4 Months Old

Baby girl, I can't believe you are 4 months old already. While this wasn't the most exciting month for me, you continue to amaze me with how much you are growing.

4 Months

Height: 24 inches long; 50th percentile
Weight: 12 lbs. 9 oz.; 15th percentile
Head Size: 16 inches; 50th percentile
Diaper Size: Cloth diapers, smallest size
Clothes: 0-3 month pants fit best, but you are transitioning to 3-6 month clothes
Sleep: Your bedtime is 8:00 pm, Yes! And you are sleeping through the night until 8:00 am. Once in awhile you will wake up for a nightly feeding. Your nap schedule however is a totally different story, it's all over the place. I do have a confession. When you are particularly cranky at night I play a song from Breaking Dawn - A Thousand Years - and it soothes you.
Eating: You still eat every 2-3 hours. The doctor suggested we start you on food. We haven't decided if we are going to or not.
Mommies Milestones: You are all over the place nowdays. You can roll over both ways and you have recently started rolling from your tummy to your back. You have started to hold your bottle, but you haven't mastered holding it upright. You are smiling and laughing up a storm, but you haven't started giggling just yet. You hold your own head up so it's been much easier to tote you around. You also love to be held upright. You have started to cover your face with your blankets. You haven't mastered moving the blanket off your face. It's time to play Peek-A-Boo. You are trying to crawl and I'm assuming it will only be a matter of weeks until you are officially mobile and the baby proofing will begin.

4 Month Favorites

1. Foscam - I love this video monitor. It's not your typical baby monitor, actually it's not an official baby monitor but it does the same thing plus its cheaper that the standard video monitors. And we can control view C from our iPhones and iPAD. The only thing it doesn't have is sound, but I think you can upgrade the app and pay for sound or just listen to her from the other room. BTW- we purchased a separate sound monitor for nighttime. 

2. LAMAZE Pull Toy - This is another great toy we have added to our collection. It rattles, crinkles, pulls, etc and C love to put each piece of it in her mouth. 

3. Bumbo - You either love it or hate it and even after the recalls I still love it. Yes, we have the safety strap, but to be honest I don't like it. I think the "after market" ones are awful. It has definitely helped her to sit up. 

4. Bum Genius - We took the plunge and tried cloth diapering. I was skeptical at first, but I really like them and I think they are pretty much low maintenance. 

5. Planet Wise Wet/Dry Bag - If you are using cloth diapers this bag is a must for carrying your dirty diapers while you are shopping or traveling. 

What favorites have you come across?

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Pinterest Thursday

I'm a few days late again, but here's my current Pinterest re-make project I've been working on. I can't find the actual pin where I first saw this, but I was intrigued and set up to recreate it.

I've wanted to buy closet dividers for C's closet ever since we moved. I found some on Etsy, but they were expensive and I figured if I waited long enough I would find a way to make them. I set off to Walmart and found my supplies - craft foam and decorations. I had planned on cutting the foam to size but I found foam door hangers in the craft section and thought they would be perfect for this project and they were.

If you don't have the time or patience for this craft I found the plastic ring dividers at the Container Store.

Cloth Diapers

My parents used cloth diapers with us when we were babies and I never imagined that I would be using them too. The whole process disgusted me. Here I am 20+ years later and I'm using cloth diapers. They have come along way since the foldable cloth, pins, and waterproof panties. Oh wait, they are basically them same with different closures and fabric.

I first heard about the "reinvention" of cloth diapers several years ago when our friends from church all started having babies and were planning on using them. After seeing them in action I thought those aren't so bad and the new designs were adorable. When my sister announced that she was pregnant and planning on using them I almost lost it and decided I would give her a couple months before they switched to disposables. I don't think they use them all the time, due to their sitter, but ....  she lasted longer than I expected.

When we found out we were pregnant I told David that I wanted to give them a try. If other people I knew could handle it, so could we. However once we started using the disposables I was scared hesitant to transition C to them. We decided to wait until we moved to start using them since our old apartment did not have a w/d in the unit. I put off washing them for a few weeks after we moved in, but it's been a month now and things are going well. I don't find them to be difficult and I can coordinate them to match most of C's outfits which make things fun. We use the Bum Genius brand. I haven't tried other brands as these have worked for us. We were fortunate enough to be able to touch and feel all of the diapers at Cotton Babies. They only have three actual stores and two of them happen to be in St. Louis. Every time we go home, we make a trip there. I also love their website since they have free shipping.

Here's a pic of C in her diaper.