What I really want to write about is my sweet girl Charlotte. I need to write about her before I forget. She's entered the next stage of baby, more interactive, sturdier, holding toys, cooing, all of it.
Some of my favorite things about her are...
Her smile. She does this huge open mouth smile. It looks like she is laughing, but no noise is coming.
Her coos. They are probably the best noise in the entire world. She discovered how to gasp and now that precedes every giggle or coo. Leo and I love to just listen to her talk. Jackson does too. He always says, "Charshut totting!" She loves to talk to her daddy.
Her fuzz hair. I make some bald babies and there is just half an inch of fuzz surrounding her head. I feel like it's starting to grow on top but it's going to be awhile before it looks like hair.
Waking up next to her. She's been sleeping with us lately. Mostly because I took the kids on vacation and it was easier to just have her in my bed. For the most part, it's not a big deal for me. I know Leo would prefer to have her in her own bed because we only have a queen, so it is a little crowded. I'll get motivated at some point and let her cry it out, but my favorite thing is if I get to see her sweet face when she wakes up on her own. It's the cutest thing ever. She stirs and stretches and when she finally opens her eyes and finds your face, she just lights up and starts kicking fast and making happy noises.
Jackson is pretty cute about his sister. She's been loving holding toys lately and he is always very sweet about bring her a toy. A lot of the time, it is unprompted. If she drops her toy, he'll give it back to her or bring her a new one. He rarely gets annoyed by her. Only if I haven't given him much attention, then he'll come up and just start tickling/scratching her face. He always gets this look in his eye and he has a big smile and then I can tell he feels like bugging someone. Most of the time though, he loves holding her hands or blowing on her belly. He likes to make her laugh and he has never once gotten mad about her crying. Sometimes he'll yell, It Otay! or It Alright! if she's fussy. It's really fun to watch them interact.
When we took her to her 4 month checkup, she had a fairly small head and wasn't gaining as much weight as they'd like. I'm not too worried about it. The girl does not really care about eating. 5 minutes on one side and she's good. I've been starting some solids this past week and she definitely doesn't love them. She's long and lean.
She has started pulling the hair at the back of my neck. It hurts but she's such a little clencher, it's cute.
She does Not like carriers.
She takes pretty good naps in her car seat.
She still takes the pacifier for sleep, but she doesn't loooove the pacifier. I can tell she falls asleep faster with it.
She still sleeps better if she's swaddled. During the night, she breaks her swaddle and snuggles next to me, but for naps, she stays in it for the most part.
She's not a good sleeper. She takes lots of short naps, but she's pretty happy when she's awake so I try not to stress about it. She wakes up plenty in the night but since she's next to me, I just feed her and fall back asleep quickly.
The things that make her laugh are being tortured/tickled and sometimes, peekaboo type games do.
She's somewhat mobile. She'll scooch backwards if she's laying on her back and she's close to rolling from her back to her stomach. If there's any kind of slope, she'll roll quickly.
She doesn't love tummy time, but she does a lot better than Jackson did. She has such a strong little neck. She looks like a little turtle when she stretches it all the way out.
I call her Lottie Loo, sissy sue, sister, sweet girl, basically anything girly.
I sure love her and I'm grateful every day she is healthy and growing. It's wonderful to have her in our family.
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