 3 times.  She seems quite content to just roll from side to side to see what's going on.
• Talking, talking and more talking.  We have quite the conversations!  I absolutely love taking her home from day-care, laying her on the ground or on my lap and having a 15 minute conversation with her.  Yes....she really does like to talk that much!  I like to think she knows what we say to her because she will raise her eyebrows, scowl, furrow her brow, laugh, smile and then respond when we ask her questions.  It is so fun and makes me so excited for the months to come.  I may be eating those words in the near future.  :)
• Trying to hold the bottle herself.
• Watching TV.  Yes....I am officially a mom who lets her baby watch TV while doing some things around the house.  I told myself that I wouldn't, but that changed the minute that I saw she was content with it and it could hold her attention longer than a few minutes.
• Watching daddy and me eat.  I don't know what it is, but Aubrey sits in her bouncy by the kitchen table and just stares at us while we eat dinner together.  Maybe she will be ready for solids sometime soon!  The doctor did say we could start as early as 4 months.
• Sleeping through the night.  Yes, Aubrey has blessed us with sleeping through the night a few times this month and it was great!  A solid 10 hours of sleeping....can't beat that!
• Putting her hands in her mouth.  She loves putting her first two fingers in her mouth, or really anything that she can try to put in there and suck/chomp on.

And Aubrey still loves:

• Baths.  She can't get enough of them and just lays there and smiles while we pour water over her.
• Fans and lights.  Honestly, if you go anywhere that has either, her attention will go right to them.
• Picture above her table.  She still loves staring at it whenever she gets a diaper change.
• Water noises.  For whatever reason, if Aubrey is fighting sleep, we will turn on the water or the rain app on our iPad and she goes to sleep within 2 minutes.  It truly is amazing.
• Walks and being outside. Our walks are getting less and less with the hot and humid weather, but we try to get outside as much as possible.

We had her 4 month wellness check today and Aubrey got the perfect check of health.  Dr. Cohen even said she is a perfect baby.  Of course that made me smile!  Aubrey has grown like crazy the past couple of months.  She is not ranking highest in the charts, but she is still growing like a weed.  We also got the go ahead to start rice cereal.  Is our little baby girl already old enough to start eating solids? It sounds like quite the adventure.  I'm afraid I might have a difficult time keeping the floor clean from here on out.  Maybe now is the time Jason will agree to getting a puppy??!!!  :)

Aubrey's 4-month wellness stats are:

Weight: 12 lbs, 13 oz (33rd percentile)
Height: 23 3/4 (33rd percentile)
Head Circumference: 41 (52nd percentile)

Had Enough