Lucy at 4 Months

4 months old!

Lucy had her 4 month appt on Friday...she weighs 12 lbs 12 oz, is 23.5 inches long (both 25th percentile) and is in the 10th percentile for her head circumference! She's met all of her milestones up to this point and is really working on rolling over. I can't believe how quickly she's grown and how much changes each day. She loves to play with her play gym, and particularly likes grabbing the butterfly and the parrots that hang down from it. She's generally a very happy baby and is very ticklish and loves to cuddle. She has a little doll she uses to sleep with every night. She holds onto it to self-soothe when she falls asleep. At this point, she's sleeping about 7 hours at her longest stretch. Mom doesn't want to jinx it, but she seems to be a very good sleeper. Lucy loves to listen to music, including any songs her mama sings to her, and she likes to sit and listen to short books. She even touches the pages of her board books and seems to really love Brown Bear Brown Bear with all of the colorful animals!! Mark and I can't believe how lucky we are to have such a wonderful little person in our lives. I've been back at work for about a month now, and in the meantime we've had Mark's mom stay for 3 weeks, and my Dad came last week to watch Lucy by himself. We are so proud of Papa, he did a great job of reading and playing with Lucy. Lucy tried her 1st rice cereal last night, and her eyes grew to the size of saucers when she tried it. We're not sure she really likes it yet, but with a little repetition and practice, I think she'll warm up to it. We got some cute pics of her eating her rice cereal last night...those are to follow!!