Covered in Dust: 4 month old

April 30, 2015

4 month old

I now have a 4 month old!! Or should I say a 4 month old trapped in a one year old body! We have left the 6 month clothes behind and have quickly moved onto the 9-12month clothing! We have what they call in the baby industry a "chunk" but I call him a solid tank to his face so he doesn't develop any self esteem issues. Our little solid tank is currently in the best stage so far...he giggles, smiles, and plays with his toys for hours. I don't have to worry about him crawling away, he likes my singing and he rarely cries. What was that...he likes my singing?!? Oh yay!! That's right he likes my singing!! I have an entire repertoire of Girl Scout songs from my childhood thanks to my mom! The only problem is that I remember half of the lyrics most of the time and just make up the other half all the time. I sometimes get so into it, I realize that I have been singing for a good 20 minutes, and have no idea when he fell asleep on me!!

So 4 month old: Some things I want to remember:

1. He loves his jumper! We call it the command center, because when he gets in it, he seems to get right to business like the fate of the world depends on him completing his mission!

2. He finally took A bottle at daycare! I emphasize "A bottle" because he will only drink one a day! In the afternoon he knows I'm coming so I imagine he is saying "listen daycare lady, I'll consent to that poison you are feeding me in the morning, but my mom is coming after my nap and I will not stand for this tyranny!"

Here are all the bottle rejects! Welcome to my world...

Don't be fooled by the cute face, he is a bottle tease...you think he is going to start drinking, and then he suddenly remembers that it's poison!!

3. He is currently teething, which means he will chew on anything that crosses his path, I was reading him a bedtime story and he kept trying to chew the pages, when I turned the page, he looked at me like "do you mind?!? I was eating that!"

4. I believe we officially have a morning person in our family, Jaden has technically been sleeping through the night, I say technically because to us night people, 5am is still in the middle of our REM cycle! No matter what time he goes to sleep, he is up at 5 ready to play! He will lay in his bed, talking and talking until someone gets up to listen to him.

5. I'm not sure if Jaden loves his bath for the water or because he is naked. Recently when I take off his clothes for the bath, he squeals with excitement like "freedom!!!!"

6. I took him to "bring your kid to work day" at my work. I work with the homeless population and veterans, so it was fun to watch grown men turn into little softies talking baby talk! One guy was so happy, he said "look he is smiling at me...he has no teeth like me!! Matching gums!" Jaden got an official ID badge, colored a picture for the veterans and helped assist me during my case management meetings! He slept for awhile but was so excited about all the happenings and didn't want to miss out on all the fun.