Month 4

Swe-cha has grown and developed a lot this last month and I'm excited to share his milestones with you all.

To start things off, he's developed a liking for taking long afternoon walks. Well, it's more like Mommy walking and pushing Swe-Cha in his stroller. He falls asleep almost as soon as we've left the building and if Mommy takes too short a walk, he will wake up as soon as we step inside.

To make him take a longer nap, Mommy tried pushing his stroller out to the patio when we got home one afternoon and look at the smile on his face while he's still asleep. He obviously enjoys being outside.

He also likes looking at everything now, very curious. Here he is taking an intent look at his feet. The first time that Mommy saw him do this, he had a footed sleeper on that had reindeer feet, Mommy thought that he was playing with the reindeer. The next day, Mommy saw him playing with his feet again and was able to snap this picture. Here, he is wiggling and shaking his feet while he stares intently.

He also enjoys looking at his reflection now and always smiles when he sees himself in the mirror. Uncle A suggested last month that the reason for his "iffy" reaction when he looks at himself is, perhaps, he is not pleased with his haircut. He is obviously pleased with his mohawk now.

He also started turning this month. He usually waits for Mommy to wake up in the morning - and if he couldn't wait anymore, he shouts at Mommy to wake her up - and when he sees her looking at him, he will start rolling towards her.

On the day that he turned 4 months, Mommy had a hard time making him take his nap because he would always turn on his tummy when he is put down on the bed. Unfortunately, he gets stuck when he is on his tummy as he cannot crawl yet - he's been trying really hard though and I wouldn't be surprised if he starts crawling soon - and eventually cries. Mommy has to put him back on his back and he promptly just starts turning again. Sigh.

Eventually, Mommy got tired of pushing him back onto his back and left him on his tummy. He fell asleep like that (see picture). When he woke up later, he just started pushing with his feet again as if he was never interrupted by his sleep at all.

Playtime has been extra fun this month too as he is now able to spend some time in his exersaucer. He still has to be supervised though as he still has a tendency to slump down when he gets tired, he still cannot keep himself upright for a long time.

He likes to make the accessories in his exersaucer make sounds and play music. He still does not have a lot of control though so he mostly just hits and pushes on the toys and that usually does the deed.

Mommy has been trying to get him to sit unassisted too. He would usually start in a more-upright position and would start leaning forward lower and lower as he tires. Mommy can't wait till he can sit up all by himself because that means that he can sit in a high chair at restaurants and he does not have to be carried around if he wants to take a look around whenever we go out for dinner.

We've been having dinner out around once a week and other patrons often come over to our table to say "Hi" to Swe-cha. Sometimes, he would grace the stranger with a cute smile and sometimes, he would just stare. He's cute, either way :)

He also went on his first playdate this month. It was Tito Sachi's birthday and we got invited for milk (and pizza for the adults) one afternoon.

We spent the afternoon with the girls (uuy!) - R and the twincesses - and here they are full (of milk) and all tuckered out.

More of Swe-Cha's 4th month photos in our Multiply album.