Ansley-4months

• Weight: 10lbs 4oz which is <3%(down from 10%)
• Height: 23inches; 10%(down from 15%)
• Head: 3% (down from 5%)
• The doctor doesn’t seem to be too concerned with her growth. She is approximately on her same growth curve and is just going to be “petite”. However, we are going to start solids now. They usually recommend starting between 4-6months.(Caleb started oatmeal at 5months and babyfood at 6, so this is a little earlier than we planned.)
• Size 1 diapers, Size 0-3 and 3month clothes. (finally out grew all of the newborn stuff)
• Tries to suck her thumb sometimes, but has stopped doing it as often. I would have thought she would have been a “thumb-sucker” by now but not yet.
• Loves being up and right in the mix of things, “standing”, her bouncy seat, facing out in her baby carrier, sticking out her tongue, watching football with Daddy(it catches her attention and keeps it-I think he has a new football buddy!).
• Learned how to giggle and is so cute when her little face lights up with a big smile. I think she might even be a little ticklish between her armpits and chin around her collar bone!
• Tries to “talk” sometimes, we just laugh at her cute little sounds because most of the time she is just quiet as a mouse.
• Sleeps on her tummy for naps(which are very short like 45minutes most of the time{boo}) and in the Nap Nanny at night. Daddy has been sleep training her while Mommy is working, since Mommy is being a big softy!
• Eats 3-4oz in Avent bottle about every 3 hours except for her long stretches at night. Still against breastfeeding. There is about 345bags of 6oz each for a total of 2,070ounces of milk in our deep freezer. Sadly that’s only enough milk for just under 3 months. So if I want her to have breastmilk for her first year, we are no where near stopping this pumping madness. Let the bottle washing continue.
• Finally wore out our Itzbeen. A timer I used with Caleb and now with Ansley that keeps track of how long its been since she ate and I pumped. So we did an emergency run to Babies-R-us to replace it. We were lost with out it!
• Still sneezes when we lay her down on her back. It’s a pitiful couple of sneezes right in a row. Pretty hilarious to watch. Because she has been so sneezy and snotty most of her life the doctor wants us to try some baby Zyrtec(allergy medicine) to see if that helps. If it helps we will continue to use it and investigate what she might be allergic to(it would be environmental allergens). If it doesn’t work then we will stop it and rule out allergies at this time.
• Nicknames: Ans, Girlie, Little Miss, Annie(started by Meem), Ans-A-ly(started by Izzy R.)

Giggle girl.

The many faces of Ansley.

The serious-skeptical look.

The you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me look. (We’ve got 2 leg rolls now- we have worked hard for those)

The I-can-get-anything-I-want-because-I’m-cute look.

Annie in her little bear jacket, a Christmas present from Meem.

Sucking her thumb

In her Johnny Jumper. She does more slow pushoffs with her left leg or spins than actually jumping at this point. And because she is so tiny we have to put a blanket behind her to fill up space. But she loves it.

Trying to encourage some tummy time. I think that’s one the signature G-dad looks.