The Lindvall Family: 4 Months

Emery Rose,

You are so incredibly sweet! We seemed to have finally gotten past your fussy period and we are no longer experiencing your 'witching hour' in the evening!! I can't believe you are already 4 months old (ok, so really you are close to turning 5 months….I'm a little late in posting this)…..the past 4 months have flown by!!

You are really starting to play with your toys! You love your Sophie, rattles, and basically anything that makes noise and anything you can put in your mouth. You always have something in your mouth and really enjoy chewing on your hands. You like your playmat and exersaucer, but only like to do them for 10ish minutes. You always want one of us around and love to be held!

Your sleeping is still inconsistent. I am no longer nursing you during the night, but usually do early in the morning. We usually have to stick your pacifier back in your mouth a few times during the night. We've had to let you 'cry it out' on various occasions….this seems to be harder this time around. You've been going to bed between 8:00 and 9:00. You can go 9 to 10 hours without being fed! Your naps are extremely inconsistent. You used to give me a good solid 3 hour nap in the afternoon, but lately it seems that you've been taking multiple 45 minute naps during the day. You can roll from your belly to your back, but not yet from your back to your belly. You usually wake up with your roll from your belly to back at night.

You love, love, love your pacifier and always want it when you sleep!

You seem to be experiencing stranger anxiety and have since about 3 months. You tend to get fussy around people other than Daddy, Elli, Connor and I. You are most content at home with us (this is exactly how your brother is). Your siblings love you so much. They already have a few nicknames for you. They usually call you 'Emmy,' but Connor has really started to call you 'Emo-fimo.' (not sure where he got that??)

You received 5 vaccinations this month and did awesome with the shots. You cried for about 2 seconds and then stopped as soon as I picked you up! What a brave girl!!

You still have your hernia, but we're hoping it'll go away within the next year or so. You are only going #2 about once a week. Because of your hernia, the dr. wants you going more. You don't like juice….we've tried pear, apple and prune to get things moving. But I've been able to get some down you using a syringe.

We started rice cereal and oatmeal a week and a half ago. I was going to hold off until you were 6 months, but the dr. is hoping some of the fruits and veggies will get you more regular. You don't seem to mind the oatmeal, but haven't exactly mastered eating with the spoon.

You do not like your carseat….not one bit. Hopefully one day you'll enjoy it better….otherwise the furthest we'll be traveling from our house is to and from school :)