Happy 4 months HRP!

4 Months!  WOW!  I can hardly believe my baby boy is 4 months old!  While it seems like I was on bed rest just yesterday, it also seems like I've been blessed with this little boy for a lifetime!  Finally at 4 months I feel like I (somewhat) have my $*@t together!  I've taken so many pictures over the past 4 months.  Since replacing my phone the week before I was on bed rest, I've racked up 1,119 pictures!  Whoa mama!  I guess it's easy to say that I can't get enough of my little HRP!  Like I said in my previous post, I'm hoping to do a monthly Harrison update.  It's crazy to see how much he changes even just week to week, so it'll be nice to be able to look back and see his monthly milestones and updates.

::4 MONTH STATS::

8lbs, 11oz - this is up 15 oz. from his 3 month check in
21inches

::MILESTONES:: 

{smiling}
Harrison has been smiling for about 2 months now.  Over the past few weeks he's been smiling more and more.  I absolutely love getting a smile first thing in the morning when he sees me for the first time, or while we're playing on the floor on his activity mat.  I've been acting like a crazy person trying to get the first laugh out of him!  I think he's working really hard at it.  Maybe by next months update!!

{cooing}
Over the past month or so we've been hearing more cooing.  It's still just the beginning stages but it's so so cute!

{finding his hands}
He found his hands about 3 weeks ago and ever since it's been a whole new world!  He likes to suck on his hands and can almost get his whole fist in his mouth.  He's also started to hold onto and grasp different things.

{tummy time}
I guess this isn't really a milestone…. but I consider it a milestone for us!  Tummy time has been a real struggle with our little HRP.  We've been trying to do a few minutes every day and Harrison just was not enjoying himself.  I would lay his chest down on the boppy and get in front of him to try to entertain him, but he only lasted about 1 - 2 minutes.  Well, about a week ago I decided to try doing tummy time with him flat on his activity mat (we've tried numerous time before, but obviously it did not go well) and he was able to prop himself up with his arms and hold his head up!  YAY!!

{following sounds and voices}
H will look towards sounds he hears (especially the tv) and will follow where our voices are coming from.

::SLEEPING::
H is pretty much sleeping around 7-8 hours at night!  HALLELUJAH!  He is still sleeping in our room in his rock and play.  He's a pretty horrible napper during the day and only sleeps if he's in the car seat or in the Moby wrap.  Now that he's through the first 3 months, I've tried the transition into his crib.  So far I've been attempting a nap or two a day.  We've had a little bit of success!

::EATING::
H is eating about 6 times a day.  We're nursing 4 times a day and doing 2 bottles a day.  Right now in the bottles Harrison is drinking breast milk supplemented with a little bit of formula to get him extra calories.  Since birth H has been very healthy.  Our only goal for him is to just keep putting on weight.  He's had great growth since birth, so we'll keep up this routine for the next couple of months.  We're assuming we'll be starting some solids around 6 months, so until then he's getting pumped with mama's milk!


::LIKES::
his mama -totally going through a mommy stage right now!
Nyla
bath time
farting noises (from the mouth!  I guess I should call them raspberries!)
his Wubbanub (pacifier)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, The Wheels on the Bus, and Old McDonald
Being in the moby wrap

::DISLIKES::
tummy time -although we're starting to like it a little more!
getting out of the tubby!
Waiting while we get his bottle ready
taking a break from his bottle to be burped
being left alone
sleeping in his crib

Hope everyone has a lovely Easter weekend!  And for all my Jew friends, Happy Passover!

xoxo