Little Tiny is 4 Months!

Daddy calls Connor Little Tiny sometimes. Even though he is not all that tiny anymore.

And our LITTLE TINY turned 4 months on Sunday, October 9th!

We are waiting till around 6 months to feed him food on a regular basis. But I finally let Daddy give him a lick of some flavors. Daddy has been so anxious, and itching to see his reactions. A few of the things he has tried so far are pudding, applesauce, ice cream, lemons, and yogurt. He isn't all that interested in food, and his appetite in the last weeks has really slowed down, so it confirms our decision to wait till 6 months for food. But for now we enjoy all the funny faces he gives us when he has a taste of something new.

Connor is 19 weeks now and he went to the doctor this past Thursday for some shots and a check-up. All in all everything went good. Connor weighed in at 16 lbs 4oz (75th percentile) and his
length was 24 1/2 inches (31st percentile), his head circumference was 17inches (72nd percentile). So we have got us a plump little boy, and we like him that way. Wouldn't couldn't have asked for a cuter kid. The shots went relatively well, Daddy had to hold Connor down this time, and it was pretty hard to see all his smiles fade to screams. But he did well and went to sleep soon after. That night he had a fever and was sore but some infant Tylenol took care of that. He has been a little fussier than normal but I think a couple more days and our happy baby will be back.

 At the Doctor

So interested in all the new things to look at

Playing with Daddy at the Doctor

After the shots, feeling the pain :(

Both legs got shots, but Connor was a trooper

After the Doctor Mommy and Daddy had an early dinner at Sizzler's, and Connor did pretty good. He wanted to be held until he fell asleep and then he just sat in the car seat until we were ready to leave. You can tell he is a little out of it, poor guy. Shots are no fun.

CONNOR UPDATE!
He is still wearing size 2 diapers and is very good when he gets his diaper change. He enjoys playing alone while he is on his back, which we love because it gives us a chance to run and get some chores done. Connor is wearing 3-6 months clothing and occasionally a 6-9 month outfit. He is still not spitting up, so we are glad that he will probably never have problems with that. He likes the taste of lemons! But lemons make his belly ache and he gets super fussy afterward, so no more lemons. We have to wait on the citrus for awhile because it is to acidic, so Mommy has to too :( He is doing better in the car now, most times he falls asleep, and now his frog entertains him a lot. I love that he likes toys now, it is so FUN! He still loves the bumbo, the swing, and the bath. He has lost most of his curls, sad! And he has rubbed his hair off on the sides and back in the middle, so he has lots of hair on the top and bottom and around his ears, so basically he looks funny. BUT we love it. He can pinch now, when he nurses after he is upset it is the worst and I have to hold his hands so doesn't do it. Connor is a social butterfly, most times, he loves smiling at strangers and he adores when people play with him and hold him.

He loves those Feet. He loves swinging them all around when hes on his back!

Milestones at 4 Months:

• He can raise himself up on straightened arms while lying on his tummy and look all around.
• His smiles are more frequent
• He tries to fake a cough to get our attention.
• He enjoys to play now with rattles and soft toys
• "Ah goo" or similar vowel-consonant combinations make up his vocabulary, along with some carefully chosen "oohs" and "ahs." 
• He shows a clear preference for Mommy and Daddy. He recognizes and turns toward our voices.
• Connor is starting to learn cause and effect. He shakes a rattle and it makes noise, he gets laid in the swing and it begins to move, he gets put in the car seat and we are going for a car ride.
• When he is feeding, he stops and plays with my clothes, or he looks around at the room.
• At four months, our baby’s vision has improved. Now he shows interest in objects all the way across the room. If we move them slowly it helps him stay interested in them.
• Connor can sit up if you prop him up with pillows, or a hand, or the boppy. 
• He is also able to grab an object with both of his hands.
• He tries to roll over (when hes on his belly and gets mad). The more he tries, the better he does (he has even done it a few times, by accident).
• He plays with his hands, bats at mobiles and reaches for rattles. 
• Any object he holds goes directly into his mouth. 

Connor LIKES:

• MOMMY AND DADDY!
• In the bathtub, I like to splash and kick my legs. 
• I may get excited when I see people I know, I bounce and kick my legs and flail my arms and smile real big.
• When you talk to me, I smile and chat back sometimes.
• I like to imitate sounds. I like for you to talk to me and make sounds to me. I babble now. I make lots of different sounds.
• When I am happy, I coo, squeal, gurgle, giggle, grin
• I like to look at myself in the mirror. Sometimes I smile at myself.
• I like to be touched and held.
• I love noisy toys. Like my crinkly Lion. 
• I love my frog in the car seat, sometimes I grab it and pull it to my mouth, and it vibrates. It's awesome.
• Ice cream is yummy, whenever Mommy and Daddy get some they give me a taste and I always want more.
• Waking up early 
• The bear mobile on my swing is so fun it spins and sometimes I fall asleep with my head up because I love to stare at them.



He fell asleep while he was staring up at the bear mobile.

Connor DISLIKES:



• I may fuss if I am left alone. I get bored.
• I may cry when you take a toy away from me. 
• I may cry when you stop playing with me.
• I am not a fan of the camera, Mommy takes to many pictures.  
• When I am asleep I don't like to be woken up. I get grouchy when this happens.
• I don't like sleeping by myself, I much rather cuddle Mommy and Daddy all night long.
• I don't like it when I get hot, if I am sweating I get very uncomfortable and squirm and cry to let you know. 
• I don't like to be wrapped in a blanket. Or squeezed for too long, it makes me feel claustrophobic.

Mommy and Daddy LOVE so many things about CONNOR.

Our FAVORITES are:

• When Connor is in a chatty mood and wants to babble at you and you can talk back and he loves it.
• When Connor plays with your face and grabs your nose, mouth, or ear. Sometimes it gets a little rough though. Daddy like this more than Mommy, because Mommy is afraid to get scratched and pinched.
• When your holding Connor and talk to someone and he just looks up at you and stares and then gets a huge grin on his face. This happens sometimes when I am talking to my parents on skype.
• He plays this game with Daddy where he will look at Daddy and get a big smile and when Daddy looks at him he will look away. Then he will look back until Daddy looks. It's funny because sometimes he will get excited when Daddy looks and lunge himself at him, and sometimes he will squeal out in a mad squeal when Daddy takes too long to look back.
• Connor also plays a game with us where if Mommy and Daddy are sitting next to each other and one of us is holding Connor he leans himself over so that he is partially on the other and then we will hold him. And then he will do it again to the other. It is funny us passing him back and forth, but sometimes it gets old so we just tickle him (even though he isn't all that ticklish, if you rub his belly fast and kinda hard he laughs, so maybe he is).

Happy Boy

Telling Mama all about his day, in his babbles

Playing with Daddy