4 Months is a Sweet Age

It's funny how time works. Sometimes  life feels as if it's moving slowly, and I feel anxious to move on to the next phase. I wanted to be engaged for so long before I actually was.  Then when I was engaged, I just was ready for the wedding to happen!  I wanted to be a mom for so long before I actually was.

Now that I have Grace, and I've reached a place with her where I can identify her needs and fulfill them (usually), time is just moving way too quickly for comfort. 

4 months is truly a sweet sweet age.  She is growing and changing every single day. She sucks her thumb now, like a big girl. Not her whole hand or random assortment of fingers like an infant, that she was just doing one week ago.  Also, she laughs now! It takes a little work to get a laugh out of her, but it's so precious when she does!

And, most importantly, she actually reaches for the bottle instead of screaming bloody murder at its sight. Has she already learned that the bottle is a good thing? In just a few short weeks?

This week, Grace had her 4 month doctor appointment. Our pediatrician said Grace has great head and neck strength, and is right on track with her noises/smiles/etc.  I was a little worried about Grace's rolling milestones.  She doesn't roll over very much. It's completely random and rare.  But, when the doctor placed her on her stomach to test her tummy time ability, Grace stuck her head straight up, and then promptly did a full roll over.  I was shocked!  She doesn't do that at home!

"Well, no concerns in the rolling area!" the doctor said.  Well, unless you acknowledge that was like the 6th time she has rolled over, ever...

And now, in the few days since the appointment, she's rolled several more times, both back to tummy and tummy to back! Crazy how she can pick things up so quickly.

Four months is also the youngest that babies can be for swim lessons, so of course I enrolled Grace right away.  She was the cutest little swimmer I had ever seen.  Brian was able to leave work early to be there. They practiced kicking, arm motions, and sitting on the side of the pool. Grace didn't really smile when she was in the pool, but she didn't cry either, so that was good!  She is on her way to being quite the little swimmer.  We have three more lessons in April, so I'm curious to see if she'll seem more comfortable in the water each time.


Four months old is a hard age because it seems like she never sleeps for more than 2 hours at a time.  But four months old is also an amazing age, because she is growing and changing and reaching milestones all the time.  If it meant never sleeping more than 2 hours at a time again, but her staying this age forever, I would probably take it, it's just that sweet.