Four Months

Hey, Cale is four months old now! He's right on target for weight. The rule of thumb is to double your birth weight at four months of age, and Cale should be there. He weighed in at 15.9 pounds fully dressed on Wednesday, and he's been nursing like he wants to be sure he is not below his sixteen pounds today! He's got two teeth, but he's also still drooling and chewing like a teething baby so he might have more very soon. Like his Mommy, Cale's hair gets lighter when he's been outside in the sun. Unless he hurts, Cale is thankfully still a good sleeper too. He sleeps 5 to 7 hours at night! Karston usually has at least one night a week where he wakes and wants a parent before Cale.

Karston has generally worn clothes by the age on the label. Since Karston was eight months old before he weighed 16 pounds, some of my size expectations are off. Cale's already wearing size 3 diapers (so was Karston at this weight, but he was twice as old!). Just after Karston's birthday, I washed the 6 to 9 month clothes for Cale. Well, now he's large enough that I actually need to retire the 3 to 6 month size clothes too!

Cale is changing, not just growing, all the time. He has added peek-a-boo to the list of games he likes to play. Well, other people say he likes peek-a-boo, but he's very scared when Mommy hides, so I don't know that firsthand. He loves watching that baby in the mirror, especially if he can practice standing on the counter at the same time. He's ticklish in more places now, at least for me. I'm pretty good at finding ticklish spots. He has more personality too, making more expressions, showing more feelings, enjoying more people. Oh, and he took his first walk, just like Karston did at this size: scooching the infant backpack across the floor. Pretty stable kickstand! And he loved it. He wanted us to see what he could do, he was so proud. Time to move up to the larger baby backpack.