Magnus is 4 Months Old!

Karen here.

On March 1st, Magnus turned 4 months old.

 He's starting to be a bit clingy. Matt will come home from work and play with Magnus, only to have Magnus stare at me the whole time! So I go into another room to let them have some time together. And he whines more and more about having to be in the boucy chair or the swing. His favourite place to be is in my arms. So he's spent more time in the baby carrier these last few weeks. It's just so hard to get anything done with a 4 month old in your arms.

But in being 4 months old, he is very aware of who's around and what is going on. As his attention span increases, he becomes more and more fun. It's been said a million times that all you need to do is give a kid a cardboard box to play with and he'll be happy for hours. Ours seems to be happy with a blanket on his head.

The blanket game

He's passing all the milestones except the tummy thing still. He's getting more used to being on his tummy, but he still doesn't like it much. At this age he is supposed to be able to push up on his arms and raise his chest. He can do it, but I think it's more a matter of he doesn't understand the concept, not that he is physically unable to do it.

And he've been working on his rolling. He can roll from his back to his side no problem; every time we nurse (lying side by side facing each other) he gets into the 'ready position'. And he can now roll from his side to his front. But he hasn't put it together yet that one follows the other... and that he can do it all by himself. At the moment, his rolling requires my assistance for him to realize that he should practice. However, in the videos below, he is temporarily distracted by the camera.

Rolling over take 1

Rolling over take 2

Rolling over take 3

And just a couple of days ago, we were playing the stand-up game where we hold him up and he stomps his feet. Well, as he is known to do, he surprised the heck out of us.

First Jumps

Yup. That's my 4 month old jumping.

So yes, he is physically huge and strong. He will have his 4 month check up when I return to Ottawa for a short visit next week, and we will see how heavy he is. Recall that he was 14 lb 4 oz at 2 months. My guess is he is over 19 lbs at 4.5 months. In other words, ridiculously huge. In fact, at the gym daycare, he is bigger than all the other babies... 7 month and 8 month olds included. He's even bigger than a 13 month old little girl! He wears more 9 month clothing than 6 month clothing as more and more of the 6 month clothing gets put away for being too small.

Besides the physical realm, Magnus is a delight to be around. He loves to be sung to and has started to enjoy listening to me babble away reading stories to him before bed. We're lucky to have a supremely happy baby. He smiles all the time and is fairly patient. The ladies at the gym daycare always comment on how happy and good he was.

I live for those smiles!