Alisha's Little Corner of the World: Paxton at 4 months

First of all, I can't believe that it's already April! And secondly, I can't believe that my baby is 4 months old already! Well I can, but I don't want to. *sigh* So I guess it's that time again. "What time?" you might ask. Why, it's time to let you know how Paxton has changed in the last month, of course!

At 4 months, Paxton:

- is laughing. He's been doing it for about 2 weeks now. He's still pretty stingy about it and a lot of the time he'll just give me a really big toothless grin. But I can usually get one or two out of him by either tossing him up in the air (just a little bit) or by doing "Upside down, Rightside up" (rolling him from a sitting position on my lap down my legs so he's upside down and then rolling him back up to a sitting position). Paxton also ,for some reason, always giggles when I'm taking his shirt off. I'm not sure why, but he seems to think it's the funniest thing ever.

- "talks" a lot now. He only does it when someone else is around, but if we coo back at him he'll go on for quite a while.

- weighs about 15 1/2 lbs I think. He was 14 lbs 8 oz and 23 inches long on March 8th, so I'm guessing he's gained about a pound since then.

- is in to 6 month clothes now! I've packed up everything that is just 3 months. He can still fit in to some that is 3 - 6 months, but mostly it's just 6 month stuff. They're a little big, but it's surprising how well he actually fills them out!

- is a jumping fool in his Jumperoo now. He can jump high enough to make the music and lights come on by himself (good for Mom since I don't have to keep pushing the button for him now). Jay got a really good video of him the other day, but I can't post it on here. (Help, anyone?)

- still will only tolerate being in the high chair, Jumperoo, etc. for about a half hour max. He's figured out how to grab his rings now and can usually get them in his mouth as long as his bib doesn't get in the way!

- loves it when you click your tongue at him. He gets a huge smile, and then will stick his tongue out trying to imitate you.

- has turned into a "squirmy worm." Once you put him down on his change table, the floor, etc. he starts kicking his legs and waving his arms around. I guess the days of being able to put him on his change table and not worry he's going to fall off are over.

- is weaned. He has now gone for 4 days without any Mommy milk. I'm kind of sad that I had to wean him so soon, but even with the pills the doctor gave me, I wasn't producing enough. At least I was able to breastfeed him for 4 months.

- discovered his hands. It's kind of funny because he looks like he's plotting something now. He clasps his hands in front of him and then rubs them back and forth.

He still hasn't found his feet, but I'm sure that's not too far away now.

- doesn't like having a nap/sleeping schedule. He likes to change it up every week or so. He actually had 2 days in a row this week where he slept for 11 hours at night! I was really happy about that, but then the next day he went to a 4 hour stint thing again. He hasn't done that for almost a whole month! Then for 2 days he decided that sleeping 1 or 2 hours at a time during the night was fine. Mom did not agree. Last night he slept for 3 hours and then 6 hours. I don't get it. And naps are just as unpredictable. He had one week where he decided he only needed one nap a day, but it was for 3 or 3 1/2 hours. That was great! But the last few days he's been on the awake for 2 hours, sleep for 1/2 hour, awake for 2 hours, sleep for an hour thing again. Arg.

- is definitely getting too big for his baby tub. One of these days I'll get the bathroom cleaned and then we can upgrade to the big bath.

- is starting to try to hold his own bottle. This is great, but I found that he's also pretty sneaky. Despite my best efforts, Paxton is determined to suck his thumb. If I catch him at it, I'll take it away and try to distract him so he doesn't go back for it. However, I was feeding him a bottle a few days ago and he had his hands up on it. I was chatting with Jay when I looked down and realized that not only was he "holding" the bottle, but he'd snuck his thumb in with the nipple! And he made sure that it was the one on the far side so I wouldn't notice it! I don't know what I'm going to do with this kid if he's starting this at 4 months already!

- had his first road trip. We went up to Kelly's for Zane's birthday. He did pretty well, but he'd had about enough of his car seat with about an hour left of the trip both on the way there and back. He did sleep quite a bit though, so I can't really complain too much.

- is starting to recognize the camera. He usually stops whatever he's doing and gets this "deer in the headlights" look when we pull it out now. It probably won't be too long before he starts hammin' it up when the camera comes out though.

- is getting stronger. He can stand pretty well by himself, even though he needs someone to balance him still. Won't be too long before he can do the famous stand on Grandpa Dooley's hand!

- is still a cuddle bug. I realized this month that he doesn't curl up anymore (*sad*), but he still wants to cuddle when he's tired.