Oh, my heart! Our sweet little Sadie is 4 months old! She is so precious, and even happier...if that's possible!
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- We had a doctor's appointment on September 19th and Sadie weighs 15 pounds, 11.5 ounces (75th percentile). She's 27 inches long (almost off the charts!) and her head circumference is 15.75 inches.
- She is wearing mostly 3-6 month clothes and a few 3 month things still fit. We're going to have to move up to 6 month pajamas any day since she's getting so long. She's still in size one diapers, but we'll move up to size two as soon as we run out of size ones.
- She is eating 6 ounces every 3-4 hours. She is still on Zantac and it has definitely helped her so much!
- It looks like we're going to have a little red-headed baby! We noticed that it had a reddish tint to it a lot when we were out in the sun, but I feel like it looks red almost all the time now. My mom has strawberry blonde hair, so that's probably where she gets it!
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| This was on baby dedication Sunday. |
- Sadie has hit some major milestones this month. She rolled over from her tummy to her back on September 10th and then rolled from her back to her tummy on September 17th! I didn't think she was close to doing either one! We were completely shocked both times. The happy part is that Daniel and I both got to see it together. Emery gets such a kick out of it every time Sadie rolls around. Her doctor said she's probably a month or two ahead on her gross motor skills and that we might have an early walker. I'm really hoping she's wrong! 😳 Even though she can roll both ways now, she doesn't really do it that often.
- Since she can roll now, we've had to start transitioning her out of being swaddled at night. We're just leaving one arm out for now which is what we did with Emery. The first few nights were rough, but she's doing great now. I tried leaving one arm out for her naps, too, but that did *not* go well so we're going to wait on that. I figured it's safe for her to be swaddled for naps because I can watch her the whole time on the monitor.
- She is still doing great with her sleep and doing better with her naps most of the time! She started taking longer naps this month which has been so helpful because it makes her even happier! She still wakes up after about 45 minutes for most of her naps, but usually she'll go back to sleep. She takes most of her naps in her crib now. It makes me a little sad because it means she's growing up. She always sleeps with her head to the side, so we don't have to worry about her getting a flat spot on the back of her head! 😂
- She used to be content to just lay propped up in the boppy, but now that's she's more mobile, she's always pulling her neck up like she's doing baby crunches!
- Every single time we feed her, we lay her in the boppy {she seems more comfortable than if we hold her} and she panics and cries until we put the bottle in her mouth. Then she immediately makes this sound that's like a high pitched sigh of relief. 😂 I try to get her bottle in her mouth as fast as I can before she starts crying, but I'm usually not fast enough!
- Sadie has definitely discovered her hands and has them in her mouth a lot of the time. She was even sucking her thumb one morning when I went in her room to get her. She grabs at toys and looks at them and is really good at pulling her paci out of her mouth.
- She loves her kick and play piano, Sophie the giraffe, her crinkly Minnie Mouse book, Baby Einstein take along tunes, and playing pat-a-cake. She will not give us any real giggles yet, but she is quite possible the smiliest baby I've ever seen and gives us lots of happy squeals! 💕
- We dedicated Sadie at church on September 10th which was a special day for all of us. She did so well during the dedication and smiled at our pastor the whole time he prayed for her. My heart can barely handle all of the hopes and dreams I have for her and Emery.
- Emery is still doing so well being a big sister to Sadie. She gets so excited every time Sadie smiles at her and celebrates when Sadie rolls over. It's precious! She also takes care of her loveys like we take care of Sadie. She will feed them with a bottle, swaddle them up, bounce them to comfort them, sing them songs, and lay them down for naps. Emery loves to help put Sadie to bed or down for a nap. She always wants to read her the book, You Are My Cupcake, and makes up her own words to it. She puts "honey little" in front of all the things in the book {you're my honey little gumdrop, my honey little peanut, my honey little cutie pie}. It is so hilarious...and adorable!
