Four Months

Wow, I don't recall any other time in my life when four months flew by so incredibly fast! My little baby Rayya is four months old already, crazy! Rayya continues to be a joy, and perhaps it's just simply the fact that I am now a second-time mom, but she seems so much easier than James was. Here are just a few things that she is up to in a day:

• Usually up at around 8:00am every day, and when she has had a good sleep, she will always be ready to greet us with a big grin, with her arms and legs waving wildly with the excitement of seeing us.

• She is drinking about 4oz. of Nestle Good Start every 3 hours during the day.

• She is all over the map with her daytime sleep. I don't really mind, as long as she continues to sleep through the night!

• She is usually sleeping through the night now from 8:30pm to 8:00am, with the occasional wake-up for a soother.

• She has not yet rolled over, but has come pretty close!

• She hates tummy time, so we don't do it much.

• She loves getting kissed, taking baths, being undressed, and being on her playmat.

• This week she started holding toys and sucking/biting them. She drools constantly, and I have to put a bib on her.

• Rayya won't take a bottle from anyone but me, and sometimes my mom.

• Rayya doesn't like to drink when I'm not moving - I have to hold her, walk around the house, and try to keep the bottle in her mouth all at the same time.

• At her last check-up she weighed 13lbs, and is now wearing 3-6 month sleepers.

• Her bottom gums are really swollen, so I think we'll be seeing those first teeth soon.

• Rayya says "hi", or at least she makes a sound that sounds an awful lot like it if you say "hi" to her.

• Rayya makes strange, and is extremely fussy in a crowd. Even when there are a few too many people in one house, she doesn't like it.

• Despite the above point, like the good girl that she is, Rayya loves the mall!