Month 4

Madelyn started going to bed earlier and napping longer which was great. Goes to bed at 7, wakes up around 7. Around 3 nights a week she starting waking up in the middle of the night and just laughing and playing. I usually go in to cover her up after she kicks the covers off, then she really gets excited so I would usually get her up and feed her then she would fall right back to sleep. At 4.5 months went to 2 naps/day which lasted about 1.5-2 hours. Eating every 3-4 hours

Achievements: Really started working on sitting up, enjoying tummy time more, started napping on tummy. Laughing and smiling even more. She also found her feet which is really funny. At 4 month check up she weighed 17 lbs 10 oz and was in the 98%tile for length and weight. Doc said we will probably be needing a new car seat sooner rather than later. Crazy how all of the things she has- exersaucer, carriers, swing, bouncy, etc all have a 25 lb wt limit! She will probably grow out of all of these before too long. Try to spend most of her day on her tummy anyway, though, to increase muscle strength! She is liking this more and more and can stay on her tummy and play for long periods of time.

New things: Started letting me rock her to sleep some! :) Gave her a taste of banana and she really liked it, but holding off on solids till 6 months.