Laney at 2, 3 and 4 months old

Since Magdalena is now over 4 months old, it seems only fair that I finally post her monthly updates.

2 Months
Laney weighed in at 12lbs 12.5 ounces (75%) and 22.75 in (50%) - she finally grew taller.  At one month, she was 29th percentile for height, so I am glad to see that she is getting a little longer.  I suspect she will be our littlest child.  By comparison, at two months, Eliana was 13lbs and 23.5 in long  while William was 13 lbs 14.5 ounces (!!) and also 23.5in long.  Laney did great at her two month check up with her shots.  She continues to have great head control.

She really started smiling socially around 7 weeks.

3 Months
At three months, we did not have a check up, so I am not quite sure on her stats.  According to the very technical process of standing on the scale and then standing on the scale with Laney and finding the difference, I weighed her at around 14lbs.  Then, according to Eliana's Doc McStuffins' growth chart, she was around 24in long.  Her big event for three months was getting baptized! At three months, Laney is sleeping a little better - usually she starts with a good six hour chunk of sleep.

Looks like I didn't get any great pictures for the three month shot.  Probably because I had too many helpers. 

She has a big scratch on her nose from me - I'm a bad mom!  Poor thing cried so hard when I scratched her with my nail.

Poor Laney.  She can't hardly get a moment to herself.

4 Months
Time for another check up.  Laney was 14lbs 12 oz (60%) and 24.5in long (48%).  She is hanging right around average.  In comparison, Eliana was 15lbs 7 oz and 26in long while William was 16lb 12 oz and 25.5in long. Can you believe how big my other kids were? Little Laney Lu is so petite in comparison.  All went well with her check up.  She rolled over for the first time this month!  Belly to back, three times in a row.  But then she hasn't done it since, silly girl.  I have yet to see her roll from her back to her belly, but she does roll on her side.  She recently discovered her tongue and really thinks it is awesome.  She like to suck on it all the time (in fact, she almost prefers that over the pacifier).  She also started to hold things in her hands and really likes to bring them to her mouth to suck on.  She has several sets of baby keys and LOVES to chew and suck on those.  She also has a big rattle that we carry around a lot.  Last Sunday at church she was holding it.  She started waving her arm around and ended up whacking herself in the face, which made her pretty mad.  I couldn't help but laugh a little because she was just so surprised that she had done that.

More photo help

I only got two pictures on the chair before my "helpers" were throwing blankets over Laney's face and laughing.  In the pictures below, I am literally sitting on William with Eliana climbing on my back, trying to get some shots with just little Miss here.  At least the craziness got some smiles out of her.

Classic Laney half smile.

See that cute dimple?

Another Laney classic - sucking on her bottom lip.

Sucking on her tongue that she loves.

 I feel like Laney's sleep has gotten a little worse lately.  We are back to a lot of crying in the evening with lots and lots of nursing.  She typically eats non stop from 8pm to 11pm or midnight.  She has very little interest in her pacifier.  Nothing seems to comfort her at that time except nursing.  If you try to hold her and rock her, she just spits out her paci and throws her head back crying.  David calls her the "Daddy Slayer" because we get so very little sleep.  She amazes me because she is so happy and smiley at times but then just cries so much at other times.  I love when I come home from work because she greats me with the biggest smile that just melts my heart.  It spreads across her whole face.  Who wouldn't want to come home to a greeting like that?  But then she just loses it and starts screaming like we are trying to murder her.  Laney is a very emotional girl and likes to express her opinions.  But just when we are on the brink of death from exhaustion, Laney will sleep 10 hours at night, totally out of the blue.  Sometimes she is our worst sleeper and sometimes she is the best.  This girl is crazy.