Brynley- 4 months

Brynley Paige

4 months

Cookout & Campfire at Mama & Papa's house
Cookout at Grammy & Pop's house (Playing with bubbles)
Hanging out with Grammy

Brynley got very sick with an ear Infection. After antibiotics, she broke out with this rash. We had to take her to after hours care.

Daddy playing guitar for B....she loved it! Brynley's 1st pedicure experience with the girls!

Daddy playing with Brynley

Brynley's 1st time in her exercauser. She liked it, but wasn't sure how to spin around yet.

We borrowed this jumperoo from William. Brynley LOVES it! She has the same one at daycare.

Brynley's 1st soccer game.

We went to cheer on her cousins- Ally & Michael before Disney on Ice.

Disney on Ice with the Family.

SHE LOVED IT!!

Disney on Ice. We had front row seats!

Brynley's 1st carousel ride with her cousins- Ally & Michael.

Milestones

This month was a tough month in regards to sleep, but Brynley's personality is really starting to come out, which made it so fun! She absolutely LOVES her hands, and is making alot more sounds. She also has full control of her head and can be carried without worrying she'll fall back. She doesn't like to be held in a laying down position. She loves to sit up when held so she can see everything. We continue to do tummy time and she is liking it a little more. She has also found her feet and absolutely loves to grab them and try to put them near her mouth. She is getting very close to rolling over! She continues to love bath time. Jeff started doing a fun "countdown" with B each night during bathtime, and Brynley loves it. I also borrowed Michelle's jumperoo this month, and B LOVES it! We also started to use to exersaucer more. I introduced mirrors to B, and she enjoys smiling and luaghing at herself....it's so cute!

4 months

16 lbs. 5 oz.

26in.

Week 14

Spring Break is over and time to go back to work. I had to work this weekend at our ADTS Nationals competition, so Jeff and Brynly hung out all day Saturday. They spent the day with Jeff's dad/ Sheryl and Jennifer & John. They had a great time together!

Week 15

This week, had a fun-filled weekend. On Saturday, I took Brynley to watch Allyson play soccer. Then, my mom and sisters took all the kids to see Toy Story 3 on Ice! It was so much fun. Brynley loved every bit of it and was very engaged in the show. We had front row seats which was amazing! Brynley took a short nap during intermission, but otherwise, watched the show in it's entirety. We all went out to dinner that evening.

Week 16

This week was my dad's birthday, and enjoyed going out to dinner all together. This same weekend, we also had a girl's day and got pedicures, and Brynley hung out with us. Also, I started to get sick this week with a sinus infection. Towards the end of the week, Brynley started to get sick as well. Beacuase of this, B wasn't sleeping through the night anymore. She kept getting up a lot throughout the night. She was very congested. I even tried elevating her bed. After much frustration and lack of sleep, I started to co-sleep with B so we could all sleep a little more. Plus, I enjoyed having her with us at night. Since B wasn't getting any better, I called the nurse's hotline and they said there isn't much else we can do, especially since she wasn't running a fever. Jeff had ordered a "woombie" swaddler, but we assumed B was 20lbs. Come to find out after her appt. the next week, she as actually only 16lbs. The size we ordered was called- "Mega Baby". She's a big girl!

Weel 17

Jeff went out of town this week for work on Tuesday/ Wednesday. Since B still wasn't sleeping great, I figured I might as well start to wean her from being swaddled at night. It went better than I anticipated. She was still getting up about 3-4 times a night though. I was really trying to stop bringing her in to co-sleep too....but it's so hard when you are so tired at night. Brynley also had symptoms of conjunctivitis, so I called the Dr. and they called in some eye drops for her. They helped it go away in 2 days! We did take her to the Dr. on Friday and they determined she had an ear infection. She started on amoxilcillian, and the next day she had broken out in a rash. We took her to the 24 hour after care center, and they switched her meds. Her rash went away after 2 days, and she seemed to get better rather quickly. She was supposed to get her shots the following Monday, but we rescheduled, since we had to do a follow- up appt anyhow in 2 weeks.