Four Months

This week Little Bird is four months old. It is amazing. She had another doctor's appointment with official weighing and measuring. The results: 15lb. exactly , 25.6 inches (off the growth chart). She also got a few more shots. She did great that day but we could definitely tell that her legs hurt the next day. When we put her down she would just stay still instead of kicking and pulling on her feet like usual. She was also just not her usual happy self. But she seems to have recovered and is back to normal.

She is getting more and more active. She has mastered the art of rolling from her back onto her tummy. But once there she is stuck and lets us know after a few minutes that she needs help. Then after we flip her back, she rolls herself over again right away. It helps to have toys there for her to grab, because it keeps her from going all the way over. Sadie and Sylvester like to keep her company on the floor as she plays in her nest.

She is very good at grabbing her feet now. She almost gets them into her mouth but not quite. She is also discovering her tongue. You can see her wiggling it around in her mouth sometime or sneaking in and out of her mouth. She giggles and squeals and blows raspberries and makes all kinds of noises that defy description.

 

Little Bird still lover her baths. She wiggles her arms and legs so much it is a challenge to get all that finger and toe lint. Afterwards she is just as fond of playing with her towel--kicking it and pulling it up to her mouth to chew on.

Since she is now four months, we thought we would start the process of getting her familiar with a spoon and rice cereal. Today was her first experience and I am not quite sure what she thought of it. I doubt that any of it actually made it down. And it cause her to produce so much saliva that I think the volume that came out of her mouth and down her chin and chest was double the amount that went in her mouth in the first place.