4-Months

I am behind on this post. Sorry. Eliot turned 4-months on December 27th.

I am happy to say we have made lots of improvement with sleeping. At 4-months, babies just start doing so much better. We are on a eat/sleep schedule. He takes 3 naps and eats 6 times each day. He eats at 7:00-7:30, 10-10:30, 1:30, 4:30-5:00, 6:30-7:00, and 10:00. That’s right. No more eating in the middle of the night. He still wakes up on occasion around 5 but mostly falls asleep quickly. He has learned how to suck on his fingers which soothes him back to sleep. He sometimes wakes around 6 which is no fun, but at least there are no more 3 am feeding calls. I feel more normal. He naps around 8:30-9:00 am, 12:00, and then again at 3:30-4:00. He even slept over the holidays while we were with family. I was very proud of him.

At his 4-month check up, he weighed almost 16 pounds placing him in the 62nd percentile and was almost 26 inches long placing him in the 75th percentile. Still a big baby compared to Tennyson. He took his shots like a champ. He only whimpered on one.

I started back to work. It was bitter sweet. I really have enjoyed being with both Tennyson and Eliot, but if felt good to get back into my profession and to interact with adults. It is only part-time. We have a wonderful nanny that will begin tomorrow. She is like a grandmother who we have to pay.