Jackson's first school picture! Sooo cute!
I have a feeling Jackson will skip crawling and go straight to walking...he loves to be standing.
-At Jackson's four month checkup, he weighed 16 pounds 3 ounces (76th percentile), was 26 1/2 inches long (93rd percentile), and his head circumference was 17 inches (75th percentile). He is getting so big!! While we were there, he got his four month immunizations, which were as awful as I remembered from his two month shots! He handled them much better than I did though. :) He was more tired after this round of shots and ran a low-grade fever just a little longer as well. However, after a few days, he was as good as new!
-Jackson is still wearing size 2 diapers during the day, but I've moved him up to size 3 at night. About two weeks ago, I packed up yet another tote full of baby clothes. He is going through them way too fast! He has just a few 3-6 month outfits that he can still wear, but is mostly wearing 6 month clothes.
-Jackson is now drinking five 6 ounce bottles with 3 teaspoons of rice cereal every day (still on Alimentum). He's gotten into a pretty regular eating routine, taking a bottle around 4:30 am, 8:30 am, 12:30 pm, 4:30 pm, and 8:30 pm. Every night around 6:30, we have started feeding him a little over a tablespoon of rice cereal mixed with formula. He does such a good job eating from a spoon! In regards to his sleeping, we have a pretty inconsistent sleeper! About a week before he turned 4 months old, we transitioned him to his crib. At the same time, we stopped swaddling him (we wanted to make all of the transitions at once!). Since being in his room, he's had nights where we put him down around 8:45 pm and he will not wake up, even once, until around 4:30 for his bottle (he usually goes right back to sleep until I wake him at 7:00 to get ready for daycare). The very next night, he may wake up several times. Luckily, most of the time, giving him his paci does the trick in getting him back to sleep. He is battling a little cold right now, so his congestion is keeping him up.
-We feel like Jackson has really started teething. He is a big slobber monster! A bib has become a necessity lately. His hands are always in his mouth and any toy/object he grabs goes straight to his mouth to be chewed on. As of now, he isn't interested in any of the teething items we have...he would much rather chew on his fingers. :)
-Jackson continues to be a much happier baby! He loves smiling and laughing at Eric and I and there is nothing more precious! Jackson's awareness of his surroundings sometimes amazes Eric and I. No matter where we are, he is always looking around and taking everything in. He frequently reaches out and wants to touch/grab things, loves watching Eric and I, no matter what we are doing, and has recently noticed Zoe. When Zoe walks in his eye sight, he stops what he is doing and watches her. We've started sitting on the floor with Jackson in front of Zoe...it cracks him up when she gives "kisses." Since he is getting so long, Jackson's feet now touch the ground when he is in his jumperoo. Once Jackson realized he could touch/jump, he took off! He LOVES to "jump jump." Even when we are holding him, he bounces constantly. :) Jackson is doing better with rolling over. It's really hard to keep him on his stomach for tummy time, as he typically pushes himself over pretty quickly. He still occasionally has trouble rolling from his back to stomach because his shoulder gets in the way, but he manages to do it often enough that we have to keep a close eye on him! We are still working with Jackson on practicing sitting up. We can tell he is getting stronger as he is able to hold himself up with minimal support for longer periods of time. He's getting too big too fast!!!
-Likes: Jackson still loves his baths. He has just recently started kicking his feet and splashing the water, which he enjoys tremendously! Jackson loves his music time. Every night, we spend time listening to music and singing. Jackson spends most of this time bouncing and laughing. Jackson loves to play with Eric and I and can become pretty annoyed if we stop. Most of all, Jackson loves his jumperoo. He second we put him in it, he takes off. He will jump for a looong time. :)
-Dislikes: Jackson has developed a strong aversion to his aspirator! With the changes in weather lately, he has been more congested and stuffy. It is a battle to get those boogers cleared out!
