Mae is Four Months Old!

Beauty Shot :)


Mae has a new love in her life: Food! She started eating about 2 weeks into her 4th month after she lunged repeatedly at Izzy's apple and had been getting upset that she wasn't getting her share during our meals. So we started her on some rice cereal which she gobbled right up with barely a mess. Now she's had a fair variety to start her out on her culinary adventures. Fresh-picked apples and squash, sweet potatoes, pears, and bananas. She's up to two meals a day on top of what she gets nursing. She needs to eat a lot during the day to sustain her through the night. She's up to 12 hours of sleep at night with one feeding around 4am.

Mae's favorite time is floor time. She loves the play gym Aunt Laura lent us. She just thinks that jingly ball is the bomb-diggity. She's been practicing getting around. Rarely is she where I left her on the blanket if I leave the room for a bit. More often than not she's off the blanket and onto the rug. So I expect that she'll be getting into things before too long.

Mae has warmed up to the Jeep carrier which has given us more freedom to travel. We've taken the dogs on a few Rutland walks before hunting season starts in fullest. Also she has more fun shopping since she can better see everything if she's not stuck in her car seat. In general, she prefers to be upright and that car seat cramps her style :)

Mae's Stats: 11 lb 5 oz and 23.5 inches long. 10th-25th percentile. A peanut for sure.

Mae likes:
Riding in the Jeep carrier (Face out of course!)
Swinging outside
Trying to eat the jingly ball
Food!
Watching TV
Picture books
Belly razzberries

Mae can:
Roll from her back to her front
Travel halfway across the floor by rolling
Grab objects with her legs
Hold onto her feet
Eat solid foods fed by a spoon

Mae dislikes:
Waiting for the spoon
Getting out of the bath
Daddy coughing

Floor time is the Best time

I didn't put her in her crib upside-down

Got my foot!

Thbbbt!


Talking with her mouth full