Liam turned four months old on November 7th. He continues to be such a sweet, loving little guy! He now knows the meaning of the word “kisses”, and will give them freely when we ask for them. It’s hilarious…he grabs my face with both of his hands and lunges toward me as if he’s going to give me a head-butt…only to affix himself to my cheek with his mouth open for five minutes at a time. Slobbery Liam kisses. Some days if I haven’t held him too much, he requires his “kiss Mommy” time. Nothing could be better. :-)
He is HUGE. He is in the 95th percentile for height, 95th for weight and 95th for head circumference. He weighs over 18 lbs and is 26 ½ inches long. He now eats cereal and within the past week is eating pureed baby food. BEFORE YOU SLAP MY HAND… I must admit that he seemed absolutely ready for it. The doctor said he could start with yellow and green vegetables. And he has caught onto the whole eating with a spoon thing VERY quickly! He is a bottomless pit. Until a few weeks ago, he stayed on some semblance of an eating and sleeping schedule. (He was sleeping soundly from 7:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. without waking-up at all). Within the past two weeks, he hasn’t been able to adjust to the time change well, and seems to be hungrier. (He now wakes up at 6:00 a.m.) I’m about ready to let him borrow the car… he’s that grown!
He really enjoys his activity seat and has become very good with dexterity in his hands. He grasps things and will reach for things. He likes to bang things on his high chair tray. He HATES having his mouth or face wiped. He really enjoys holding your finger / hand. He always has a ready smile, even if he just awoke. His smile could melt the biggest of icebergs, I think. He can sit up by himself if we surround him with a Boppy pillow. He LOVES to play “piano”, too.
I think he will be crawling very soon. He is super wiggly and VERY strong. He pulls his bootie up in the air and can push off with his feet, but he ends up going sideways instead of inching forward. He seems frustrated that he can’t move forward. The other day placed him on a blanket on the floor and left the room. When I came back (only a minute later) he was four feet away from where I put him. I still don’t know how he got there…
His “machine-gun rapid-fire” giggles are infectious to the core. When he and Ava both get going together, the sun shines in my soul. :-) I can’t imagine what will happen in the future when Liam is more mobile and he and Ava are in cahoots. Watch out world! :-)
When he looks at Ava, it’s adorable. He looks up at her with these googly and completely loving eyes and round smiling cheeks. Ava loves her little brother. She enjoys making him laugh and likes to hold, hug and kiss him. She does seem curious of the toys with which Liam is now able to play, thinking they’re the best thing going…She doesn't like to let the other kids in her day care near him, either. I think she thinks he is "her" baby, when around her classmates...
I think by the next “monthly” update on Liam, he will be sitting up completely on his own (without the assistance of the Boppy) and “scooting”. At Liam’s four month appointment, the doctor said he will most likely be walking before 9 months. Ava walked at just under 9 months (Christmas Day two years ago), so it will be interesting to see what Liam does.
I asked the doctor if Liam is “too big”. She assured me “No, he is completely fine and just a big, very strong boy.” I told her I was surprised that she thought Liam would walk so soon considering how big he is, and that I felt Ava could walk early and do things earlier because she was tinier. The doctor told me that, “although Liam has mass, he definitely has the strength behind it to move the mass…” I got a chuckle out of that, questioning how many people have heard the term “mass” when referring to a four-month old.
He continues to light up our lives and world. Happy four month birthday, little pumpkin!
All our love,
Mommy, Daddy and big sissy Ava :-)
