There's not a ton of new things to report this month, it seems time is just flying by!
He is started to laugh more and more. Kayla gets him to laugh more than David and I can combined - he is just so in love with her, and she with him! She is so cute with him, although she daily/hourly/every! single! minute! struggles with how to be gentle with him. My goodness it is so frustrating for me! I am constantly saying things like, "Kayla, don't lay on top of him... Kayla, don't put your fingers/that toy in his mouth... Kayla, don't push on his belly..... Kayla, don't do that, just leave him alone, just stop touching him for 10 seconds!" Sometimes I tell her that if I have to scold her again for not being gentle then she'll need to take a 5 minute break from playing with him. Whenever that happens she just breaks down in tears and promises to be more gentle and says she just loves him and wants to play with him. It doesn't help that he rarely, very rarely ever does anything but laugh, smile and goo* at her, even when she is man-handling him. He is so laid back and easy going, which is great! But it doesn't make my threats that she's hurting him very credible with her!
* We used to call it coo-ing, but Kayla picked up goo-ing and says, "Isaac is goo-ing at me!"
Here is a video of them interacting and another!
He is still at 7 feeding each day, typically up once at night. Sometimes his 1st morning feeding is early enough that it's almost still in the middle of the night! So, we have good nights and bad nights, but the good outweighs the bad by far. He is still being swaddled and still in the bassinette attached to our bed. I love the way he stretches when he is unswaddled!!
He LOVES his swing, and I LOVE his swing. He currently takes most of his naps in there. Just recently I've started to have to strap him in because would lean over and be laying almost half out! My goal in the next month or so is to transition him to his crib to take naps... I do realize he can't nap in the swing forever! But it is nice that he sleeps so well in there, I'm not anxious to give that up! Hopefully he continues to nap well when I transition him into the crib - we'll see! He isn't in any sort of schedule/routine yet... he eats and sleeps whenever. Ideally, when he is consistently napping 2-3 times a day he'll be able to take some of those in his crib. We'll see :)
He's starting to crave attention and will "chat" at us to get us to look at him, smile at him, pick him up! Every day he is getting more and more interactive and fun! He loves
peek-a-boo, loves to play with toys, loves to put everything in his mouth (specifically his fingers and his bibs!).
He's motivated to try and roll over but isn't hugely successful yet. But he can scoot on his back and also turn himself 90 degrees so he can't be left near anything dangerous anymore! Several times I've left him on his back and had to run into the other room and when I come back he is on his belly! But mostly he just rolls from side to side.
He enjoys tummy time these days and is getting better and stronger every day (er, every day that I remember to give him tummy time!).
At his 4 month check-up at the Dr he weighed 14lbs 3oz (50%) and was 25 1/2 inches long (75%) and had a head circumference of 16 1/2 (50%). He is staying on the same growth curve since birth, so that is good! He got a great report from the doctor. He (not surprisingly) disliked the shots. And oh how I hate the cries babies give when they are given these shots and can't be warned of the pain about to come! Thankfully, he stopped crying almost immediately after I picked him up. Then he slept most of the next 48 hours! Apparently those shots made him really really tired!