4 Months Old

At four months old, Rou weighed 6.458kg and measured 61cm in length. I found myself being too caught up in the daily things to note down her developments. What a shame. In any case, these photos pretty much summed up her fourth month.

After a long afternoon nap, Rou gets to wriggle around and Gabe his milk drink on our bed. The kids are segregated in case Gabe accidentally hurts Rou when rolling around, while I rush off to get his milk in the kitchen.

Rou gets propped up on the day bed pretty often, and once in a while, the big brother would come and twiddle her toes, caress her cheeks, or just hang around.

Just before bedtime. Gabe gets bathed, dressed and he'll roll around a little on our bed. Rou gets cleaned and changed. Both kids share some moments before hitting the sack. Gabe would roll around her, hold her hands and they stare into each others' faces quite a bit.


Then he started (at this stage) to request to "bao bao meimei" each night.


One of Rou's last shots on the bouncer, wearing the gift from Jemmy and family. We tucked it away and made room for...

The birdie chair.. and...

The bumbo chair, which as to my usual practise, gets its imprint on pretty much every surface in the house.

Rou accompanying me in the kitchen as I wash up.

And with the family at the dinner table.

She's been doing all sorts of combinations of fingers in mouth. Seemed to have decided that the thumb is her favourite. Loved to smudge saliva all over her face. Also one of the last shots of her in a sarong. We kept it quite soon after she turned three months and made our bed her place for her daytime naps.

The pillows and bolsters arranged meticulously to ensure she won't kick herself off the bed, which she was fully capable of at this stage. We also had to pad up the sides of the cot to keep her from hurting herself.

She also slept on practically every sleepable surface in the house.

Favourite sleeping position: tummy down. Increased incidences of sleeping seven to eight hours in the night.

Bathtime!

Started flipping from tummy position to lying position. Rou's very active. Those legs and arms hardly get a rest.

Though a very smiley baby, Rou doesn't laugh out loud very often. We see an improvement in the laughing out loud in this month. She also started on some high pitched noises.

She's lost some baby fat, showing off that sharp little chin of hers.

Us as Rou turned four months old.

The time has come when Rou refused to lie down anymore. She sits up in the stroller and traffic watching at our window (on the birdie chair) began. There's increased attraction to the things happening around her. She would follow my hand actions when I sing to her, watch keenly as we flip the pages of books, and the tiniest sounds will distract her from her milk feeds. She began grabbing things within her reach, and especially loves plastic bags and clothes' sleeves. She loves looking into the mirror, and can obey instructions to lift her head and shoulders up in assistance when I need to carry her.

Four months. So much has happened. More to come!