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@pinkb: she's so stinking cute!! she's really trying hard to sit!

Row rolled back to tummy for my mom last week. she caught it on film and we all screamed in delight when we saw it. it was pretty funny. then we watched her until she did it for us and she did!

Ok, so when we say "sitting up", are we talking about baby going from laying down to sitting up all on their own? Or are we just talking about putting them in a sitting position and them holding themselves there? Because if it's the latter, we're doing okay (not there yet, but working toward it). If it's the former, he's not even remotely close to that!

@allison: I was thinking the same thing. Dax is getting close - he still needs "close supervision" - but like @swurlygurl said, I think the cloth diapers hinder that a little bit cuz they're so bulky! He definitely has trouble rolling over because of them. I toyed with the idea of letting him hang out sans diaper for a bit this weekend, but I'm so afraid of a potential mess.

@dagret: Yeah, D started blowing raspberries, too. Kind of. Have you seen National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation? You know when they're dong the drum roll for Clark turning on the lights, and the one grandfather does it all slow. That's kind of how his raspberries are.

Around 15 weeks Belle rolled from back to tummy. She hates tummy time though so usually rolls right back over. Its crazy she had that one down before tummy to back. Little backwards but hey! Haha!
She had her 4 mo shots yesterday. Oh what a not fun evening that was. Poor thing. She was in the 21% for weight and 86% for height.
Other than that I am not on here as much as I would like. I am so busy. With DH gone and so much to handle around the house between dogs/cats/chickens and 2.5 acres to maintain. Then of course managing all that and Baby and working full time. My days fly by. They truly do.
So glad to hear everyone is doing so well though. Really need to try to "swing in" more often.

We had our 4 month check-up today. Eli weighs 17 lbs 10 oz, is 26.75 inches long, with a 17 inch head! He is a giant. No wonder my back has been killing me.

@allison: haha ! J is 17 lb now too and about 27 in so I think we are in the same boat !! It's so hard to hold him like a baby anymore because he hangs off my side !

@oliviaoblivia: I seriously think its so funny that most of our babes are so big !? It's almost weird !

@oliviaoblivia: totally !!! I ate an entire chocolate pie by myself in about 3 days. Whoops

@dagret: so I just looked at the Honda Odyssey online and I'm officially jealous! It looks so awesome. I will be getting one of these one day.

Leo had his 4 month appointment today (at 20 weeks.) he's 27 inches and 14 lb. 11 oz. So he's a string bean!

@dagret: Ugh. Bitches.

I'm also looking into a Mazda 5. A little smaller, but cheaper and easier on the gas. But you lose the seventh seat and a lot of cargo room.

@oliviaoblivia: wow..two teeth!

I can feel D's molars but nothing coming up yet. His newest skill is grabbing toys while he's on his tummy. He's really close to finding his feet and I think sitting will happen somewhat soon (within a month).

He's been babbling for awhile, but keeps trying out different weird sounds. So funny!

@littlebug: Eli doesn't care at all about rolling over either! The doc just laughed and said "sometimes the big ones skip the rolling over part". Ha, cool.

We've been practicing sitting up, and he's doing pretty well, I think. He can tripod sit for several seconds. Longer if he's engaged in something right in front of him. Otherwise he gets lazy and just falls over. He's been making lots of sounds, but no consonants yet. He also found his feet about a week ago. If you follow me on IG, you know this already.

@oliviaoblivia: Wow! Still no teeth here, but the drooling has increased 10 fold over night. Not sure if that is a sogn of anything or not.
Abi has been babbling for awhile and loves to talk to her wubba nubb. She has the ma, da, and ga sounds down but just random.
She found her feet a couple weeks ago but today she found her legs! Hillarious really. She was sitting in her seat eating breakfast with her legs wide open and straight up in the air.
Still not rolling from tummy to back, she got it once but she really isnt interested.
I love the screams she does just to hear herself but she doesnt do it very often.
Sitting is going good wont be too long before she can do it on her own 100%
And still no real laughs or giggles. She smiles and inhales and makes a noise like she is gonna giggle but doesnt.

@oliviaoblivia: Holy moly! Are you SURE she was born in January???

I'll bring is back down to earth!

Dylan's most recent milestone is finding his feet. He's tried to get them on his mouth, but it hasn't worked yet! He's done 4 second sitting unassisted, but he's not really into it, doesn't even like to prop himself up. He starting blowing raspberries a little over a week ago which is a lot of fun. He hasn't rolled back to tummy yet, but it's close...

We have 1/2 a tooth!! A little corner is poking through. I'm not readyyyyyy!!!!

She is SO close to crawling. She can belly crawl everywhere, but she's days away from real crawling!

No belly laugh, just giggles - mostly for Daddy

Nowhere close to sitting up!! I blame the bulky cloth diapers, but who knows

She likes to eat her feet only when I change her diaper. I blame the diapers for that too, haha.

No real distinguishable sounds/'words'. She likes to babble in a really high pitched voice, especially when she sees herself in the mirror! She getting pretty good at the 'guh' sound though

@Mrs Green Grass: @pinkb: E isn't rolling either way! I've pretty much just given up on it, honestly.

And he started blowing raspberries about a week ago. It is the funniest thing, especially when he times it just right to coincide with a smarta** remark from the DH. Haha.

He's getting a ton better with the sitting up, though. He can sit unassisted (mostly tripod, but he can lift his arms to reach for a toy or whatever) for a minute or two. Sidenote: DH was in charge of spotting the other day while I tried to take a photo. He got distracted by the cat, looked away for 2 seconds, and of course E fell straight backwards. He screamed bloody murder. It was horrible.

@swurlygurl: Like I said on the photos thread: CRAWLING?!

When @oliviaoblivia: 's LO does something, I usually give E at least two months to reach that same milestone.

@dagret: yeah, I'm hoping teeth don't make an appearance for a niiiiice long while.