4 Months!!

Sorry for the Delay in posting this, but sometimes Life gets in the way. :)

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Lorelei is Four Months Old!!!

Her Official Four Month Old Picture!

At the doctor's waiting for her 4 month immunizations.

She continues to be a petite little girl, weighing 11 lbs, 14 oz, measuring 24 inches long and 16 inches around her head.  Since neither Andrew or I are particularly large (well minus extra padding), this is normal and puts her between the 50th and 25th percentile for growth.  She's now outgrown her 0 - 3 month clothes pretty much and has moved up to size 2 diapers.

We're still working on sleep with her.  Andrew can get her to take naps during the day, but she won't sleep easily for me unless she's nursing.  We've started getting her used to a bedtime between 7:30 or 8pm when she starts getting sleepy and rubbing her eyes and getting fussier.  At night she still wakes for feeding, but usually only once or twice, typically at 2am



Some milestones that Lorelei has reached this month are:

• She can grasp things with either hand on her own (you don't have to wrap her fingers around things any more).
• Once she has something in her hand, she can very easily transfer it to her mouth (although she misses sometimes and drops the object, chewing on her fist instead.
• She can manipulate an object with both hands now, albeit still a bit clumsily, so that she can turn it a little bit.
• She's started to take a great deal of interest in how things feel, their texture, and will sometimes entertain herself by repeatedly stroking something with her fingers.
• She's half-way to rolling over.  She can turn her shoulders and reach toward an object but hasn't yet figured out how to turn her hips as well.
• She can turn her head to look toward sounds

Lorelei demonstrating hand-mouth coordination!  Look at that little tongue!

Speaking of sounds, Lorelei has become quite the chatter box!  When she's in a good mood she'll entertain herself by cooing and babbling and making nose noises while stuffing her fists in her mouth.  It's really very cute. :)

She still prefers to be held or carried most of the time but still dislikes the sling I made for her, although I have been able to carry her in it, facing forward with her legs folded for a short time.  She seems to like the Infantino baby carrier, especially facing out so she can see things.  She's getting better at entertaining herself with toys on her play quilt.  She'll play happily for 20 minutes or longer now, which gives Andrew and I a great chance to do something around the house, or cook, etc.  

Lorelei's favorite toys are:

Her open frame ball

The neato rattle Mom got for her

Her chillable teething ring

The cloth blocks from cousin Will

A tower of nesting cups to knock over

Her fingers, our fingers, any other object or handful of fabric that she can get into her mouth

I'll make a separate post later with a compilation video of Lorelei playing. :)

Lorelei has been to college, and to another bookgroup, to the park and and to the farmer's market.  She is an expert Skyper, talking with Poppa Ed, Grandmom Patty, and Aunt Betty Anne, with Tutu Wendy, and with Gramom Lynne.  She will smile and laugh when the people on the screen wave and move. :)

That's all for now!