{ Scottie Yuki Ryther | 4 Months }

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Weight: 12 lbs 2 oz

FOUR MONTHS!! Where has time gone. I swear I was just in the hospital having this baby. We're so excited as our Scottie girl has done a lot of development over the past few weeks. One in particular....SHE'S SLEEPING!!! Finally. I put her down at 8:00 p.m or 8:30 p.m and she sleeps until 1:00 a.m. giving me a 5 hr stretch. Sometimes a 6 hr stretch. From then on she wakes up at 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. Sometimes when I'm lucky she skips the 4:00 a.m. feed and that makes me secretly happy :) Getting a couple more zz's in. The doctor gave us the OK to even let her go 8 hrs with her weight gain, but she said her schedule is pretty typical. We are one happy family that Scottie is finally sleeping. My trick = the Dockatot.

Linds let us borrow hers to test it out one night and the very first night, Scottie went from getting up every hour to every two hours to sleeping a four hour stretch! I bought the Dockatot the very next day. Since then, Cam and I have finally felt like we're out of the "no sleep newborn stage" even though she still gets up at night.

Scottie has started to roll. And now she's rolling all. the. time! I put her down on her back and the next thing I know, she's moved a couple feet and is on her belly. She loves to move around and see new things. That's one thing I've always noticed about her, even from a little newborn, she gets bored! So funny how someone so small can already decide how she's feeling about everything.

She eats her hands. She actually eats just about anything you give her. Jenny bought her this awesome baby chew ball that's like super Organic apparently :) She bought it from her Whole Foods store when they were moving locations. She LOVES this ball. It's small so she can grab it really well and it's so fun to see her study that thing. Lots of brain power going on in there.

Scottie still eats every two to three hours :) We've started to get better with breastfeeding since my milk supply dropped. I've been taking Fenugreek every day so I can tell she's getting more milk. Downside, my burps (sorry) taste like maple. I found out that Fenugreek is the herb used for artificial maple.

Scottie in the 10th percentile for weight and 20th for height so she's just a petite thing. She fills out her 0-3 clothes nicely but her 0-3 jammies are still a bit big. I can even squeeze her into her newborn onesies sometimes :)

She coos and GIGGLES! It's the best thing ever. Linds and I went shopping the other day and were nursing in the Nordstrom Mother's Lounge. We put her and Lola together and Scottie just DIED she thought Lola was so funny. She was just giggling for minutes it was too cute.

Cam keeps calling her Booger.

We're taking off to Japan tomorrow and have to get up at 3:00 a.m. to get to the airport for our flight. Hopefully she does well as a 4 month old. Wish us luck!

We love our Scottie girl.

Until next time,

KRR

{ Scottie Yuki Ryther | 3 Months }

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Our little Scottie is growing so big and strong! We're so proud of her for coming out on top of her RSV awfulness. She's starting to talk to mom and dad, a lot! She's starting to eat her hands and put everything she can in her mouth.

Scottie is a little stinker and doesn't sleep much which means I don't sleep much. She goes to sleep around 8:30 p.m. and lasts until 10:00 p.m. or 1:00 a.m. and then is up every two hours. Scottie is starting to eat a lot and I can't keep up! To help her grow, I'm power pumping to get more milk for her.

She loves sleeping in the car. Loves sleeping when someone is holding her.

Scottie's neck is getting nice and strong and she's starting to hold her head up! It's a little wobbly still, but she loves to sit on my knees and tries to look into your eyes. Her head is still heavy for her so she just looks down :)

We love our Scottie girl!

Until next time,

KRR