4 Months Old

On Sunday, Logan turned 4 months old. I cannot give 4 month old stats because Logan's doctor appointment is not until 2 weeks after he turned 4 months old, despite the fact that I made the appointment back in December. That's what we get for having a part-time pediatrician. I think we might be changing pediatricians after this appointment. Anyways, our home scale has him at about 15 lbs as of 2 weeks ago. I will be curious to see what he weighs on the official scale at the doctor's office. I will post those stats after the appointment and his second round of being tortured (aka – shots).

At 4 months old, Logan is wearing 3-6 or 6 month clothing in day-wear and pj's and he is up to 6-9 month onesies. Now either our boy has clown feet or baby socks run small because Logan has been wearing 6-12 month socks for over a month. He can roll tummy to back (although he does not like to do it often) and really wants to go from back to tummy. His head control has gotten really strong recently and can sit in the Bumbo without slumping over after a minute or two.

No slumping!

As he gets older, we are seeing more personality come out in him. He loves toys. He has a favorite rattle and loves his ball. He also loves the dog his great-grandma got him, who we affectionately call Doug (the dog, not great-grandma). He also LOVES his play mirror. While all of these things are fun, sometimes there is nothing like a (clean) cloth diaper. Logan loves to chat and has developed a new way of talking while gargling. He loves when Mama tickles his tummy and feet. And he loves to play peek-a-boo with Daddy.

Enjoying his mirror

Love that mirror

The only thing that is not improving with time is his nighttime sleep. From 1-3 months of age, he slept an average of 7 hours before waking up for a nighttime feeding. At 3 months, he started to wake up more frequently. This was about the same time we moved him to the crib in his room, so I thought that the two were going together. But it has now been a month. About 2-3 times a week, he will do 6 or 7 hours before waking. But the other nights, it is about 5 hours and sometimes even less. Ugh! He really spoiled me from the beginning. He has just transitioned out of the swaddle at night which is also causing sleep issues. I am hoping that in another week he will be back to his 1-3 month old self. I have read about a 4 month old sleep regression, and I hope that he just got it early, and it lasted for a long time. As much as I hate getting up more frequently during the night, our little boy is so cute. You cannot be mad at a face like that! 

Play time wears Logan out.