4 months old

Rían out for his first family dinner :-)

Age: 4 months & 2weeks 

Clothes size: 3-6 months (just about fitting!!)

Sleep: roughly 12 hours a night! Waking a few times looking for his dummy! He has a few 30minute-1 hour naps during the day!

Feeding: 8oz bottles 5-6 times a day!! He also gets a few teaspoons of baby rice with his 10-11am bottle! We started that 4 days ago, as he was looking for his bottle every 2 hours!! Hungry baba! :) 

New things: Rían now has little fits of laughter! Especially if you hold him up in the air or tickle his tummy/under his chin!! It's the cutest thing ever! I love his little laugh! He also rolls over, from tummy to back a lot and he is much better on his tummy at tummy time than he used to be, now he can hold up his head and have a good look around for himself. :) 

My mom has also copped that he follows me around the room and is always watching what I'm doing! Even though I'm sure it's a mother few months before he will get attached and strange with people, he has clearly made a favourite in me yaaaayyy! :) 

He also loves to be held sitting up or standing up! He gets all excited! Thinks he's the shit haha! 

Things coming up in the next month: Rían has an appointment for his hips to be x-rayed as he was born with a clicky hip!! You used to be able to hear the click when changing his nappy or dressing him but I haven't heard it since he was about 2 months old, so hopefully it has all sorted itself out, which happens in a lot of cases! I'm hopeful that is what has happened with Rían as having a big cast on his legs or having to wear double nappies would be a dose! It's usually hereditary but no one on my side has had it and only a cousin on his dad's side had it! It can also happen if there is very limited room in the womb! And towards the end there was NO room! They were even worried about the fluid level left around him, so I think that was the cause! In that case it nearly always rectifies itself! :)

We also have Ríans new little cousins christening to go to soon! Haha! He's 3 months younger than Rían and already getting christened and we haven't even begun organising Ríans own christening! Which I think will be on in April! Hopefully the weather will have improved by then! If only a small bit! Easter is always a nice time to have a religious event anyway!! :P 

Having coffee in M&S with grandad! :)

MommaKatie xo.