No longer a baby...

At least that's how I feel sometimes. On Friday, May11th, I went to my friend Linda's baby shower, and Garrett decided that he's a big boy and rolled over onto his stomach for the first time! I was so excited. My friend EB was also there and she got right down on the floor praising him and congratulating him. He was apparently very proud of himself and started laughing and smiling. Since that day, if we leave him to play on the floor, he will roll back and forth, from his back to his front and back again. Garrett is also getting very interested in feeding himself his bottle. When it's within arms reach he'll grab onto it and try to bring it too his mouth (although sometimes he misses and puts the nipple on his forehead). But mostly he knows where it goes. One day he even held it for a couple minutes on his own.

We've also had a breakthrough in his sleeping habits.We used to swaddle him for every nap and bedtime, but lately he breaks out because he's getting too strong. When this happens, he wakes up and cries, thus waking me up. But last week we decided that since the weather was getting warmer we should start putting him down without being wrapped. I picked Friday at nap time to start doing this. This way if he had a hard time adjusting, I would have the whole weekend to catch some extra zzz's if he didn't sleep well at night. That night I put Garrett down at 9pm, and I didn't hear a peep out of him until 7:30am!!! (This is very good by the way!) This was the most nervewracking night I've had in a long time! I peeked in on him before I went to bed at 11pm, and he was laying on his side with his face smushed into the bumper. I as terrified that he wasn't breathing, so I put my hand on his belly, and of course he was just fine. Then I woke up at 6:30am (his usual wakeup time) and checked on him again and he was sleeping on his stomach! Garrett hasn't slept in until 7:30am since he was 2 months old! It was awesome. He slept so great! His naps aren't that great anymore, but at least I feel better knowing that he can sleep without being swaddled.

Garrett's 4 month check up

Last Wednesday, May 2nd, I took Garrett to the doctor for his 4 month check up. Garrett is now 15 pounds and 26 inches long! Since he was born he's been in the 50th percentile for height and weight, but now his height is in the 90th percentile! Doug and I are very happy to see that he's going taller. We knew by the size of his feet when he was born that he'd be a big boy! He's doing pretty well. He's eating great, and is generally very happy. He loves to smile and laugh, and Doug and I love to make him smile and laugh. Garrett got 4 vaccinations on Wednesday as well. When he got his last shots, he did great! But this time it took his 3 days to recover. The next day he was very cranky, cried a lot, and had trouble sleeping. It was a rough couple of days, but now I know what to expect next time. Garrett also got to have his first sleepover. We went to Muskegon to visit my parents on Sunday and since my mom was to babysit him on Monday, she asked if he could spend the night. It was a hard decision, being that it was the first time he would be spending the night away from me, but ultimately we let him. It was hard not getting up with him at 6:30 this morning and playing with him, then kissing him goodbye when I left for work. And when I got home he was falling asleep despite Doug's best efforts to keep him awake for me. I was very happy to see him even if he was sleeping. I just can't get enough of my little boy...