4 Months Old

Playing on her tummy

Picking out sweet corn with dad at the farmer's market

Hanging with cousin Jenna

Playing with her toys. She loves to roll over on her side and play.

Grace is 4 months old today! She has changed so much in the last month it is unbelievable. I'm just going to make a list of the things she does now that she has started doing in the last month in no specific order. She can roll over both ways, she plays with toys, brings them to her mouth, reaches for things, grabs and plays with her toes, laughs non-stop, and fusses for attention. The fussing for attention is a new thing that I'm not as pleased about but I do it too and I'm 29:)

One thing I regret not doing is writing down our schedule over the last 4 months. When it comes time to have another baby I will probably not remember what Grace's schedule was like and it might be helpful to reference. But another baby might be so different it won't matter what Grace's schedule was. I tried to follow the simple eat, wake/playtime, then sleep schedule from the very beginning. If Grace sleeps longer, acts hungry a little earlier, or gets tired early I'll stray from the schedule but she usually sticks right to it. She did a good job getting onto a feeding and nighttime schedule right away and I just let her nap schedule naturally develop. Naps didn't naturally develop until about 12 weeks (she's 17 weeks now).

Here is her schedule she's been on for about 4 or 5 weeks...

7:00 am - Wake-up and eat
9:00 am - Nap for about an hour (This is when I do chores around the house)
10:30 am - Eat and play until next nap
12:00 pm - Nap for about and hour (My lunch and prep that I want to do ahead of time for dinner)
1:30 pm - Eat and play until next nap
3:00 pm - Nap for an hour or a little longer (Me time. I like to rest, read, or watch TV during this nap)
4:30 pm - Eat
(somedays 5 or 6 ish pm - short cat nap)
7:30 pm - Eat
8:00 - Off to bed

I had been feeding Grace around 9 pm and she lost interest. She barely ate at all for about 3 weeks so one day I just dropped the feed and she did great. I probably could have dropped it earlier but I didn't want to deny her the chance to eat more.