Happy 4 Month Birthday Reed!

Our little guy is 4 months old today! We can't believe it! The past four months seem to have flown by and we are enjoying every minute of life as a family of three. We had a great holiday together, which I will post about later, but first we must talk about what Reed has been up to the past month.

4 Month Stats
Weight: 15 lbs. (50th Percentile....this is a decrease in percentile from his last visit at 2 months. We are going to try to get back up to the 75th percentile or at least make sure he stays in the 50th. He is definitely a tall, skinny baby.)
Height: 27 in. (95th Percentile)

At 4 Months:

• Reed is starting to figure out how to roll from his stomach to his back. He does this by pulling his knees up as if he is attempting to crawl and then flipping himself over. He still prefers to roll from his back to stomach though.


• He now has two teeth! We think sometimes his cries are a result of him biting his fingers, whoops! They are extremely sharp!


• Has started a new non-sleeping through the night routine that is proving to be exhausting for me and Chris. He will sleep 20 or 40 minutes at a time and then wake up screaming. Our doctor recommended that we try putting him to sleep on his stomach, yikes! We are pretty terrified of doing this but we will try it out to see if it works.


• Reed had his first taste of rice cereal tonight. He seemed to like it although he didn't eat very much. Feeding time is going to become a lot more complicated now that he will be eating and taking a bottle. This should fatten him up quickly though.


• He is so good at grasping things with both of his hands and pulling them to his mouth. This is exactly what he did with every Christmas present he received. He's gotta see how it tastes!


• He has a great love for his feet. If he ever gets a glimpse of them, he tries to get a hold of them. He got mad the other day because he couldn't get his feet up to his mouth.


• He absolutely loves to be just in his diaper. He thinks it is so much fun to be without clothes. He probably loves it so much because he can actually see his toes and grab them more easily.


• He is pretty good at sitting up but prefers to slump over and grab his toes. We hope he will start to straighten up soon, because I know he will love playing from the upright position much more than he does laying on his back.


• He is such a good little eater. We never have to beg him to finish his bottle!


• He has started picking up and slamming his feet down into his mattress to get our attention. This cracks us up.


• He has also started scratching with his fingernails. He is entertained by the sound that he makes.

Below are a few pics we snapped today. Chris was home and helped me out with taking the pics. I think we got some pretty good ones!

4 Months Old!

And thinks he's much older!

Wishing he could grab hold of his toes!

Reed and Daddy

Reed holding Daddy's hand. So sweet!

Me and Reed

"You look mighty tasty!"

He's really concentrating.

"Yummy!"

A little dark, but too cute not to post!

"Enough with the pictures already!"