4 Months

It's time for another update on our little man Grant. At 4 months, he's starting to show us a little more of his personality. Like his big brothers, Grant seems to be a tad impatient when it comes to his physical abilities. He's able to roll over in both directions now, but he hasn't figured out how to attempt forward motion. Instead, he has mastered rolling across the floor to get from point A to point B. We've also reached that phase where anything & everything goes into his mouth. The drool is also constantly flowing which tells us that we could spot teeth any time now.

Grant might look all innocent and sweet, but trust me. You don't want to be a bib or a baby toy in this household. Grant is vicious when he gets ahold of anything suitable for chewing!

 We've also established with 100% certainty that Grant is our first thumb-sucker. Both Jaxon and Baylor briefly sucked on their fingers, but they quickly abandoned the habit. Grant, however, has his thumb in his mouth any time he's relaxing or trying to fall asleep. Apparently, he finds it quite soothing. Anh & I just think it's cute. We'll wage war against the thumb in the future if Grant doesn't abandon the habit on his own.

At the moment, we don't want to do anything that might interrupt Grant's wonderful sleep schedule. Every evening around 8pm, he'll become a little irritable. Considering that this is the only time during the day that Grant is anything less than delightful, we cut him some slack. It's just his way of telling us that he's tired. As soon as Grant gives us the clue, we start the bedtime routing: Bath, Bottle, Burp, Bed. We're rewarded with 12 straight hours of sleep. Yes, Grant is the PERFECT baby. We've decided we're leaving him EVERYTHING. Sorry, Jaxon & Baylor.

Aside from fussing a bit before bedtime, Grant's only other true compliant against a life injustice, is when he's strapped into his infant carrier car seat. Luckily, he's usually a happy passenger if he has one or both of his brother's to keep him company in the back seat. Jaxon has proven to be my right-hand man since Grant arrived in January, and Baylor...well...he occasionally agrees to help. Take for example when Grant starts to fuss in the car. Baylor consoles Grant for a few minutes by telling him, "It's okay, Baby Grant. It's okay." Baylor will repeat this statement several times, and then declare in frustration, "Okay, Baby Grant. You're being annoying!" Oh my! Now, maybe Baylor knows how Jaxon feels from time to time about annoying little brothers.

The most exciting news regarding Grant's 4-month milestone came courtesy of Dr. M, Grant's pediatrician. First, we learned that our "little" man now weights 15lbs, 13 ounces and is 25 1/4 inches long. That places Grant in the 75th percentile. Still delightfully above average! After the measurements were taken, Dr. M gave us permission to start slowly introducing Grant to baby food. Yay! As if he understood Dr. M's conversation with us, Grant promptly started fussing anytime we decided to eat in front of him. Our baby is truly a genius!