4 Month Check Up

We thought this little chubster was going to top the charts when we took him to the doctor for his 4 month check up.  He's a solid boy and weighed in at 14 lbs 14 ounces which only puts him in the 32% for weight. He has grown 4.5 inches since birth and is in the 19th percentile for height at 24.5 inches. 

Brady celebrated his 4 month birthday by rolling all around.  He can roll from back to belly and from belly to back and has started to sleep with his arms out of his swaddle.  This caused some disruption in his sleep for a little while, but he is back to going to bed between 8 and 9pm and waking up only once around 3 or 4am most nights. 

Brady has also discovered his feet and that he can put his hands and toys in his mouth.  He is becoming quite the little talker as well.  He is cooing, gurgling, motor-boating, and sometimes doing it quite loudly. 

He has a very strong appetite and is still eating about every 2-3 hours.  In his first month at school he used up all my frozen breast milk storage and is now having about 25% of his intake as formula.

He gets lots of love from his big sister. She enjoys finding his binky when he drops it and showing him how to play with his toys.  She often has long conversations with him that only the two of them can understand.

Brady is also starting to squirm around--not really crawling yet but he can definately move.  Often I leave him on his nice comfy blanket and turn around to find him in all sorts of positions.  Like on this particular day when he managed to scoot under the futon.

A Ruff Ruff for Brady

Brady is already trying to be like his big sister.  He has a ruff-ruff of his very own!

Freedom!!

Ok, so I'm watching Braveheart as I'm posting this.  But it seemed like an appropriate title for this post.

Happy 4th of July!

Just Call Me Flipper

Just in time, when mommy has to go back to work, Brady is becoming a pretty good sleeper. He still is not very consistant, but some nights he has slept 9 or 10 hours without waking.   On this particular day, I woke up and took a look at the monitor and all I saw was feet.  His head is supposed to go to the top of the crib by the mobile, so somehow he managed to flip himself more about 180 degrees.  He is still sleeping here, but I had to grab a picture.

Tummy Time!

The tummy time is paying off:  Look who can lift himself up on his elbows.

Say Uncle!

Brady in his maroon and gold with Uncle Kfir at his college graduation. Maybe one day the roles will be reversed. Except I don't think Brady will be carrying Uncle Kfir =)

Brady getting some swimming lessons from his Uncle Bryan.  Maybe another Navy Rescue Swimmer will be in the family one day.

3 Months Old

Happy 3 Month Birthday Brady. 

Yay for Mommy taking pictures each month, Boo for Mommy not putting a stuffed animal or other object in the picture so we can see how much he has grown.  I didn't think about it until seeing all three pictures next to each other and the 2 and 3 month pics looking so similar.  Maybe I'll remember for the next kid (just kidding--or am I?).

  Mommy has to go back to work, so this month Brady is getting ready for his first day of school which is July 6th.  He'll be at the JCC with Chloe and all of the teachers can't wait for him to start.  Brady is less and less like a newborn everyday and has even managed to sleep through the night a handful of times, however, he is not very consistant.  One night he'll sleep 7 hours straight, the next he will wake up twice.  He can sit up in his bumbo seat, grab onto a blanket, rattle or your fingers. He smiles so big and is starting to laugh and "talk" in his own baby language.  He can bring both his hands together and sometimes likes to suck on them, but he still has not discovered that he has feet yet.  Tummy time is not his favorite, but he can lift himself up for a bit and then gets tired and ends up face down in his own drool.   He is a good eater and is a strong and solid baby.   No doctor check up this month, but he will go back next month for a visit and more shots.