Logan is 4 Months Old

Logan at 4 months. What can I say, I just want to eat him up - he is so sweet! Well, except for when he chooses to use his ear-piercing, high-pitched scream instead of his inside voice. He is very talkative and loves interacting with everyone. His brothers can always get him to laugh and his newest trick is blowing raspberries which makes Colin and Eli crack up. He has found his feet and loves to take off his socks so he can play with his toes. He reaches for everything and is particularly fond of grabbing our faces. Even though we haven't introduced solid foods yet, he has starting sitting in his high chair and joining us at the table for meals. He's getting stronger on his tummy and pushes up onto his elbows. He consistently rolls from tummy to back but has only rolled from back to tummy a couple times.

 

At his 4 month well-child appointment, I asked his doc about a new rash that had popped up over the last week and he said it was eczema. It looked pretty severe and since he's had such persistent cradle cap, I asked if it could possibly be caused by a food sensitivity. He said it was definitely a possibility but it could also just be caused by the dry winter weather. He suggested I try going dairy-free for a couple weeks and see what happens. Well, it's been about 5 days and Logan's cradle cap is almost completely gone and so is his eczema. Granted, I have been treating his cradle cap very aggressively for weeks and it's supposed to get better between 4-6 months and I did just finish treating the eczema with a steroid cream, but it seems like a strong coincidence. I might not be enjoying Mr. Freeze this summer... at least it's for a good cause! I just hope if he does have a food sensitivity it's something he grows out of instead of turning into a full-blown allergy.

 

Some stats on Logan: he's 13 pounds, 2 ounces, 25 1/2 inches long, wearing size 3-6 month clothes, and  size 2 diapers.

Has it been a month?

I guess it has since Logan just turned 4 months. Ack - must blog about that too. Oh, how time flies! So, everyday I think to myself, geez, I should blog about what we've been up to and then once I get all 3 boys occupied or asleep, someone wakes up or wants to eat and the next thing I know it's 9:00 at night. And let's face it, by that time, all I want to do is sit on the couch, shovel food down *my* throat and stare at the TV until I feel motivated enough to walk back upstairs to go to bed. Yesterday I was lamenting to Chris about how this is the case and he encouraged me to bust out my computer and work alongside him while he does taxes and while we watch the Grammy's. So here I am. This is mostly going to be a photo dump since I keep getting distracted by neon-colored hair and Maroon 5 covering the Beach Boys, but I know one day I'll post an entertaining anecdote about my childrens' shenanigans.

Brother love. 

Getting out some energy and having Star Wars "pod" races on their bikes. 

Eli won!

Eli painting while Colin's at school. 

Logan caught a little cold.

 Thankfully he recovered quickly.

Star Wars!

I hope to post an update on Logan at 4 months soon!