Traxel Time: November 2014

Big Events

10/12 - Cousin Ben's 2nd birthday party
10/14 - 4 month appointment and vaccines - everything looks good!
10/18 - 4 month pictures with Katharyne Dunn AND I roll over.
10/21 - Coffee and a walk with Vanessa and Paxton
10/25 - Celebrated Uncle Tyler's birthday.
10/30 - Last breastfeeding - all on formula now
10/31 - My first Halloween
11/1-11/4 - To Cedar Falls for Great-Papa's funeral
11/6-9 - Mom and Dad left me with Grandma and Grandpa Grunder for Aunt Jennifer's wedding in Tennessee.
11/7 - Five Months Old!

Typical Daily Schedule:
Midnight* - wake for a quick bottle and fall back asleep.
6:00 am* - bottle and new diaper with Dad, back to sleep.
9:30 am - awake for the day. Play with Mom and a bottle at about 10.

11:30 am - nap for about an hour then more play time.

2:00 pm - bottle and snuggles with Mom.
3:00 pm - nap for about 2 hours.

5:30 pm - Bottle with Dad while Mom gets some alone time

8:00 pm - bath, pjs, another bottle and bedtime.

*about half the time I combine these into one feeding at 3:30 am making who ever feeds me significantly more tired for the day.

Things I Love:

Mortimer the Moose
The Exersaucer
"Flying"
Chewing anything and everything

This Month's Milestones:

I roll all over the place!
I spend all night in the crib and usually only fuss a few minutes before falling asleep by myself
I self soothe (!) by sucking my thumb.
I sit and stand with only fingers for support.
I almost exactly doubled my birth weight by my 4 month appointment (on the 14th) and am over 2 feet tall!

Highlights of the Month:

My bedtime moved from 9 to 8 since I have a bottle instead of breastfeeding.
I have to use size 3 diapers at night, even though I'm more than 3 pounds too light for the weight range.
I weaned to formula this month and am so much fuller and happier after eating.
When I have my bottle with Mom I hold her hand on the bottle and use the other hand to hold her face/mouth. When Dad feeds me I pet his beard.
I can laugh without the screech now. I still squeal when I'm excited but they're separate noises.
I wear mostly 3 month clothes. The onesies fit perfectly except for the length. I'm too tall for my weight!
I let M&D go on a date in DM - Grandma and Grandpa D we're able to do my bedtime routine and put me to sleep in the pack n play just fine. Then when M&D we're done, they buckled me in and I kept sleeping all the way home.
I figured out how to suck my thumb without poking myself in the eye. I still suck other fingers too, but I prefer my thumb.
I really want to crawl but so far I just get up on my toes and drive my face into the blanket.
I had a horrible cold starting on Halloween that lasted a week. During that week, the furnace went out, Great-Papa Halupnik passed away, I had 2 foster "siblings" for a day and Mom got a sinus infection.
I had a really great time with Nana and Papa Grunder while M&D were at Aunt Jennifer's wedding in Nashville. I got to see Great-Grandma, Great-Aunts Vicky and Penny, Aunts Melissa and Amanda and lots of cousins while they were gone too. And (most importantly) I didn't snub Mom when they got home!