120 days of Teddy! How quickly the time is flying by! 4 months really marks the ‘awakening’ of Teddy from a newborn to baby boy. And a growing baby he is! Teddy is 15 lbs 12 oz. He gained a whopping 26% of his body weight from month 2 to month 4. However, he’s still only in the 55% for weight. Teddy is also 25 1/2 inches long and again in the 55% for height. [Gasp from the towering Phillips side of the family!]
Teddy has lots of new tricks! His physical milestones are really obvious and so fun to watch. Teddy is smiling tons, starting to giggle, loves to be tickled and has found his hands. His eye-hand coordination has really improved and he can pick up blocks and hold toys. He’s also entered the ‘everything in my mouth’ phase so right when those toys are picked up, into the mouth they go. And he rolls! He can now purposefully (and frequently!) roll from his back to his tummy and tummy to his back. He even now prefers to sleep on his stomach. He’s like a little pancake flipping from his back to belly when I put him in his crib at night!
And night time….praise the Lord; he sleeps! Fingers, toes, legs, arms, body crossed that we have turned the corner for good. Teddy is much more smoothly going to bed on his own at 7-7:30 pm and sleeping until 3-4 am. He does usually wake but can get himself back to sleep again unassisted within 20 minutes. He doesn’t eat again until ‘morning’ (aka 5 am) when the milk bar re-opens.
Teddy Bear has beautiful blue eyes and light brown/blond hair. He LOVES to be held, hates his car seat, enjoys a good walk, is super ticklish and melts our hearts! Andrew said it best yesterday, ‘I love Teddy. He’s really cute.’
4 month photo shoot:
Mommy got home just in time for Daddy to leave for Chicago the next morning. And the traveling Phillips clan is back at it again!
