Each time I sit down to write about my baby I am amazed how quickly time has gone by.  It seems like I was just writing about my postpartum experiences and now here I am writing about my 4 month old.

We have suffered through the second round of vaccinations and got a glowing report at our 4 month follow visit with the pediatrician.  Again, she wasn’t too bothered by the needles.  She cried a lot right after she got them, but by the time we got home she was feeling better and ready for a little nap.

Life has settled into a pretty good routine.  We have a pretty good schedule.  She eats at about 7pm and then is down for the night by 8pm.  She sleeps through the night sometimes now, other nights she gets up only once to eat.  We have had some trouble getting her to stay asleep at first.  Sometimes she wakes up 2-3 times within the first couple of hours of being in bed.  She isn’t hungry or anything and usually falls right back to sleep.  In the last few days she has started being able to put herself to sleep if I put her down when she is really drowsy, so maybe the frequent waking will stop as she learns to sooth herself back to sleep when she wakes up.

It is amazing how much she has changed and how much she is learning.  She squeals now, which is really cute.  She always has a lot to talk about, most of the time she is awake she is chatting away.  Her giggles are still the most adorable thing I have ever heard.  For play time she loves to jump in her doorway jumper and play on her activity mat.

The next big step for us will be introducing solid foods.  Probably in the next month or so.  That should be fun.