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A little visiting

Yesterday Griffin and I made a little trip down to TN for the day. I had a thyroid dr visit (which went great- I don't have to go back for 6 months!! Woohoo) in Hendersonville, so afterwards we visited our Nanny Martha.



Griff did great and gave her several cute smiles.

Then we headed to meet Kristen, one of my very best friends. She lives in Arizona, so she hadn't gotten to meet the little guy yet.



Our visit was short, but very good. Yay for Thanksgiving Break!

- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

4 Months Old!

4 Months Old

4 Month Stats:

• Weighs in at 13 lbs 8 1/2 oz and is 25 & 1/8" long. This puts him in the 25th% for weight and the 50th% for length. For head circumference he is between the 50-75th%. 
• Clothing: He is mainly in 3-6 months now. He can still fit in some 0-3 month, but is too long for one piece outfits. 
• Nursing: Still at it! Woo Hoo! Typically takes about 10-15 minutes for the whole shindig these days. Love it. Recommend it to everyone! 
• He is still spitting up a lot, but it has gotten better than it was. We just try to embrace it now, so Griffin is pretty much always wearing a bib and we go through like 10 burp cloths a day. 
• Schedule: Still on a 3 hr schedule. 
• Nighttime Sleep: This month was not our month for nighttime sleep. He slept thru the night 11 nights total for the month (sporadically spaced out over the month). In his defense, he got sick, we had a time change and he had his 4 month shots. The past few nights have been much better, so here's to hoping we are on the upswing!
• Milestones: This month Griffin rolled from tummy to back and back to tummy. He also is sitting up by himself for at least a minute or more (when you sit him up, he cant get up on his own yet). 
• Griffin is sooo fun at this age! He is loving being held on your shoulder where he can sit up and look around. When you carry him this way he holds on now, and even kinda hugs you! Love it! He is doing the bashful thing where he smiles at you, then buries his head in your shoulder. 
• His hands are still constantly in his mouth. And so is whatever he gets a hold of. We currently love our rings, sophie the giraffe, and key ring for toys. He likes spending time in his exersaucer or on a blanket on the floor. 
• He got congested for the first time this month and has spent the whole month all stuffy. So we have been sucking out his nose a lot. He hates it! He really hates saline solution. 
• We successfully slept overnight for the first time somewhere else this month. 

I love this kid! 

Click here to see how Griffin has grown each month. 

What a cutie!

Have I mentioned how much I love being a momma?

How about how much I love watching Mr.Pate be a daddy?

What a blessing. Children truly are a gift from the Lord!

Sleep- it is for the birds

Griffin has been a good sleeper from day 1, of course day 1-14 were spent in the NICU where they really get you scheduled. But he started sleeping thru the night around six weeks! Amazing. I should never complain I know. Lately though, Griff has been waking several times a night! At first we thought it was because he was congested, but now I think we have a habit on our hands.

Sleep and babies is hard. They respond well to routine and consistency, but you have to merge that with your life. We have been sporadic about his bedtime lately. It's hard to always be home at 7:30! And he can now roll over, and I thought he was trying to while swaddled the other day. So I decided maybe we should drop the swaddle...

We tried that last Thursday night. FAIL. He woke a ton! I finally swaddled his arms in the wee hours of morning and he slept some. So we are back to swaddling fully for now.

Friday night he was miserable from his shots and had a fever. No sleep. Poor thing!

Saturday night he sleep soundly all night! Could have been a mix of being tired, medicine, got him down at the right time etc. Who knows??

So for now my sleep plan is to try hard to get him in be by 7:30-7:45, dreamfeed around 9:45-10, and swaddle. This is what has worked on the nights he has slept.

Oh sleep- it's so funny that when we are children we fight it, then as adults we long for it!

Isnt it ironic... Don't ya think?... A little too ironic, and yeah I really do think...