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 Andrew is just about ten days past turning four months so obviously, I'm a little behind. Thankfully, our monthly chair pictures were taken at the right day. I guess I've just had my mind on our busy lives rather than updating the blog and I apologize. We were scheduled to have Andrew's four month check up last week, but due to Snowpocalypse 2014, it was rescheduled. Our pediatrician has a busy practice and her own nearly four month old at home, so the earliest appointment we could get is still a month away. A five month check up, I guess. 

I'm a little disappointed that we must wait so long for "official stats" but I also know so much of this is beyond my control. In the meantime, I would estimate Andrew to be about 20 pounds and we have started to transition to 12 month sized clothes. 

Andrew has been in daycare for the last month, as I returned to work just after the Winter Break. He is at a different Christian school down the street from Nathan's, since Nathan's does not offer infant care. It was a problem we knew we would face when we first chose Nathan's school more than a year ago, but only have to deal with two locations for the next six months or so. Andrew's first week at school was focused on adjusting him to the busy lifestyle and noise there. His second week became focused on retraining him to sleep in the crib and requesting his teachers refrain from using a swing, which we don't have at home. Since then, he's settled into a comfortable routine at school and home. 

Andrew wakes more frequently at night than I would prefer, but his smiles make up for it. And actually, prior to the New Year, he was sleeping 4-5 hour stretches. Since then, he's up every 2-3 hours. I'm trying to figure out why his sleep patterns seem so different from what I remember with Nathan, and it's certainly a good reminder that he is a different person. I started to reread my go-to sleep training book back when Andrew was first born, but admittedly I lacked focus. It's high time I pull that out again and see what insights I might find to get him sleeping longer periods throughout the night again. 



Ready for his GQ Cover


Celebrating the Seahawks NFC Championship with Grandpa.

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