Firsts at 4 months

We have been busy this week! We are slowly getting better with tummy time, almost rolling over, bringing things to our mouth, and sucking on our toes... and it's only Tuesday!

You can't leave him for a moment or he is doing something new. I leave to workout and the nanny says he is eating his toes when I come back.

He is almost turning over, more like hanging out on his side. He does this in his swing too which scares me to death.

Check back to see what happens the rest of the week...

TOES!

Hanging out on my side!

Tummy Time

Hello World!

Christmas Card 2011

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Sweet Mittens Holiday Card

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Gnome or Ready For Winter?

I bought this little hat for our New Zealand road trip. We tried it out today and boy did he love it. This kid is a chatter box, he was laughing and giggling the whole time we were trying to video chat with Dirk's parents. He was so loud no one could hear over him.

He is really a happy baby. We are fighting naps and both Dirk and I are missing the tired cues. Sleeping at night doesn't seem to be a problem just during the day. Time to dig into the books again, I would like him to stay a happy baby!

Happy Little Gnome

Giggles

Smiles all the time!

I love when he wakes up in a good mood. Always all smiles!

Christmas in Singapore

Every Christmas outside one of the malls in Singapore they make it snow soap suds for the kids.  We decided to check it out with our little family of three.  

The older kids were all in their bathing suits splashing around in the soapy snow.  Dylan just watched. 

We are really excited to stay in Singapore this year for Christmas, no traveling, no holiday, no Texas size road trips, just the Dunlap's hanging out for our first family of three Christmas.  We will miss our families dearly but time to start making our own traditions too! 

New tradition in Singapore is a Christmas Day brunch and maybe a trip to the beach :)

Check out that mustache!

New Riding Style

 I decided to change things up a bit and sit him in his stroller upright without the car seat attachment.  He LOVED it.  I was trying out this new canopy shield that blocks the UV rays for when we go to Thailand in a couple of weeks and also for our sunny walks around Singapore.  Never too early to block that nasty sun...

This was one happy baby.  He is so curious and alert, check out all that drool too :)

I finally bought some waterproof bibs today, so tired of a soggy baby.  We were changing onesie and bibs every 3 hours around here...

4 Months

Happy 4 months Dylan!

He is such a happy baby, except in these pictures he had just woke up and all he wanted to do was watch TV.  I could barely get him to look at me.  It must be that he loves his Baby Einstein Mozart and watches it every morning when he wakes up while I get dressed.

We are still breastfeeding which I had to start taking medicine to keep up with the little guys demands. Motillum is not used in the USA but helps with lactation as an off label use over here, seems to work well so far.  We have been topping up with some formula (Similac Immunity) to keep his belly full, but he still prefers the real deal.

We will start some rice cereal in 3 weeks time, hopefully that will help to keep his food down better.  As of now with the reflux he throws up twice every feed and then spits up for a bout 2-3 hours after.  And that was on medicine, we thought it wasn't working so we took him off but quickly realized in a days time that the throwing up was MUCH less with the medicine.  He takes Losec (Omperzole) twice a day for the reflux.  I can't wait to start solids and keep more food down!

We also got our 4 month vaccines at the doctor, took them like a champ.  We quickly found that his hands are a comfort and he sucks on his fingers all the time, well at least when he isn't talking.  He started sucking his thumb as he was getting his vaccines.  Made me want to cry to see that, Dirk was the brave one and held him.

The boy is a chatter box too.  He won't stop talking, giggling, babbling.  I am a little confused to where he got this from?  Aunt Lela maybe?

We did start Gymboree class for infants 0-6 months.  Dylan is still ok with it and does well with everything but tummy time while looking at the other babies.  He is ok when we do it at home, but he screams when he does it there.  It is a terrified scream.  He doesn't make that scream very often and I only know this because if I sneeze while feeding him the same scream comes out.  It is kind of funny when that happens because I can't really control my sneezes but he gets really upset when it happens.

Stats on Growth

Weight: 11 pounds 7 ounces (5.19 kg) 10th percentile

Height: 23.2 inches (59 cm) 10th percentile

Head Circumference: 16.1 inches (40 cm)

4 Months

Watching the TV

Little couch potato

Such a little laid back baby