Weight / Length: (guessing) around 15 lbs and maybe 27 inches. He is starting to wear 6-9 month clothes and is still in size 2 diapers.
Eating: We are still breastfeeding (yeah!). He took one bottle and now refuses bottles again. I don't know if it's the bottle or the formula. He also won't take baby cereal when it's mixed with formula (yes I gave in to see if this would help with his sleeping; it doesn't haha). Can't say I blame him. I have tasted both and formula isn't all that appealing if you know the difference of more mild and sweet breast milk. I am at a crossroad on whether I want to offer any other "solids". I have given him cereal a few times and he does seem to enjoy it. I mushed up a banana and he was okay with that too. But he still comes back for his main intake from me. It's only another month before the recommended time frame now anyway so I may just cut it out again for that time.
Milestones/Development: Nolan has good head control. He does better with tummy time and likes to look at toys and faces this way. He rolls tummy to back and also back to tummy now. He rolled back to tummy the day of his 4-month appointment when we got home. He definitely squirms around to try to get places. He's getting better at trunk control too and trying to sit up so I imagine he'll be on his way to crawling soon. He has been more quiet recently in his vocalization. Maybe it's with all the motor development that speech has taken the back burner. He still laughs and coos but is distracted more by things around him and across the room and what his sisters are doing, etc etc. He is able to grab things and hold things more easily. He is starting to anticipate more (ie with tickle games he will giggle before I get to tickle him).
Physical Therapy/Torticollis: His PT is going well. His tilt is improving to almost normal range (within 5 degrees). His turning is still not great and he has tightness in his neck and resists stretching. I have been a little more lax on stretches and he fights me the most on turning his head (go figure where the most improvement is). He does turn to his right (weak side) more often now but mostly when he is relaxed. You can still see that he fights it when he doesn't like the stretch.
Sleep: He doesn't sleep very good at night still. He goes to bed between 7-7:30 and sleeps a few hours. Wakes up between 10:30-11:30 usually. Then another 3 hours and up again. We did get a 11:30-4:00 stretch the other night so that was nice and gives me hope that he can do it. We try to let him fuss more and I hope that helps.
Fun Memories (Outings/Events): We got an Ergo baby carrier and took him for a walk and the girls on the trikes with it. He seemed to really enjoy being outside even though it was a little cool. I think he will love getting out once the weather warms up.
Challenges: His torticollis and sleeping is the only big challenges we have right now. He is a really good baby in general though.
Likes/Dislikes: He loves his sisters and seeing what they can do. He likes to grab at our phones, the remote or other types of things we mess with. He also like to try to grab at Thor and stares at him. We let him pet Thor with us controlling his hand as it makes Thor nervous. Thor is good though and never nips he just licks like crazy to avoid any unwanted grabs of collar, ears or fur.
Looking Forward to: Him being able to sit up and play. I know it's frustrating to him to do tummy time so much and I don't like him playing on his back too much. Anyway I know he will love to sit up and be more mobile as he wants so bad to move. I try to teach him and he's excited to use his arms to pull forward (with my help) but so mad when he can't do it on his own. Hopefully looking forward to being done with physical therapy (skipping the helmet if we can but still concerned on head shape).
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| Mario and Nolan - getting closer in size to each other |
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| So adorable just want to eat him up |
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I thought the couch was blending with his shirt so moved him to our nursery chair and he just wanted to eat his toes
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