Teague loves to LOVES to talk lately. He really enjoys interacting with the older babies in his class (there are four total including him) and when he sees someone he knows he gets super excited and his arms and legs start going and he smiles and yells out. Trying to get him to smile for a photo is nearly impossible. He'll smile at us all the time but never when there is a camera in front of him. Of course daddy gets him laughing without fail, those two are buddies.
He is back to his good sleep schedule after a two week off period thanks to an ear infection and cold. He goes to bed between 6 and 6:30 and sleeps until between 3 and 4 when he's up for a feeding and then back down until 7 ish. He has been waking a few times around 5 to practice his talking but he goes back to sleep all on his own and thankfully doesn't wake his brother. He still has three naps a day but the middle nap is usually two hours which is a nice break.
His appointment with Dr. Kathy went so well. She was amazed at his size - 18.3 lbs and 27 1/2 inches on his 4 month birthday. He was 97th percentile for weight and off the chart for height. He is wearing 9 month clothes and quickly outgrowing the appropriate seasonal clothes from Colton so we may be in trouble. I was counting on him wearing Colton's old wardrobe!
He is really great at grabbing toys with his hands and he especially loves putting his feet in his mouth, he's quite flexible. He has rolled over both ways but doesn't do it very often right now. He prefers to be in a sitting position and has started using his little arms to work on tripod (and hold himself up) but he is definitely not stable yet.
I think the thing I love most is how he watches Colton and smiles and laughs at him. It's just a look of complete amazement and anything Colton does is funny. His brother is great with him too and loves to tell him he loves him and gives him hugs and kisses. He can be a little rough so we have to be careful. One time Colton was holding him for a photo and Teague's little arm kept moving up and down (as baby's do) and Colton felt like he needed to hold still for the photo so he just pinned his arm down and told him to stop moving :) A little bossy I suppose!
He's got beautiful blonde peach fuzz hair and bright blue eyes. Not sure both of those will last but they are in such stark contrast to my brown hair, brown eyed boy. It's funny how similar but yet different they both are.
One last story - Josh and I like to ask Colton who is favorite is...mommy or daddy. He has fun picking one over the other as we tease him. Well, the other day I said Colton, "who is your favorite, mommy or daddy?" as I winked and pointed at myself :) He yelled out "BABY TEAGUE" and it just melted my heart. No worries, we're not having him take sides with us, it's just a fun little game we like to play and then we have our "family hug" with all four of us.
We recently introduced solid foods! Teague likes to go 7+ days between poopie diapers so prunes are supposed to help move things along so we started there. We've attempted rice cereal a few times but it's not his favorite and we've only done little amounts. Up next, momma's homemade butternut squash!
Here are a few photos of our growing baby boy. I also included some older photos from our trip back to Vero Beach for Teague to meet his Great Grandma and Grandpa. I kept meaning to blog about it, but let's be real...it ain't gonna happen!
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| Teague - 4 months |
Love,
Jenny
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