Graham - 4 Months Old

Our big boy is 4 months old!  Graham learned to roll over, back to front, a couple weeks ago so is no longer completely stationary.  He pretty much flips over to his tummy within minutes after being laid down.  He is also getting better every day at grabbing and holding things, so we now give him toys to play with.  We've been dealing with baby's first cold the last week or so and that has resulted in some restless nights.  Graham is a very even-tempered little guy, so even though it is obvious he doesn't feel great he is still in a pretty good mood most of the time.  Now that he can roll back to front, he has been doing that at bedtime and ends up sleeping most nights on his tummy.

We had his check-up yesterday and he weighs 16 lb 13.05 oz (90%)and is 26.5 cm long (97%).  His head is 17 cm (75%).  He is starting not to fit in most 6 months size clothes so we are moving up to the next size.  I also started putting him in size 3 diapers this week.

Graham is still mostly getting breastmilk, but my production has been waning ever since I went back to work.  Around 14 weeks, I started sending one bottle of formula to daycare because I just can't get enough when pumping.  Luckily he likes the formula so it was an easy adjustment.  I plan to keep it up as long as I can, figuring some breastmilk is better than none.  

The guidance has changed since Parker was this age and now doctors recommend waiting until closer to 6 months to start solids.  Graham is already interested in food, if he is sitting on my lap while I am eating he watches every movement of the fork from plate to mouth.  So we might not wait until he is exactly 6 months old.

Here are some photos of Graham at 4 months, as you can see it is getting harder to take shots of him sitting still:

Some recent videos:

This month had some big firsts, starting daycare being a huge one!  Here is a picture of him with his "class" (with one baby missing).  Only two others besides Graham are full time.  The rest are only some days of the week.  He is the youngest and many of these babies will be moving up to the next room in a month or two.  The new round of babies moving in will be all boys.

This picture was sent from his teachers of Graham falling asleep while playing.

Another first this month was swimming!  The neighbor behind us, G.I. Joe (that is literally what how he refers to himself) has a pool and has invited us to use periodically.

Like Father, like Son.  Graham actually fell asleep like this: