Four Months Old!

At four months, Hudson weighs in at:

14 pounds (29th %ile)

26 inches (84th %ile)

You are getting tall!

 

The big milestone for a 4 month old is that they can roll over. Can you roll over? Yes. You have rolled over before. Do you roll over? Hardly ever. Mainly that is because I never put you on your tummy and it’s much easier to roll from your tummy to back than back to tummy. My fault.

Here is my journal from when you were 4 months old:

Hudson was INSANE for 2 weeks at right about 4 months old. He started waking up screaming from every nap after about 30 minutes. He started waking up every hour through the night screaming. He was fussy when he was awake. I was holding him all day. I started feeding him every 2 hours just to calm him down. It was super frustrating because he had previously been such a good baby. And I was getting nothing done. And the other kids were getting frustrated with my inability to give them any attention. 

 

Two weeks into it, we had Lee and Rachel Dial and their kids over for dinner. (I couldn't stop thinking about them so we invited them for dinner) As soon as they walked in, Rachel immediately began to tell me about their baby Trace's acid reflux and how he suddenly became irritable and how dramatic an improvement he made with the medications. The story sounded so similar to Hudson, that I started Hudson on prevacid that night (happened to have some from my pregnancy). It worked! He was instantly so much happier. Since then, he has quickly progressed (or regressed?) to his old happy, content, eating every 4 hours, taking long naps self. Whew! It's great to have him back. Makes me appreciate his good nature even more.

 

He is so smiley and talkative. He will just sit and coo to himself, suck on his hands or sleeve, and smile at whoever walks by. He puts up with a lot of hands-on love from his siblings but is typically a good sport about it. Everyone who  meets him loves him because he instantly gives them a smile (dimple and all) and will giggle or coo on demand. He really is so adorable and only getting cuter.

 

 

The problem is he is getting so big so fast! Slow down my baby! He has grown out of so many adorable little outfits and is even too long to fit in a lot of his blankets. Makes me so sad whenever I think about it. He has already been in our family 1/3 of a year! How is this possible? Wasn't he born yesterday? I just cherish every moment I get to hold him.

First Christmas (see shirt)

 

Some mornings, I will be on the couch with him and he will fall asleep in my arms. I am utterly surrounded by chaos and clutter. I know I should set him down and start picking up toys and washing breakfast dishes. But instead, I just stay where I am, staring at the little guy, feeling him on my body, and loving him so much. How I wish I could freeze time and remember those moments forever. He is so precious. We all love him so much.