4 Months Old!

Tyler is 4 months old...ok...you're right....today he's 5 months old and I'm just getting around to posting his 4 month pictures. I feel like such a delinquent monther! Hopefully I'll get his 5 month pictures up soon!

As you can see from the pictures, Tyler is all about his mouth these days. He loves to suck on toys, his pacifier, and clearly his hands.

Oh...and for those curious why Tyler has a scratch on his forehead...I was working one day organizing my laundry closet where I store some extra food. I have a "Can-Solidator" in there to organize canned goods. Tyler was on the floor next to me becuase I have to be within sight for him to be happy. Well, in the process of moving the cansolidator, the whole thing collapsed and pieces went flying. Of course one landed right on Tyler's forehead. Another tribute to my wonderful mothering skills. He screamed, I screamed, and Parker screamed. We were all crying. My poor baby's head. But I guess he'll do worse to himself in the future...and maybe this won't leave a scar??? We can always hope...

4 Months Old

Parker is already 4 and half months old!! The time continues to fly by! It was particularly hard to get good pictures of Parker this month because he can't go more than a few seconds without putting his hands in his mouth as shown above.
At the visit to the pediatrician a couple weeks ago, Parker was 14 lbs (25-50th %) and 26 inches long (75-100th %). Parkers has his two bottom teeth and they are as sharp as razors. You can see them in the collage picture. Overall, he's a pretty happy kid. He still wants to be entertained nearly all the time. When my mom watches him she pushes him around in the umbrella stroller as she goes about her daily activities. As long as he's moving around and can watch what you're doing, he's content. We go on walks all the time on my days off and he really likes that. He absolutely loves watching the hair dryer! He gets totally entranced watching me and my mom dry our hair.
Parker has been sleeping through the night since he was about 6 weeks old, but then in the past month he has stopped and wakes up more frequently. So, we're working on that and hoping for a full night of sleep soon! Parker is terrible napper! For some reason he fights every attempt to take a nap during the day. When we are able to get him to fall asleep, he often only sleeps for about 20-30 minutes. It's quite a challenge. If anyone has any suggestions to get baby to take a good nap, they'd be appreciated!
Parker has started to make a humming noise. Whenever he is totally relaxed, either nursing or falling asleep, he hums as if he is really enjoying it. It's pretty funny.
Parker wants to chew or suck on EVERYTHING, as demonstrated by his hands in his mouth. Unfortunately he still won't take the pacifier so his hands and teething toys will have to do.
Parker smiles and laughs more all the time He can really hold on to his toys now and can transfer the toy back and forth between hands. He spends a lot of time looking at faces now and shows signs of recognition with familiar faces.