Landry's First 4 Months!

Sweet Landry Kate...here's a glimpse of your first 4 months!

1 Month!!

~ You weighed 8 lbs. 6 oz. and measured 20 and 3/4 inches long

~You were wearing preemie and some newborn outfits (though some were still pretty big 

on you).

~ Still wore newborn diapers.

~You're known as: Landry Bug, angel baby, bity baby, baby bug, and angel pie

~You were diagnosed with reflux and started on Zantac.

~You nursed every 3 hours on the hour...except at 3 weeks old when you hit your first 

growth spurt, you ate pretty much all the time then.  ALL. THE. TIME. No kidding.  It 

took you around an hour to eat...eek!

~You made your first road trip to Dallas with Uncle Stu and me.  Stu babysat you for a 

few hours and gave you your first full bottle of expressed milk.  Stu drove you around, 

swung you in your "bucket" (carseat), let the kitchen sink run, and dressed you from the 

bottom up all to keep you happy!

~At 5 weeks you got your nap nanny and finally slept 4-5 hours straight!

~At 5 weeks you SMILED!  A genuine smile!  (melted my heart)

~You were so strong.  It amazed me.  You held your head up more and more each day.

~Some of the things you loved:

     -  being swaddled tight

     -  being walked and bounced (we danced A LOT)

     -  being outside

     -  riding in the car

     -  running water

     -  people singing to you

     - and you LOVED your mama (I'm still eating it up!)

~On another note, you DID NOT like being naked.  Every time we changed your diaper       

or clothes you lost it.  Your great Mammaws McMahen and Stuart threatened to spank 

my behind if I didn't keep you happy. They did NOT like hearing "their baby" cry ;)

2 Months!!

~Weighed in at 10 lbs. 5 oz. and measured 22 inches long!

~You transitioned to size 1 diapers over the course of the month.

~You were wearing some newborn and some 0-3 month clothes...socks fell off your feet 

because your legs were too skinny ;)

~You nursed every 3 hours like clock work during the day. Started stretching night feeds 

to 6-8 hours.  You hit another growth spurt around 6 weeks.  Every once in a while we 

had to supplement with GentleEase but you never seemed to mind.  **You got a 

little faster at eating, 30-45ish minutes**

~Aunt Marci, Bebe, Uncle Stu, Papa Mac and I took you to the Spring Theater for your

first movie (Bernie).  You were so good.  Never made a peep!

~You got your first set of immunizations.  You cried briefly but handled them very 

well...until that night when you ran a low-grade fever and appeared to feel horrible.    

Thankfully it only lasted a day or two.

~You visited your Mammaw McMahen in the hospital.  It was the best medicine she 

could have asked for.  Oh she loved you so. You were the light of her life this summer.

~You made your first trip to the farm!  Papa Mac introduced you to the cows and his 

tractors.  You also watched your first surgery at the vet clinic.  You didn't even get  

queasy!

~You started rolling over from tummy to back! (I was one proud mama!)

~Some of the things you LOVED:

     -  the ceiling fan (your favorite entertainment)

     -  being outside     

     -  riding in the car     

     -  baths 

     -  being swaddled, bounced, walked, danced with, etc. 

    -  your Nap Nanny

     -  and you LOVE your Uncle Stu (I think you can tell him apart from else because of his whiskers)

3 months!!

~Around 11 lbs and 8 oz. and ~23 inches long (you didn't have a doctors appointment so     

we don't know exact #'s).

~Size 1 diapers, 0-3 month and 3 month clothes (some were still huge on you!)...0-6 

month socks though most of them still fell off your long, skinny feet!

~Still nursed every 3 hours, sometimes stretched it to 4...occasionaly nursed 1x/night 

**only took 20 or so minutes to eat!!**

~You started talking a lot this month!  You loved practicing your vowel sounds and 

raspberries (you imitated us when we do it first).

~Oh my drool!!  Bibs became a must ;)

~You started smiling and laughing back at us, so precious! 

~You went to church (Central Baptist) for the first time this month!  You slept straight 

through!  It reminded me of Stuart and Chet when they were teenagers little :)

~We had your "Sip and See" July 29th.  Everyone wanted to see you!

~You visited Mammaw McMahen in ICU August 4-5...she asked to see you and she got 

her wish.  I think you were the last thing that made her smile this side of Heaven.  Oh 

how she loved her sweet Landry.

~You went to Mammaw McMahen's funeral August 8th and were so very good and       

looked like a doll.  She would have been proud! And I think it did all of us good to have     

your happy little self around.

~You made the 20+ hour trip from Louisiana to Virginia August 9-10.  Longest trip ever, 

thankfully Bebe made the trip with us.  You lost it after 12+ hours on day 1, but after we   

stopped, you were fine.  Day 2 wasn't a problem at all!

~August 13th was your first day home with dad (and Bebe since she was still here) 

without me (it was my first day back to work).  You didn't seem to miss me one bit 

missed me every second I was away :) 

~August 13th you noticed Doolie and gave her attention for the first time. It was too cute!

~Things you loved:

     -  rattle and toys that make noise

     -  double sided animal toy/rattle (you LOVED the elephant)

     -  MAM pacifiers (I found several in Papa Mac's truck before we started our trip home)     

     -  practicing your vowel sounds and raspberries

4 months!!

~12 lbs 2 oz, 24 inches long

~size 1 diapers, mainly 3 month (some 0-3 and 3-6 month) clothes and 0-6 month socks

~Nursed every 4-5 hours (5-6x/day)...usually no middle of the night feedings!    

Supplemented as needed 1x/day. **You had gotten SO much faster at eating, it only    

took ~10 minutes by 4 months!!**

~Dad started keeping you every day while I was at work.  I like to think you missed me,     

but you actually loved your daddy time.  He won't put a bow on you, but he loves to sit 

other things (toys and whatnot) and your head.  You think it's too funny.

~You went to The Point Church for the first time (August 19).

~At the beginning of month 4 you found your toes

~Started getting startled with loud noises (sneezes, slamming doors, etc.)...they terrify 

you...and make you scream and scream

~You started reaching for your toys (August 28).

~You also made your first trip to Chipotle (Sept. 3) and must of loved it because you     

laughed and smiled the entire time.

~Sometime between 3-4 months you started to belly laugh.  It makes me happy.

~You got your jumperoo/exercauser...and you LOVE it.  

~Things you loved:

     -  attention     

     -  your changing table     

     -  the mirror     

     -  talking and squealing - you loved playing with your voice

     -  your singing, wobble toy

     -  LaMaze butterfly

     

Whew!  That was a lot!  I'm sure nobody hung in there to the end, but I wanted to have it all documented for my sake!

  

~Megan~