The Garcia Family: October 2011

Chrissly at 4 months --- September 23, 2011

* Weight: 11 Pounds 15 ounces
* Length: 24 inches
* You wear Size 1 diapers
* You wear 3-6 months clothes...You are a very LOOOOOONG baby :) You wear some things that say 6 months on them because you are so long :)
* You sleep best on your Boppy in your crib. We prop you up on your Boppy so that you are not laying down flat. You still have trouble spitting up if you are laying flat. However, even though you start propped up on your Boppy, you wiggle and squirm throughout the night and end up flat on your back by the morning time (usually with your arms up by your head.)
* You eat about every 2 hours.
* You usually eat 5-6.5 oz.
* You started eating solids this month!!!! We started you on rice cereal. You eat it, but have problems keeping it in your mouth.
* You do not like to sleep swaddled anymore. If someone tries to swaddle you, you scream until you can get loose.
* You still love to kick the covers off, so we have to make you sleep in pajamas that have feeties so that your arms and legs don't get cold.
* You have night and day all figured out
* You will usually sleep for 8-12 hours every night
* During the day you don't take many naps (like other babies Mommy has worked with) but, Dr. Tomlin said not to worry...that you would get the sleep you need one way or another, and that because you were sleeping so long at night you might not need as long of naps.
* Mommy is working full time and wants to stay home with you badly!!! She misses all her cuddle time with you!!!!
* You hold your head up now, and can sit in your Bumbo all by yourself!!!

You were baptized on September 11, 2011. We are so proud of you and pray that you will walk with the Lord daily and let him guide your life.

We got wonderful news this month!!!! Your cyst had gotten larger and we thought that surgery was inevitable; however, the sonogram they did this month found that your cyst had gotten smaller!!!!!!!! It was down to 2.7 cm...smaller than even when you were born!!! We were elated!!! They were not going to have to do surgery on my little girl :) The doctor is still monitoring the cyst (we go back in 8-12 weeks for another sonogram) but the outlook is good! We are so happy!!!!!