Four Months

The fourth month is a huge milestone for gabe (and me) as many things seemed to make their turning points at this juncture. For one, as mentioned in the previous post, he has started on semi-solids and I'm very thankful to say that he is a good eater. He has progressed to opening his mouth to receive the spoon, taking quite an amount of food (though it's only one meal a day for now), and even getting excited at the sight of me mixing the cereal, and needless to say, the heightened anticipation when the bib goes on.

He has also since slept through the night, for about 7 to 8 hours at a stretch. I am extremely thankful to God for this natural progression, without us implementing strategies to wean him off midnight feeds. I have been waiting for this day for whole four months and am finally able to have continuous, undisturbed rest through the night. Of course, there must be some expectation that this pattern may be interrupted due to reasons like teething and other sources of discomfort, but nevertheless, I am gratefully sleeping right now.

His hand-eye coordination has also shown significant improvement. My hair and spectacles are increasingly attractive to him. He is also reaching out for various things to stuff into his mouth. But the cutest part is looking at him hold his pacifier in place, and sometimes curiously remove it, look at it and attempt to return it to its place. Alas, this is the part he'll have to improve on...

More than anything else, gabe's response to play is very different now. Previously, you would have to physically touch him to get a smile or a laugh out of him but today, you will be able to obtain chuckles and even squeals of delight from just talking to him, or as you can see, with silly gestures. Pretend you didn't see the state my hair is in, though...