Flora’s 4 Month Substitute – The Mama Notes

At 4 months I’d say Flora is a extraordinarily settled child. She’s fairly content material materials supplies more often than not (until she’s having an Eczema flare up) and we’re getting increasingly correct proper right into a routine. The sooner month has been a bit sturdy – as we’ve been searching for out the rationale for Flora’s extreme Eczema. We’ve been to the physician 4 conditions and tried almost each cream or lotion obtainable out there available on the market, nothing appears to make a distinction and I’m now on a full elimination meals routine to see if it might very correctly be a meals associated allergy. It’s been attempting and exhausting nonetheless largely my coronary coronary coronary heart merely aches for Flora due to I do know she’s been uncomfortable barely hundreds these days and I’m actually hoping we’ll resolve the rationale for this! She furthermore had a extreme sleep regression that lasted about 2 weeks right spherical when the Eczema began getting bad- so it’s exhausting to inform if it was the 4 month sleep regression or her merely being uncomfortable however it absolutely completely was ROUGH – extra beneath!

Flora’s 3 Month Substitute, 2 Month Substitute and 1 Month Substitute.

WEIGHT & LENGTH

Flora is nearly 14 kilos! She’s outgrowing all of her garments so shortly – and is now in 3-6 months.

FEEDING

Flora stays to be solely breast fed and nursing each 2-3 hours within the midst of the day. Her spit ups have undoubtedly lessened all through the remaining month which we’re all so completely glad about! I truly actually really feel that my current has taken a bit dip after being away for 3 days for work on the tip of final week – so we’ve been giving her a bottle every single day of milk that I pump all through the morning (extra on my pumping routine correct proper right here … nonetheless right now I’m not saving any for my freezer stash) as quickly as we suppose she’s merely hungry and certainly not getting ample from the breast. To date that is working and I’m merely attempting to get my current as soon as extra, consuming 2L of water a day and consuming lactation tea. Must attempt to discover an egg, gluten & dairy free lactation cookie – or most likely merely make my very private?! I furthermore suppose my meals routine may very correctly be affecting my current since I’m probably not consuming ample!

DEVELOPMENT

I truly actually really feel a bit accountable with Flora’s bodily enchancment – due to her Eczema and her incessantly eager to rub and itch her eyes and face we haven’t been doing tummy time as hundreds as we should be. In the mean time I obtained out our Gathre mat and I’m questioning why I didn’t consider using it earlier! She had enjoyable making an attempt all through the ground dimension mirror I’ve out and rolled over from her tummy to as soon as extra loads of conditions! She’s all through the a part of at all times eager to be spherical of us and doesn’t like if we put her all through the swing or Rock & Play and stroll away to do one issue. She’s beginning to know toys and likes to carry her teether and little blanket. She incessantly has her fingers in her mouth and has been drooling like loopy. Loud noises actually startle her (like our canine barking or Piper screaming) and she or he continues to have barely little little bit of a witching hour fussiness most days.

SLEEPING

Flora is on a fairly good nap schedule right now – sleeping for on the very least 45 minutes – an hour all by means of most naps. She takes a morning nap about 2 hours after she wakes up after which I’m normally capable of time it right to have her take a second longer nap at 1pm when Piper takes hers. The pre-dinner nap spherical 4/5 is the one she normally fights and sometimes skips. I begin her bedtime routine spherical 7:30 and she or he’s sleeping by 8pm most nights. As I discussed we had a extreme sleep regression occur loads of weeks before now – and extended gone had been the complete nights of sleep. Flora was waking spherical 1/2am each night time after which waking each 30-45 minutes till 5am. Then she’d give us loads of regular hours of sleep. She normally wakened at 11pm too. It was exhausting and after every week I used to be feeling it bodily and emotionally. We merely obtained the Merlin Sleep Swimsuit and I’ve to say – like everybody says it was a life saver. She’s been sleeping by the use of the night time as quickly as additional and if she wakes up it’s normally solely as shortly as and a fast rock will get her right as soon as extra to sleep. The sleep go correctly with is fairly heavy so I concern with the hotter native climate coming our technique that we’ll ought to transition proper right into a each day sleep sack fairly shortly, which is prone to be for the only anyway – nonetheless we actually wanted a bit low cost there! The go correctly with furthermore makes it exhausting for Flora to scratch and wiggle her face spherical which is an added bonus! In my desperation I latterly had a repute with Becca from Little Z Sleep and obtained loads of actually good ideas and pointers that we’re beginning to implement!

WHAT WE ARE LOVING

Correct listed below are some points we’re loving in month three with Flora — some repeats from remaining month and some new additions.

Little Chew Silicone & Picket Ring Toy: Flora loves holding this and is beginning to chew on the silicone beads. It’s so fairly!

Pure Teething Blanket: Flora furthermore likes this easy teething blanket, I like that you simply’d be able to merely wash it- too.

Gathre Play Mat: We’ve been utilizing this in our entrance room and I’ve propped up a ground dimension mirror for Flora to strive when she does tummy time, the set up is working good!

Avent Info Hand Pump: I obtained so many questions on if having a hand pump is critical and my reply is YES! I couldn’t reside with out it and use it usually! I had a Medela one with Piper nonetheless my buddy instructed this one and I actually really feel it’s so hundreds greater, definietly correctly undoubtedly definitely worth the funding.

Finn & Emma Play Properly being membership : We love this due to it might most likely swap from room to room – right now Flora likes to put in her Dock-A-Tot below it or simply on a blanket.

Play Properly being membership Mat: Flora likes to positioned on this and have a look on the completely fully totally different toys and the mirror.

Petunia Pickle Backside Pathway Diaper Bag: I merely began utilizing this and adore it! I like the event of the bag, the entire compartments and one of the best ways organized it stays. I like one of the best ways it feels in case you positioned on it as a backpack higher than the Fawn bag (it stands out thus far).