4 Months

Sweet Girl,

4 months!! I can't believe I have already had four months of kissing those sweet chubby cheeks! Four months of watching you grow and change before my eyes. Four months of being a girl mom!

This past month has, once again, been one of changes and developments for you. You are so close to rolling over (we have been practicing every day lately!). I just know you will figure it out soon! You love being on your tummy (despite the enormous amounts of drool that puddle underneath you!). You have also developed the cutest giggle that is just the cutest sound ever. We spend a lot of time these days working on getting that giggle out of you!

Your daddy is, by far, your favorite person to give big smiles to. It makes my heart happy to see how much he loves you, and to see you reciprocate that love. And Hadley can still get and hold your attention despite anything else that may be happening around you. Oh how you love your bubba!

Unfortunately your sleep pattern and schedule isn't really any better this month than it has been. You do sleep okay at night and during naps, there is just absolutely no routine and predictability about it. You usually take 2-4 naps per day - one each in the morning and afternoon, and then one or two short power naps in the evening. The length of those naps varies each day, as does the location you prefer each day. Sometimes you nap really well in your swing, and sometimes you will only nap on someone. And never (NEVER) will you nap in your bed. And at night, you will usually go at least one longer stretch a night (5-6 hours), followed by a shorter stretch or two. However, that is not always the case either, and sometimes it's all 4 hour stretches. Again, no predictability. (Read: drives mama crazy!)

You are getting 100% breast milk these days (again, all in a bottle) and we will continue that for as long as possible. You eat about 4-4.5 ounces at a time, usually about every four hours. But again, not really any routine with that either. Sometimes you will go four hours, sometimes five, sometimes three (or even a little less at random times). See a pattern here? Nope, I don't either!!

Despite your lack of a routine, I still can't get enough of you! Oh, how I love you sweet girl. I told daddy just the other day how I didn't realize how much I would adore having a little girl before you were born. And now, you have just stolen my heart. I pray that as you grow, you will always know how deep my love is for you. I love you forever and always, Griffin girl.

Mama