Four Months

Oh Baby Ben! He really is the most pleasant baby. He smiles alot. He laughs alot. He cries only when he is tired, super hungry, or has a dirty diaper. Andrew could (and still can) stay in a dirty diaper all day. Ben, on the other hand, will pitch a fit if his diaper is even a little damp. And a poopy diaper really is the end of the world.

Speaking of crying, although he cries very little, when he does, I think the whole neighborhood hears. He doesn't cry.....he screams. Honestly, I don't know where he gets his dramatics from?! Well, at least something came from me! He looks more like and less like his brother everyday. If that is possible.

He can roll onto his side and LOVES his Baby Einstein playmat! He enjoys being in the Bumbo on the counter when I am in the kitchen. Often, Andrew also insists on sitting on the counter with Baby Ben while I prepare lunch, dinner, etc. It makes for a cramped counter with two boys and food-stuff everywhere!
Baby Ben must be beginning to teeth because his hands are constantly in his mouth and the drool has tripled in the past week. He has also recently discovered how to blow a raspberry and makes himself laugh at this new trick.

His sleeping is going okay. He usually sleeps from 11pm-5am; but has begun to sleep until 7am on some mornings. His naps started to turn into 3 thirty minute-ers. Dreadful!! So, I am having to let him cry it out. It is no fun!! Especially with his wailing! But, I learned a trick from when I had to let Andrew cry......I turn on the oven vent under the microwave and stand there until the wailing ceases. Or I go into the bathroom and turn on the fan there. It saves my sanity. And Ben is learning to put himself back to sleep after waking from a thirty minute nap. Which will save everyones sanity in the long run.