4 Months

Addi and Ella are four months old today! It doesn't seem possible. Let me tell you a little about each of them.

Addilyn is about 11.5 pounds now. I'm not sure how long she is, but we will find out on Thursday at her well baby check. Addi is getting better about sleeping through the night. I think she finally realizes I'm going to put a pacifier in her mouth and not a bottle. She would start stirring around 3:00 a.m. since that was the time we were feeding in the middle of the night. Now, it's closer to 5:00 a.m., but we can usually hold her off until 7:00 or 8:00 a.m. before feeding. It doesn't matter what time we feed Addi though, she's not a morning baby until after she's had her bottle! And she lets you know it!

Addi is turning into a chatterbox. She sounds like shes gargling though! Poor baby hasn't figured out what to do with all that extra spit in her mouth. Addi has finally become more active. Last night she rolled on her side for the first time. She likes to kick her feet, especially during bath time! She's also batting at the toys hanging from her playmats. Addi's apnea monitor was downloaded last week and only had one recording on it since we started using it at 7 weeks old. It was for a low heart rate, but the specialist said that is normal in anyone. For the machine to go off her heart rate had to be low for 15 seconds or she had to stop breathing for 15 seconds. It hasn't gone off, well, not unless we forgot to plug it in and the battery was low. She may get to come off of it soon.

Ella has turned into a good little sleeper. We are usually waking her up in the morning. She's happy when she wakes up, and if we aren't waking her up, I hear her talking to the mobile when she wakes up. She weighs about 10.5 pounds now. Ella is getting very close to rolling from her back to her side to her tummy. She gets on her side and tries very hard to get to her tummy. She also is a chatterbox. We went shopping today and she oooh'd through two stores!


We are slowly getting the girls to bed a little earlier. They are both eating 5 ounce bottles with 8 teaspoons of rice cereal in it at night before bed. This week we started mixing oatmeal with the rice. They also get an ounce of apple or prune juice in their bottles with rice/oatmeal to keep their system regular. Sounds gross, but they love it! We also do cereal/juice in the morning. The remainder of the day is formula only.

Both girls are wearing 3 month size outfits. We are going to have to move up to 3-6 month size sleepers as they are getting too long and are beginning to not be able to stretch out in them. They both have distinct personalities, and it's amazing to see their growth each day. I will update again after their checkup with the doctor.