4 Months

Kylie is 4 months old already and is finally back to the happy baby who sleeps 10 hours a night! The 4 month wakeful lasted about a week and a half and then one day POOF it was gone. She now goes to sleep around 8:30 and sleeps till around 6ish. She doesn't eat but needs to be soothed back to sleep and then usually sleeps till 8 or 9. People at work have been saying how good I look and how I seem to be in a good mood lately so I guess a litle bit of sleep really goes a long way! Here are some other things Kylie can do:

-She cracks up laughing, especially at our dogs
-She "talks" to us
-She blows raspberries
-She bats at her toys
-She grabs everything, especially my hair, and puts everything in her mouth
-She rolls over both ways
-She loves to sit up and can almost sit without support
-She can hold on to our hands while on her back and pull herself up to stand. She loves it and will do it over and over and is so proud of herself everytime
-She is starting to get a little shy around people she doesn't know and will bury her head in my shoulder
-She loves looking at herself in the mirror

We just feel so lucky to have her and can't imagine what life was like without her!

Breaking the habit

Kylie still sleeps swaddled and I've been thinking about getting rid of the swaddle for a few weeks now. I think it does help her sleep a little better but she always fights it and eventually gets her arms out. Well the other night I heard her fussing around 6am and when I went in there she had rolled over onto her belly for the first time. She had one arm in and one arm out of the swaddle and her face planted straight down into the mattress! It totally scared me! I quickly rolled her over onto her back and took out both of her arms and she went back to sleep. A little while later she was fussing again and had rolled over again but at least this time she could support herself and had her head up. Apparently she must have forgotten that she knows how to roll back over onto her back or something. So it's time to ditch the swaddle. Last night was her first night without it and really since we are still in the middle of this sleep crisis with the four month wakeful what better time but now. She's sleeping like crap anyways might as well break this habit!

4 month wakeful

My followers from the bump know what I am talking about. We've all heard about it. We've all dreaded it. I am experiencing it. Sorry to say ladies but it is just as bad as they make it seem. Kylie was doing great as far as sleeping goes. She would go to bed around 8:30 and sleep till 4 or 5. Most of the time when she would wake up she wouldn't even need to eat anymore. I'd just give her the paci and she would go right back to sleep until 7 or 8 in the morning. I was SURE it would be any day now that she would just sleep the whole night one night. Then on Sunday night I put her to bed as usual and around 2 she was up. And I mean WIDE AWAKE. I gave her the paci and got her back to sleep and maybe 20 min later, wide awake again. We did this dance a few more times when I finally said ok it's super early but she must be hungry. She took about 3 oz and went to sleep. Half an hour later she's up again! I got her back to sleep a few more times and each time she woke up she was getting crankier and crankier obviousally because she must have been getting so tired. I figured she must have still been hungry so I fed her again. She took 4 oz and went back to sleep. I thought for sure this was the end of it and went back to sleep. She lasted an hour and this time when she woke up she was screaming bloody murder. I picked her up, changed her, checked to make sure her clothes weren't hurting her, checked for fever, everything seemed fine. I gave her the paci and she sucked on it like her life depended on it and when she realized there was no milk coming out, it went flying across the room. Seriously she's hungry again? I didn't know what else to do so I fed her again and finally at 5:30am she fell asleep for the rest of the night! I don't know if it is teething or maybe formula is just not enough to keep her satisfied or what but wow that was awful. The next couple of nights were not as bad though I did have to use Tylenol some nights and that really seemed to help her and other nights she still woke up way more often than usual. I really wanted to wait a little while longer, but we have decided that we are going to start cereal and see if that helps because we are both working and literally can't function any longer on zero hours of sleep! Four month wakeful = HELL!!!

Baby on the Move

We have a roller! Kylie rolled over from front to back today for the first time Saturday. I was doing tummy time with her on the couch and she almost scared the crap out of me when she rolled halfway over. Of course I had my arm there but she had never made it that far so I wasn't expecting it. Then a minute later she rolled all the way over towards the back of the couch. I thought well maybe the couch leans back so she kinda just went halfway again and gravity pulled her the rest of the way. So I put her on the rug in her room and almost immediately over she went! I flipped her back over and before I could get the camera ready to take a video, over she went again. I couldn't believe it. I did manage to get 2 videos of her, both in barely enough time to capture the moment. I can't help but laugh because rolls over so quickly that I think it takes her a minute to figure out what happened and she gets surprised and kinda scares herself. I'm such a proud mommy today!

Flip Video

Jason and I have been thinking about buying one of these cool new video cameras. They are small, lightweight, have built in memory, and record in HD. We really wanted to get a camcorder to capture the great moments we are having with Kylie as she is growing up. I found a great blog featuring a contest to win this awesome camera at sisterlysavings.net! I have entered it and I'm crossing my fingers hoping that we get lucky!!