Charlotte 4 Months Old and a Week at the Beach

Reflecting on this month I'd say we were running more on autopilot and things seemed smoother and more routine! Charlotte is still taking about 4 naps a day.  Most of them are shorter, 30-45min, but almost every day she is able to get back to sleep with our help during her afternoon nap.  Which works our nicely because it falls during Cooper's nap.  No better feeling than having both children nap at the same time!!!  Her bedtime is about 8pm with a 30 min hello each night.  She usually gets back to sleep in about 20-30min after that.  She eats again 1-2 times in the night and wakes up after about 12 hours of night sleep.  She likes her second night feeding to be early morning like 5am and then she goes right back to sleep for a couple of hours.  I like that!
She's wearing size 1 diapers and size 3 month clothes.  It's always sad to me to put away the smaller things she's outgrowing.  Charlotte is still the sweetest little thing who loves to smile and interact more with us.  She started holding Scott's finger when he gave her bottle and that has carried over to breastfeeding, too.  She waves her hand across my chest until I give her my hand to hold.  It's pretty cute!  But I have lost my ability to browse the internet on my phone while she eats now ahahah.  I guess she was demanding my attention!
She loves bath time.  I don't think she has every cried when she is getting a bath from the time she has been home.  She is getting stronger and tolerates tummy time pretty well except that it makes her spit up.  Dr. Nick told us he was impressed with how strong she is!  She has started to suck on her hands. ALOT! No teeth showing yet, but I think its safe to assume they are soon approaching!  This was also the month that Cooper announced he loves being a big brother.  Bless his sweet heart.  He really loves his sister.  He interacts with her all the time and wants her to watch him playing.  I noticed how happy he has been this month and it finally clicked with me that he has just gotten back to his normal easy going self that he was before her arrival.  Changes are hard for a 3 year old!  Yep that's right, Cooper turned 3 on the same day Charlotte became 4 months!  It was also a big month because we went to Destin, Florida for vacation for a week.  And it was such a great week. I wasn't sure going into it how well it would go traveling (our first flight with kids) and being at the beach with a little baby.  But we worked it out and I have only happy memories from the whole vacation.  I'd go back tomorrow! More about Cooper's third Birthday and Destin in their own blog posts.
Back to Charlotte!  At 4 months she weighs: 12lbs 14 ounces (25th percentile) is 24 1/4 inches in height (50th percentile) and head circumference 40cm (25th percentile).  She's a petite little thing, but healthy and growing well!  Here are some pictures from month four!