4 Months

Charlotte turned 4 months on July 18th. I am loving this age so much. Once she hit 3 months, she became much more alert and interactive. She has always been a happy, smiley baby, but she started "talking" more once she hit 3 months. Ashley was excited that she said her first word "hi", but I know she does not know what she is saying.

Now that she is 4 months, she is reaching out and grabbing her toys. She also likes to touch our faces when we are holding her, it is really the sweetest thing ever. She will put her arm around my head and put her face to my face, like she is giving me a hug and kiss. I almost die daily from the cuteness.

She is still napping well in her room in the basement and most nights, she sleeps well, normally waking up once to eat. She still mostly nurses but gets 1-2 bottles a day, one with the nanny and one at night. She is still little, she just moved up to size 2 diapers last week and is wearing some 0-3 and 3-6 month clothes, but the 3-6 month clothes are a little big. She has her 4 month check up on Friday, so I am curious to see how much she has grown. I am not looking forward to her shots though.

I do not plan to start solids until 6 months, I am learning about a new feeding method called BLW (baby led weaning), I have never heard of this before with my other two. The concept is to not spoon feed baby purees, rather to cook their food, cut it into small pieces and let baby feed herself. I am going to ask the doctor about this, but this sounds like a great plan for a mom of 3! Of course, the foods are super soft (cooked apples, pears, sweet potato, squash, etc) and I will be right there, but the concept is that you are not forcing baby to eat anything she doesn't want to, therefore not overfeeding her. I have more research to do, but seems like a pretty neat concept.

We still don't know what color hair Charlotte will have, I think it will be dark, Ryan thinks it will be light. Guess we will know in a couple months!