Month Four

Dear Jack,

You turned four months old this week and I’m amazed at how much you grow and change each month. You just had your four month doctor’s appointment where they weighed and measured you. You are now 15 pounds and 25 inches long—putting you in the fiftieth percentiles for both weight and length. The doctor said that you looked healthy and perfect!

Over the past month you have started to have greater control over your hands and arms. You now reach out purposefully to grab stuff that is in front of you. Sometimes your aim is a little off and this frustrates you. You know what you want, but sometimes it takes a few tries before you can actually grab onto it.

You have also started to put things other than your fingers in your mouth. Your toys and stuffed animals are now making their way from your little fists to your mouth and you seem a little confused by the fact that they don’t really fit in your mouth.

One fun discovery that you have made this month is your feet. When you’re lying on your back and see your feet in the air, you’ll grab onto them like they are a new toy.

You have also become a lot stronger this month and can lift both your head and feet off the floor when you are on your stomach. You look like you are trying to fly. You are also getting pretty close to sitting up on your own. Daddy says that I’m just balancing you so that you just look like you’re sitting, but I don’t listen to him. You do sit for about 10 seconds on your own before you topple to one side or the other. Mommy catches you before you fall, though.

This past month you celebrated your first Halloween. You dressed up as a cute little black kitty and helped your grandma and grandpa pass out candy. We had a lot of fun taking a bazillion pictures of you. You also spent the night at grandma and grandpa’s house for the first time. Grandpa made his famous pancakes—next year you will be able to enjoy grandpa’s pancakes.

We love you,
Mommy and Daddy