Owen at Four and a Half Months

I wanted to do another quick update on Owen since he's already matched most of the goals I had for him this month.  

Owen is doing great eating solids.  Most days we do a big feeding of both cereal and fruit both morning and evening.  So far we're just doing rice cereal and have tried bananas, apples and prunes.  Just for fun I tried green beans last night but Owen didn't share my humor.  The peaches I tried tonight weren't a big hit either but I don't think it will take him too long to learn to love them!  Slowly, he is becoming less gassy as his tummy learns to digest all this new food.  He's even down to only about 2 poops a day.  But with how smelly they are, that is plenty!  

We also started Owen on formula so I could start weaning myself off the pump.  He doesn't seem to mind the taste and instantly we could tell that it filled him up a lot more than breast milk.  We learned the hard way from Megan that we need to transition slowly into formula so currently we're doing half & half bottles (3oz breast milk, 3oz formula).  He's had some big spit-ups since then but I don't think it's reactions to the formula, I am thinking it's just some overeating.

Owen's biggest success story so far after turning four months is falling asleep in his crib unswaddled at night!!!  I think tonight marks night five that we've been able to get him ready, cuddle a little and then have him fall asleep on his own!!  Can you tell how excited I am since before now he has been swaddled every single night since birth?  He still isn't making it through the whole night without waking himself up and then needing a bottle to get back to sleep though.  But I have something new to work on and am determined to get a full night's sleep soon!  

Owen is a lot happier on his tummy now and is getting a lot quicker at rolling to his back.  He's even perfecting rolling from back to tummy!  

What a happy baby Owen is!!!

 

"Yep... I can hold my own!"