Keeping Up with the Taylor Tots: Four Months of Fun

Ashton had his 4 month check up recently. Our little man is long and lean. He's 26 inches long, which puts him in the 90th percentile for length and he's 13lbs, which lands him in the 25th percentile for weight. Cutest little stringbean (said the somewhat biased mama :D)!

He's gotten so much more interactive over the past month, which has been fun. He tries to eat pretty much everything and anything that he comes across, including his favorite standby, his hands. The funny thing is that he doesn't suck his thumb or a particular finger but instead tries to eat his ENTIRE fist. It's comical! He has recently settled on his index and middle fingers since his fist strategy wasn't working.

He's also starting rolling over - back to front. Apparently, this is somewhat unsual as babies typically roll over stomach to back first but given Ashton's aversion to tummy time, I'm not surprised. He is also seeming much more comfortable on his tummy now, which is great. Since he's rolling over back to front though, we've had to stop swaddling him since I have found him face first in the crib as he tests out his new tricks at night. Scary!

He still loves music and when we sing songs to him. We recently introduced him to the Bumbo, which he also seems to enjoy. He's facing outward now in his Baby Bjorn when we take our nightly walk, which has opened a whole new world of flowers, trees, houses, bikes, etc to him.

Sleep-wise, things are okay. He was doing great, sleeping through the night on a pretty regular basis. He now usually gets up once around 3-4am and then again when I'm up and getting ready for work. From a gal who used to need a solid 9 hours of sleep to feel refreshed, I'm adjusting surpringly well to the lack of sleep.

My return to work has gone very well. Working from home a couple days of weeks has been so nice. Things with Andrea, Ashton's nanny, are also great. They spend lots of time reading together, taking walks, playing outside and doing all sorts of other fun stuff. We're so lucky to have found her!