4 months

On November 14th, Eliza turned 4 months old. She is a delight more than ever.
She weighs 14 pounds 12 ounces which is 4 ounces lighter than I predicted her to be, and 6 ounces away from doubling her birth weight.
Baby Cakes is 24.5 inches long and has a head circumference of 16.5 inches.


I think this picture is so funny! This is the first and only time she will wear that dress. Bruce really had to wrestle her in it. We waited too long to put her in it; rather the weather waited too long.

Her measurements put her in the 73% for weight, 60% for height, and 72% for head circumference. Her head has to be big in order to hold her smarter than average brains.

Her vaccinations this time around were much less traumatizing than the last ones. Although she posed for some cute shots while waiting for the doctor (see 2 month post), she screamed like a distraught Baby Cakes after the shots. I could only get her to calm down by nursing her.
This time she was well rested and fed before we arrived at the doctor. She only cried a little when the nurse gave her the shots, and calmed right down after I picked her up.



I wouldn't necessarily say that she enjoys tummy time, more like she tolerates it now. Before she would lift her head up at a 45 degree angle to show me she can do it. Then she would bury her face in the blanket and cry until I turned her over. Now she will smile, and lift up on her elbows. About 3 minutes later, she rests her head, right cheek down on the blanket. She has managed to roll over from stomach to back ONCE, and from back to stomach ONCE. She consistently rolls 3/4 of the way over and lays on her side while she sucks her fingers.



Her new favorite trick is to stick out her tongue. The beginning of a smile creeps onto her face before that cute little tongue pops right out. She curls it and moves it around from side to side. If you make her smile again, out pops the tongue. It really make me giggle.



She changed her sleeping patterns. Now she goes to bed about 7:45 or 8:00 and wakes up in between 6:00 and 6:30; sometimes as late as 7:oo. I'm actually not sure when she wakes up. Instead of crying to let me know she is awake, she quietly talks to herself or softly whimpers. If I happen to wake up sometime in between 6 and 7, I rescue her from her crib. If I don't feed her within 2 seconds of picking her up, then she will cry - that's when Bruce wakes up.



Baby Cakes has settled with 3 naps a day. One long nap in the morning (long meaning 1-1.5 hours)One long nap in the afternoon, and a short cat nap (about 40 minutes) or so in the evening - that is if I am lucky. If she isn't already napping before 4:30 (when it starts getting dark now days), then she won't nap. Because it gets dark, I think she thinks that I'm trying to put her to bed and she doesn't want to go.




Other things she enjoys: playing with her toes (occasionally sucking on them), belly laughing at her silly mom, singing songs, reading books (or trying to eat them), grading quizzes (or trying to rip them), smiling, going on walks, playing with dad and mom, and holding new objects. She also enjoys watching everything I do.


She also likes sitting in her new high chair.


Just imagine these squealing/laughing noises right in the middle of sacrament meeting, and you've captured Eliza. I promise that I'm not being disruptive to make her squeal and laugh. For some reason, she especially enjoys the rest hymns, and will often sing along.