Jungle Jumparoo Jam

Layla's favorite new toy is her Jungle Jumparoo. Unfortunately, she was distracted by the camera and settled down; the brief hop/skip/shuffle towards the end of the video is more indicative of her typical jumparoo jam.

Questions

Since Saturday, Layla has been having extreme screaming jags, unlike what we've seen up until now. She cried for her sitter on Saturday afternoon. Sunday, at church, she was a mess for the sweet teenager who volunteered to watch her during our meeting. Yesterday, her main provider at day care wasn't there, and Layla screamed all day. Today at day care she screamed for an hour. Even Chris and I had a hard time calming her during these times.

In the past week we've been giving her more formula and we also started cereal. I'm wondering if her belly is upset. Surprisingly, though, she has been sleeping well. For now I'm going to hold off on the cereal. If things improve then we may have our culprit. Stay tuned!

Swing Time!

We had a play date at the playground with a group of Lexington babies. Layla tried out the swing for the first time, even if only for a minute. She wasn't too impressed. She much preferred to sit with Mommy on her blanket and watch all the older babies.

On another note, we had her 4 month appointment yesterday. She weighed in at 15 pounds, 10 ounces, which places her around the 85th percentile for weight. She's also 26 inches long.

Happy Birthday, Mommy!

Layla gave me a great birthday present. After weeks of not sleeping well at night....with multiple feedings in the middle of the night....Layla slept through till about 5:30 this morning. She had been doing this weeks ago, but it has been a while. I am someone who really needs my sleep, so this is pretty much the best bday gift she could have given me!

A Brush with Fame

Mommy and Layla picked Daddy up at Panera today. Kevin O'Connor, host of This Old House, was sitting at the table next to Chris. On our way out, he definitely smiled at Layla!

New Things

I decided to offer Layla some cereal tonight. She didn't spit any out, though she did drool some out! Rookie mistake: I forgot a bib.


Because the cereal was such a success, I got excited to put together Layla's booster seat. Now she can sit at the table with us while we eat!

New View

Layla took a ride to Trader Joe's yesterday, facing forward in her umbrella stroller for the first time. She loved watching all the people come and go on the bike path. Of course, I am so used to staring at her while we stroll that I couldn't help but continuously walk around the stroller to see just what she was doing.