Beth is 4 months old!

Wow. Beth has been earthside for 4 months now! She's such a great baby, almost always easy going. The only times we run into trouble is if I try and do something in the evenings where I'm not constantly on the move. This means that shopping after 7pm is fine, but working in a small office is not so good.

Beth is starting to be awake for longer periods of time. She loves to watch her sister and will often laugh at her antics. She's starting to tolerate belly time for more than 5 minutes before getting cranky, but we still need to watch closely because her loving sister sometimes likes to roll her over (or roll over her, depending on the day). She still sleeps great. She takes two solid naps during the day - one in the morning and one in the evening, along with 2 or 3 cat naps. She sleeps very well at night - from 7:30 until about 10 in the Ergo, and then in bed from about 10pm until 8:30 am with only 1 or 2 wakes for food. Of course, growth spurts happen, and then she's looking to nurse every 2 hours! We are hoping to start putting her down around 7 instead of having her in the Ergo soon so that I can have some time in the evenings to clean, rest, shower and craft!

Our 4 month well baby visit isn't until the first week of January. The well baby visits are done outside the dr's office at Nini Bambini and are only offered once a month. It's a great program - a group well baby visit where we can ask general questions and the dr gives us the overview of where kids should be and what to expect over the next few months. Then, each family is brought into a private room for an exam and any personal questions. I'll post her stats when we have them, but I know she's growing at about the same rate as Nora was at this point!

Here's Beth at 4 months. She was very happy while taking her pictures. Laughing the entire time!