Jonah- month 4

Oh my how time flies... I absolutely cannot believe that my little boy is already 4 months old! Somethings didn't change this month; like how much Jonah loves the bathtub and how much he loves to eat. We are flying thru his clothes and it seems like just about every week I am putting another outfit in the "too small pile." At his 4 month check up today he weighed 16lbs 15oz (he was 12lbs 13oz at his 2 months) and 25 inches long (he was 23.5 inches at 2 months). He's in the 80th percentile for weight and 55th percentile for height. Overall Jonah's grown nearly 10 pounds and 5 inches since birth.


Buddha Belly!



I look like Gido!

Jonah has changed and crossed many milestones this month....

Jonah is becoming much more alert of his surroundings. When he enters a room he looks around with his big brown wide eyes. He is definitely becoming much more curious and alert of whats going on around him. He's even begun to exhibit obvious recognition of the people he knows. He smiles lots for Stella, Daddy, and all of his teachers at daycare. Sometimes, when I go pick him up from daycare and walk into his room he begins to move his arms in excitement and will smile at me. Jonah's even begun to make intentional eye contact and if he hears your voice will look around the room and search for you.

If you smile at me, I'll smile back!

Jonah most definitely found his voice and has begun coo'ing and babbling quite a bit this past month. When you talk or coo at him he typically will respond and coo back at you. Sometimes he's so talkative and noisy that Stella's nicknamed him "Chatty Cathy." She loves talking to him and hearing him respond back to her. Stella absolutely adores Jonah and it's great seeing them interact together!

Stella and Jonah

Jonah has definitely gained a lot more upper body strength and balance in the last few weeks. He is able to sit up a lot better in his Bumbo seat and loves to sit in it and watch tv with Stella. We even had to breakout the exersaucer for him from the basement. He loves sitting in it and playing will all of the toys and holds himself up really well in it. He still loves his swing and sometimes he sleeps in it but has grown out of his bouncer and doesn't sit in it as much as he used to.



Chilling in my exersaucer!

 
Jonah is constantly drooling and now requires a bib all the time, if not his shirt will become soaking wet with saliva. Jonah even cut his first tooth this month (Jan 12th). I found it while I was giving Jonah a bath. He put his hand which was covered in bubbles in his mouth and when I went to scoop the bubbles out of his mouth I felt his little sharp tooth! It definitely explains why we've had several fussy nights that required the use of Orajel (miracle drug) and Tylenol.
 
Recently we had to break out the high chair from the basement. Yet another item that Todd was pleased about assembling. We found that when we sat down for dinner in the kitchen and Jonah was not pleased that he was not part of the action too. He now sits with us at the kitchen table (if he's awake) for all of our meals and babbles the entire time.



Hanging out in my highchair.





Jonah joins the family for dinner each night.



Just yesterday Jonah had his very first jar of baby food. It was banana's and he LOVED them. He kept licking his lips and trying to put his fingers in his mouth as if to say "this is delicious, give me more!"

Rice cereal and bananas.



The next day we tried sweet potatoes...(the picture says it all). No surprise that he loved sweet potatoes too.

Jonah loves sweet potatoes!

Jonah's had an action packed month and we are excited for him to cross more and more milestones!