I thoroughly enjoyed my week off of work! But wouldn't you know it? The week I decide to stay home is the week Lucy comes into her 4 month wake. What is the 4 month wake, you ask? Let me tell you....
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| A truly rare site in the Shelton home. |
At 4 months old a baby's little brain begins developing cognitive thought. Babies are observing the world and learning from the moment they are born, but the real fun happens from age 4-7 months. Babies begin to understand cause and effect, their attention span and memory increases, and (closer to 7 months) object permanence. Neat, huh?
Casey and I have always known that Lulu is absolutely brilliant, just look at her:
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| "Oh my, Dada! Your glasses look dirty, I'll clean them for you." |
So for the last week or so Lucy has been extremely fussy and distracted while breastfeeding. Like, eat for five seconds - pause - look around, eat for another 10 seconds - pause - whip her head around (with my boob still in her mouth) to see something distracted. And holy hell, is she a fuss pot! I have no idea what she wants. This is the first time I've ever felt truly frustrated as a new mom.
She's also cut her two 60+ minute naps to three, sometimes four, 15-20 minute naps. And my favorite side effect, so far, has been her nighttime sleeping....she has literally woke up a minimum of five times each night for the last six nights. Every hour on the hour, after 11 pm. Including last night. Only this week, I do have to work. ::sobs::
My good friend, Jenn, told me all about the 4 month wake over lunch last week, since her little cutie pie (who's just ten days younger than Lulu) is going through the very same thing. All along I had been blaming teething pains, ha!
The week wasn't all bad though...
We had lunch dates with baby friends
We swam
We had a birthday
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| Birthday Daddy! |
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| Yes, that's a paci. No, she's still not taking them. |
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| Unfortunately, the only pic I managed to take is blurry. Poo. |
oh isn't she darling! Best wishes during the 4 month wake! Never heard of it before. Your blog is ever so educational. ;)
ReplyDeleteOh, the 4 month wakeful period! Going thru that now. I hope it passes quickly for both of us. New follower from the tues hop. Would love the follow back:) www.the-mommyhood-chronicles.com
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I have all these blogs to see what I get to look forward to...
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New follower! :O) Loving the blog. Just remember all of these things will pass, the wakeful will not last forever. Hang in there momma!
ReplyDeleteShe is so adorable! :)
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ReplyDeleteShe is a DOLL. Following from TAT! And I found with my little monster that every phase passes within 3 weeks. So hang in there!
ReplyDeleteAwww. She's such a cutie. Found your blog on TAT, and I'm now following you on GFC.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely adorable! My little one never had a 4 month wakeful because he hasn't STTN. I've loved the period between 4-7 months the best so far!
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Following you back from TAT, thanks for the follow :) Lucy is beautiful and looks so full of life. You are absolutely right about their personalities coming out at this point, Alex is a hoot, he's just a month younger than yours, he'll be 5 months on Sept.4th. So the 4 month wake, good to know there is an explanation for Alex's sudden change in well, everything!
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