Hands & Feet = Stop Swaddling

Lainey is right on with The Bump: Your Baby is 18 Weeks! She doesn't need to be fed as often and she is breaking out of her swaddle!! She eats every 4-5 hours now, instead of every 3 hours. And I just pulled out her bigger 9oz size bottles, and have started making her 5-6oz each feeding. Such a big girl!! She'll definitely let you know when she is hungry and spit it out when her belly is full. As for swaddling...I was getting worried I'd never get her out of her swaddle, because she just loves being snug so much, but lately as I go in for her 3am feeding, and when she wakes up babbling at 7am, her arms are free and her legs are sticking out :) Now if we can just get her into her crib...



Read: When To Stop Swaddling... The Bump says, "nighttime movement helps them enhance their gross motor development, which is crucial for upcoming milestones like crawling, standing and walking." I was going to stop once she started rolling over, but I think she is giving me her cue now.

Also, her hands and feet have totally become her new source of entertainment! She is drooling so much more now, that we've started to make her wear a bib. No teeth yet, that we can see, but they are probably on the move up! Pediatrician says, "She could get them now to 18mo, it's so hard to guess, every baby is different. It could take up to a year to get them all in."

LAINEY MAE IS 4 MONTHS TODAY!

Balding

Okay, all my new hair growth from pregnancy is definitely falling out now! It is not falling out in chunks like some people say it does, but it for sure happens 3-4 months after delivery (not right away). I cant even touch my head with out strands of hair falling out. It's annoying because as I hold Lainey, it gets all over her, and stuck in her hands, and that's gross as she's putting everything into her mouth ;) The bathroom floor is just full of it, and I am sure its all over my house. I think for once there's more of my hair on the floor than Colbie hair...our cleaning lady is probably like "wtf this is nasty!?" Hahaha! I have to clean out my brush daily, so our bathroom garbage looks like a birds nest. Sorry Kev! But besides my hair thinning, I could really go for a trim and a new color....Trinity!?!!!!

She's a growin'

Today was Lainey's 4 month wellness check up! She weighs 12 pounds, 1 ounce and is 23-3/4 inches tall! ...still our little peanut girl :) Pediatrician said we can start her on rice cereal! "2-3tsp twice a day, mix with formula, keep it really runny. It's just for practice right now, not for calories, so keep up with her bottles, and try the rice cereal in between bottle feedings." We are excited to try!

Here is a great Solid Food Chart for Babies. He said most babies aren't ready for "solid" foods until 6 months of age, but we could start practicing with some green beans, apples, bananas or pears - mashed baby food of course.