Four Month Check Up

Kylie had her 4 month check up yesterday. She now weighs 15 lbs, 13 oz! She is 25 inches long so that makes her in the 90th percentile for weight and 75th for height. Not bad at all! The dr. said not to start solids until she is 6 months old, so we will wait until after her 6 month appointment in January. She is really starting to show signs that she wants to eat though! She watches us intently when we eat and even makes chewing motions with her mouth. She chews on everything and has so much drool all the time! She is up to 8 ounces of formula four times a day- it keeps her pretty content right now though.

She is now sleeping all the way through the night! We had a few nights of waking up about 4 or 5 times because she has just learned how to roll from her back to her front! So she was rolling over in her sleep and waking herself up. She would cry and cry until we turned her over. Just yesterday we decided not to go in and turn her over when she cried so she would learn to get herself out of it, but we didn't have to- she slept all night! She did that Monday night as well. So we are well on our way to being consitant. No more swaddling for bedtime anymore- we have to use these sleep-sacks that they zip up into so it goes with her when she moves around. That way she won't get tangled up in blankets or anything.

She is vocalizing a whole lot more lately! She loves to "talk" to us. She also reaches for EVERYTHING! She wants everything in her hands, and then right up to her mouth. So now we have to start being careful about what we leave around for her to get a hold of. She also reaches for our faces if she is in our arms. She likes to feel our faces and grab our lips and noses. Sometimes it actually hurts! Especially when she grabs the skin on our necks or something. She's got a good grip!

She'll be mobile soon so we are going to have to crawl around on the floor and "baby-proof" the house. She is trying to sit up now too. If she is on the floor on her back, she will strain to sit up and I will sort of help her but let her use her muscles to do it. I can tell she really wants to sit- she likes to sit and have us hold her so she can get a better view of her little gym and the toys hanging from it. If we let go she will teeter for a moment and then fall. Sometimes she will catch herself if she falls forward.

Maverick is still ignoring her. She tries to reach out and grab him or pet him but he just moves away. I think there is still some jealousy there. If she is off of my lap, he will immediately jump up as if to say, "I'm the baby now!" He never has nipped at her, even when she gave his ears a good yank one day. I am hoping as she grows they will become better friends.

I will have pictures soon. We are borrowing someone's camera to do some Christmas pictures so I will post them when we get them. We are also hopefully getting a digital camera for Christmas so I can have a current pic up every time I post!

Um, 10 hours anyone??

She totally slept 10 hours last night!! Hallelujah!!!!!

Our little sleeper...

I am so excited because she actually slept from 9:30 until 7:30 without waking up at all last night! She has been off and on recently with the waking up thing. One night she will be perfect like that, and then next she will be up at 2:30 and won't go back to sleep until we eventually feed her. So its getting a lot better. We are going to try to move her bedtime forward, which means she might be waking up earlier. She gets so tired so early that she ends up taking a nap and then isn't tired when we put her down to bed. So we will see what happens. It may work and it may not. I think its going to be a while of trial and error to see what schedule is best for her. As long as we get at least a few nights of sleep, we will be okay.

She has started to lick our faces now. It seems like she is trying to kiss us! We lean in toward her and she puts her hands on our faces. If we put our cheeks to her mouth she will lick us! Its so cute! She is also straining to sit up when she is lying on her back. She will sort of lift her head and shoulders up, and make this little face like she is concentrating and try to sit up. Of course she can't but we try to help her up and let her use her stomach muscles to do it.

We think she has forgotten how to roll over! She hasn't done it in like 2 weeks! We are trying to show her how again so maybe she will start doing that again.

Hi From Kylie

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Kylie just wanted to write a little something and say hi. Hee hee

I'm so Wishy-Washy

So I can't decide on how I want to post pictures. I want the easiest and most convenient way possible. I found a baby website where I can post different albums. I am wondering if that may be easier than posting each picture on this blog. I am creating a link of this new website to the right, so you can see what I am talking about. You can let me know which way you like better on this blog by commenting. If you like the website better, maybe I will just use it as a place to put my pictures but still keep the blog going. I can just have a link to the website or something and you can just check to see when new albums get put up. It doesn't have everything yet- I want some input before I start uploading every photo I have. Thanks!

New way to do pics

Allrighty... I have found a new way to put her pics on here without sending you to snapfish. Now I will just put new pics directly onto this blog when I get them. Scroll down and you will find them :)

Jason and Kylie 

Cute hat! 

Pretty Blue Dress 

Hi Mason! 

Neato! 

Oooo look what I can do! 

Hi mommy! 

Yay my gym! 

Kylie and her Blue Man 

Daddy and Kylie 

Awww... 

Kylie in her poncho 

Abby and Kylie 

New Pics Are Up!

I finally have some new pics up at snapfish so make sure to click on the pictures link to look at them.

She is sleeping about 8 hours a night now. It is so wonderful! I am so glad she is finally sleeping longer. I just hope she keeps it up and starts extending it.

She is 16 weeks now and it won't be long before we start her on solids! I can't wait! We will probably try them on her four month birthday and see how she does with it.

Her hair is growing in very blonde and her eyes are getting lighter as well. She is laughing and squealing a lot more. She seems to be teething a bit more too- she is a little fussier than normal and we think that may be what it is. She wants everything in her mouth and she gets so frustrated if she can't put it in her mouth. She is studying and grabbing at our faces more now too, and she loves to play with her gym. I just can't believe our little Kylie is almost 4 months old!