Oh Ellie. You joyful little bundle of wonderfulness. You're smiles are infectious. You are so happy.
Ellie continues to be the easiest baby. Rarely cries. Smiles all the time.
I heard a scripture recently that reminds me of her. "For I know the plans I have for you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 In my darkest days when I couldn't imagine moving forward, Ellie was my light at the end of the tunnel. Her name itself means "God's Promise."
Here's what Ellie's been up to this month:
- She weighs 14 lbs 5 oz and is 25 inches tall. She's above average in height and weight but is perfectly proportional and perfectly perfect.
- She still wears size 1 diapers although as soon as we run out, we'll switch to size 2.
- She is wearing size 0-3 or 3-6 month shirts/onesies, 3-6 month dresses (for height purposes), and 0-3 month pants/shorts (although she can still fit into some newborn - tiny hips and waist just like daddy and sister!)
- She's fully able to roll from tummy to back but doesn't do it so much these days because she's gripping the floor so tightly that she stays put.
- She trying to roll from back to tummy but gets stuck on her side.
- She's pretty close to sitting. I know that sounds crazy but she's super strong.
- She's starting to scooch around on the floor. We put her down on her tummy in one spot and before we know it she's sideways or even turned all the way around.
- She had her first little cold this month :(
- She started school this month! It was decided that it would be easier to just keep her there with me everyday. I'm determined to nurse her as long as I can so this is in our best interests.
- I wake her at about 6 am to feed her, then I pump right before leaving the house. I pump once at work (in the restroom in the nurse's office, not very glamorous). At lunch I head over to the daycare to feed her. Depending on how recently she's eaten after school, I'll feed her before we leave as well. At school she drinks anywhere from 10-15 oz. Then at night we're back to cluster feeding, although it's becoming more of one good feed at around 5 then one last time before she goes to bed at about 7:45. We no longer feed her at night unless she's really crying.
- She's a very good sleeper. Her naps haven't completely regulated themselves just yet since we're adjusting to the new schedule. But she sleeps about 11 hours straight at night with at least 3 hour-long (ish) naps during the day.
- She's still sleeping in our room. She's ready to go into her own room, but we're not. We're just not ready for this stage to be over. She's our BABY and we'll never do this again so we're clinging to her with all that we have. Plus (and maybe this is just a justification for us) she does sort of wake up from time to time at night and we give her back her binky. Her room is all the way on the other side of the house which is pretty inconvenient.
- She's totally popular at school! JK But seriously, all the real students try to stop by the daycare to see her! And the ones that are in there are student aides all gush over her. They only want to care for her and not the other babies :) I get reports all through the day about what she's doing and the one thing that EVERYONE says about her "She smiles so much!!" Don't I know it :)
Here she is at four months old!
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