Wade Family: Langston 4 Months

I need to start writing down all of the new things she is doing each month because by time I post these updates I have usually forgotten. I will see how well I do. At her 4 month appt. she was 14 lbs 9 oz and 25 3/4 in long(60% in weight and 88% in height). This is right about where Easton and Kenan were. I guess my kids just gain at the same rate. She is still right in the middle of them height wise and Easton was a little heavier and Kenan was the same weight. This month Langston really started playing with things. I mentioned that last month she started batting at her hanging toys, well now she grabs them, holds them, chews them, etc. She loves to play. She is also moving all over the place. Not actually going anywhere, but by turning her head and arching her back she can go all the way around in a circle on the floor. She is so close to rolling to her stomach from her back. Last week she was just 2 inches from the ground and then she fell back again. I expect it will be anytime now. Kenan didn't roll over until close to 6 months, but Easton was right at 4 months.
     She nurses around 5 times a day every 3-4 hours. She is consistently sleeping 11 hours at night now. If I don't have anywhere to go for the day she can sleep until 9 or 10 in the morning because she usually doesn't go to bed until 9:30 at night. We are on a later schedule than most. If I have to go somewhere and get her up, she will go back to sleep for her morning nap pretty quickly. Right now she has moved into the pattern of morning and afternoon naps. They are not always the same time like they are with your first, but I am happy she takes them whenever they fit into our schedule. It is so much harder when you have other kids to work around. Kenan didn't use anything to soothe himself to sleep, Easton took a paci, and although Langston uses a paci also, I think we may have a thumb sucker on our hands. I find her sucking it more and more each day. I am pretty sure she uses it at night to soothe herself.
     Oct. 24th Langston laughed out loud more than just her normal coo laugh. Now you can get her laughing a lot. She loves to watch the kids and they can really make her laugh. The girl I watch Isabelle had her laughing at this big Halloween balloon she kept hitting. It was so cute to hear. She still loves to hear people talk. Now she is so nosy about conversations she will stop nursing just to listen to what is going on. It gets annoying when I am trying to get her to finish eating.
     Similarly to the boys Langston doesn't like to be held when she is tired. She will just keep crying until she is in her crib and able to relax. This is confusing for those that watch her because most people think babies would like to be held to relax and fall asleep. Well not if you have a babywise baby. This is good for me at home, but sometimes it doesn't work well when we are out and about and other people have her and all she wants is her bed. She has also developed the dreaded bald spot at the back of her head. I try to keep her from laying as much now that she holds her body up really well and can sit in other positions. Her hair is also so much lighter and thinner now. She still has hair, but as her head has grown her hair has not kept up. I hope the new growth starts soon so it can start thickening up again.
     Finally, drool and more drool. Kenan had a bib on all of the time because of drool, but Easton didn't drool much at all. Well Langston takes after Kenan. I will need to get some girly bibs because I think she will need them if I don't want her entire shirt to be wet. She can pull out her bow and have it in her mouth for just a few minutes and it will be dripping with spit. Gross, I know.