Squash

Since Troy is doing so well at eating rice, we decided to try some "real food". Our boy likes to eat.

Happy Halloween

Brian and I knew before we even knew Troy was a boy that if we had a boy, he would be a football for Halloween. Fortunately, we found a football costume on the Internet, so we didn't have to stress about finding one.

Saturday night, Troy and I went trick or treating with the Dixons. Their little boy is 2 months younger than Troy and they also have a three year old little girl. We put the boys in the double stroller...Will was a football player and Troy was a football.


Sunday afternoon, Brian carved a pumpkin for a photo shoot with Troy.


Sunday night, we stayed at home. We dressed Troy again in his football outfit. It was actually fun passing out candy to the little trick or treaters.

Rice cereal

Troy is eating a bowl of rice cereal every night now. He definately likes it now.

Pumpkin Patch

One of the fun things about being a parent is that you get to take your child to all the "kid" things. I know Troy isn't old enough to really know what's going on, but it's fun to take him places. I had never been to a pumpkin patch before, so I had a lot of fun seeing what it was. We visited the Grand Ole Pumpkin Patch in Clanton. Troy fell asleep on the way there, so when we got there Brian and I decided to go ahead and eat lunch. When Troy woke up, we rode the wagon to the pumpkin patch and picked out a pumpkin. It was a gorgeous day outside, so we had a lot of fun. We also took A TON of pictures, but Troy does not like to look at the camera. As one of my students always says, "He was acting like a baby."

Eyelashes and Lips

One of my favorite things about Troy right now is his eyelashes and his lips. I love how long his lashes are and I love that his bottom lip looks like a heart.

Troy football game

This past weekend was PERFECT weather for tailgaiting and football. We took Troy to the Troy game and spent the afternoon tailgating with the Bushes. It was such a fun day. Troy did great all day long and through the game. He was content all game long and fell asleep in the fourth quarter.

Rolling Over

Troy first rolled over on Saturday, Sept 25. Neither Brian nor I got to see it. I was out running errands and Brian was working around the house. He walked out of the room and then walked back in and Troy was on his stomach. The next morning, I did get to see Troy roll over. I was very glad I got to see him roll over that morning because I had to go to a conference in Montgomery that evening. He has pretty much rolled over every morning since then.

I have tried to get it on video, but I always miss it. I had asked his daycare teachers several times if they had seen him roll over, but they laughed and said the same thing we have been saying...you have to put him down for him to actually roll over. On Thursday, October 15, I had a voice mail on my phone from his daycare teacher. She said this is not an emergency, "I just wanted you to know that Troy rolled over today."

Here is a video of Troy rolling over on Oct 2. He does eventually get his arm out from underneath him, I just quit filming before then.

Doctor's Appointment and Eating Cereal

Troy's 4 month old doctor's appointment was Oct 11. I was really excited to go to the doctor just so I could find out his length and weight. We have a friend across the street who's 2 month old weighs 15 pounds and I just knew that Troy weighed at least 15 pounds too. Well, when the nurse weighed him, he only weighed 13 pounds...I was so surprised! He was 25 inches long.

He did have to get shots, and that about broke my heart. He did so well with shots at his 2 month visit that I wasn't prepared for this one. The first shot, he wimpered, the second shot, he looked at me like what was that?, and the third and fourth shot, he lost it and there were tears (in my eyes too). He looked so pitiful. Fortunately, he did get over it quickly.

The doctor said everything looked fine and Troy is healthy. He did say that we could start feeding him rice cereal.

We gave Troy his first bowl that night and he was not at all interested. We decided we would wait a week and keep trying.

4 Months

I can NOT believe how fast these four months have flown by. This has been a REALLY fun month. Troy is so alert and interacts with you now. It is so fun to talk to him and to get him to smile.

He has also been an eater this month. I was doing a great job at keeping up with nursing, but last week, we could not keep him full for anything. I finally had to get formula to help supplement. Last week, he was eating 6 ounces almost every 3 hours...so he would eat as much as 30-36 ounces a day! I used up all of my freezer stash just to keep him full. I think he was going through a growth spurt.

Now, it has slowed back down to normal, and he eats anywhere from 4-6 ounces at a feeding. I am giving him one bottle of formula a day and the rest is breast milk. Fortunately, he is able to switch back and forth without a problem so far.

Our routine is still going good. He usually nurses to go to bed around 7:30 and still sleeps all night. There are a couple of nights where we have to get up to give him his passy, but then he goes right back to sleep. He moves a lot during his sleep. Some nights his head will be at the opposite end of the bed and some mornings he will have turned all the way around. Just this week, he started sleeping later, so we have let daycare give him his morning bottle. Brian and I are still a great team and I know I am so blessed to have a husband that helps.

Things that I love about my baby this month:
I love how you can get him to smile to you and how his tongue is part of his smile.
I love how he cuddles now. He lays his head on your shoulder and it's the sweetest feeling.
I love how happy he is in the morning.
I love how he rubs his head when he's sleepy.

He is still growing. We go to the doctor Oct 11 and I can't wait to find out how much he weighs.