Month 4 - And Away We GROW!

Late week 13 Jaxen started sleeping 4-6 hours consecutively at night!  This seems to coincide with the fact that he refuses to nap longer than 30 min every time I put him in his bassinet up in our room which I started around then too. The bad news is this past week (late 16) we were back to getting up every 2 hours. Hopefully this is a growth spurt or teething or SOMETHING. Giving him a bottle in addition to nursing before bed seemed to help get him back on track though.

14lbs 6oz -- 24 1/4" tall

You know from last post that I started a napping plan based on the "No Cry Sleep Solution" sleeping method. So far, it hasn't really taken. (My gut feeling is that this is an all or nothing situation.) I do it in 10 day increments all the meanwhile taking notes, a day or two break then modifying the plan and running it again. Although his nap time increased to 30-50min after the first round, the second and third rounds have been back to 5-30min. Taking into account the fact that he is probably 2-4 weeks behind other babies his age, I'm trying my best to work with the fact that he may not be as ready as I am for changes. Dr. Berger has recommended us to an occupational therapist to work on soothing. I will be making that appointment in the next few days.

    We had a great visit from Grandpa Buggy (ha ha) this past month!!

We dragged him up a mountain in Golden for a family photo and we can't wait to see him again. While Gpa was here he took his first 2 hour nap in his swing! Fingers crossed for a Christmas visit! 
     Grandma J came back to visit too and we had a successful outing while she babysat. The next day, we went to the Zoo! It was a good trip, Jax did well but seemed more interested in the zooMANITY milling around than the animals. Thanks for driving aaaaallllllllll the way down here to babysit Gma!

Updates:

• Moved bed time to 8pm -- routine has stayed the same.
• The name of the game is now grab-and-put-in-mouth and he has been sucking on his hands a lot more.
• We've had a few side rolls but no roll overs yet and his neck control is lasting longer and longer in tummy time.
• He also bites on my finger now instead of sucking which perhaps means he's teething? He does this with a bottle too and thinks he's been super cute and hilarious.
• 4 month check up with Dr. Berger went well. He noticed a slight eye wander in one eye and a little droop as well. I see nothing but we'll go to an optometrist at 6mo if necessary.
• Of course we don't crawl yet but we try. Click here if you haven't seen the inch worm video yet!
• For more pictures, click here!