4 months old

Our once preemie sized, 4 pound babies are now 4 months old…and NOT 4lbs anymore!! They have definitely gown up and filled out. They had a check up last Friday and are doing great. I believe the doctors words for Hayden were “he is perfect”. Hayden weighed in at 16.5 pounds and 23.6 inches and Ian weighed 13.5 pounds and was 23.2 inches long. We are adjusting both of their medications for reflux. We are going to switch Hayden from Zantac to Prevacid and we are keeping Ian on Zantac and Prevacid. The GI doc wanted us to wean him off the Zantac and we did wean him off the morning dose, but he wasn’t doing as well so the pedi said we can put keep him on both meds, just decrease the Zantac dose a little. She said we can start solid food now if we want to but she would probably prefer to wait a little while longer, especially with Ian. Hayden just downed 10 ounces last night before bed so I’m guessing he is going to be ready to start them pretty soon. They got some more shots and this time they definitely protested to let us know they did not appreciate getting poked.

We are still in the process of getting the DocBands for both boys. We are trying to get everything set with our insurance company so we get some of it covered….they are pretty expensive, and we have 2 to pay for. Hopefully in the next month we’ll be able to get them.

Developmentally the boys have started doing so much and are learning new skills daily, it seems. They are becoming a lot more social and they love to laugh and smile! They both absolutely love bath time and splashing around in the water.

They are pretty much used to their bedtime routine now and have been going to bed a whole lot easier within the last month. They are sleeping through the night now…well, they aren’t eating in the middle of the night anymore. They still wake up sometimes, but all we have to do is generally give them their pacifier and they go back to sleep. They eat their last bottle about 8:00 PM and then don’t eat again until 5:00 AM. I’d say we are extremely lucky to have both boys sleeping through the night! Now we just need to work on their nap time.

My little chunky monkey, Hayden is still our snuggle bug. He loves to be held and take a nap in your arms. I am all fine and dandy with that because I love to snuggle with him, but remember the whole thing about him being 16.5 pounds, ya that’s kinda heavy when you’re carrying him around all day!! He also loves to smile and laugh. When this boy smiles, his whole face smiles…his eyes light up and all. Hayden also loves to talk but he doesn’t do it as much as Ian. He will sit and listen to Ian talk most of the time, but once he starts he gets on a roll and will talk your ear off too. While Ian thinks its funny to get his clothes taken off, Hayden simply loves having his clothes off. He loves to be in nothing but a diaper. He is our hot natured boy! If he is fussy and we don’t know why, we just start taking his clothes off and usually he’s happy after that, but not always. Hayden actually rolled over from his tummy to his back for the first time about a week ago. He rolled over and had this big grin on his face…priceless!

My little Ian Bian loves to talk and will talk your ear off. I can’t get enough of it and love to hear all his little noises and sounds he’s learning to make. Ooohhh that hair…he has a natural mohawk, It just stands straight up. There is really nothing we can do with it except give in and make it a stylish mohawk instead of just standing straight up. Ian loves it when you take his clothes off, he just thinks its the funniest thing. He is doing great at sitting up (with assistance of course), but his balance isn’t quite there yet. He wants to roll over so bad, he has started to roll onto his shoulder some but hasn’t quite made it all the way over yet. This boy loves to stand up and look all around. We laugh because he is so curious and constantly looks around and watches what everyone does. Take a look at the clip below from the movie UP. Ian kind of reminds us of the dog “dug” in the movie when he meets the boy and old man. He is talking and all of a sudden, mid thought, he gets distracted and yells, “SQUIRREL” and then goes right back to what he was saying. I have a feeling he will keep us on our toes as he gets older and will definitely be our comic relief.

The boys have been such a blessing to us and everytime I look at them I still can’t believe they are mine!