- Not liking tummy time really except in the mornings. Ty usually just holds his head up the whole time without letting his head touch the floor, exhausting even if I were to do that!
- We celebrated Tyson's first Thanksgiving and first Benihana trip. And tried and got a nap at the Clark's home on Thanksgiving, sweet.
- The BIGGEST thing this month is that we figured out the day & night sleeping!! Wow, that was work, and sad just a bit as we let him "cry it out". A few days into the start of the 4th month Tyson got it down and the crying went down as he learned to fall asleep on his own. He and I figured out the nap routine. Before he was not sleeping during the day - I'd rock him till he slept, or left him to cry for awhile, or drove around... no sleeping. He got really over tired after a few weeks and we got down a routine and didn't vary from it for a few weeks till he figured it out. Now he takes two good naps, about 10-11 and between 2-4, varying in length a bit on each one. It really was just trial and error. I'd try putting him down soon after he woke up and it was too early, or I'd wait longer and it'd be too late etc. But then I logged it all and noticed patterns and BAM, we just got it finally. I hated the crying and missed the happy boy, so I'm glad to have him back.
- Our nap routine goes like this: we wrap Ty up in a blanket, read, sing, rock and drop him off. During the reading (and singing with Mom) Tyson loves to chat or sing right along with us. He gets excited when we pull the Moo Baa La La La book out especially.
- He's lifting his bum up when we change his diaper now, getting control of those hip muscles I guess.
- We can get some BIG full laughs from him if Dad or Mom are silly or sometimes a tickle here or there, but mostly it's whatever sounds or facial expressions we make that he laughs at. Sometimes it's a fake laugh, but the real hard laugh is just the cutest.
- Grunting a TON. We don't know what it is. Worried us a bit at one point, but my opinion is it's easier than talking, and he usually does it right before he gets fussy/crying. It has started to let off a bit now that we don't grunt back too :)
- By the end of this month Tyson is sleeping about 10 hours straight at night. Sweet! Then getting up for a feed and back down for a little cat nap sometimes.
- 4 month shots! They were rougher for the parents I think, but who knows. Ty didn't get a fever or too fussy this time so that was great.
- There's lots of grabbing toys, blankets and clothes these days now. He's really getting his hands down and sucking on them too tons. And lots of slobbering.
- Tyson is also becoming a social eater, meaning that instead of eating if there's something more entertaining he stops to check it out. Sometimes he'll even play with me - looking up while he doesn't eat, until we look at each other and he smiles and then jumps back into eating. It's so cute, hard not to look at him and give him that attention. But there's a lot of "eat your food" that comes from me and Dad, trying to get him to focus, haha yeah right.
- His smile is just so contagious, the only issue is that he really doesn't smile for a camera anymore. Mostly he just stares at it like he wants to see it or just ignores it. Sad! Hope he grows out of that one soon.
And of course... here are some pictures. Starting with the beginning of this month till his 4 month mark at the bottom.
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