a letter To Brayden – 4 Months

Baby Brady-

 you are four months! four months, already?! you are slowly turning into a little boy with a little personality. you are such a calm, happy baby. i always envisioned the second baby to be a terror but so far you are clam and easy going. while your sister was a better sleeper you have gone through trauma, learning to use your newly found suction and reintroducing your pacifier. you handled your surgery like a champ, and i am still in awe of how you handled everything. with the whole thing behind us now it seems so surreal because i have forgotten what your cleft looked like. all i see is a handsome baby boy who has the most infectious smile and giggle. your sleeping patterns since the surgery have gone back to normal, but you are waking up once or twice at night because you are such a gassy boy. daddy and i often die laughing so hard because of your loud tooties, we just don’t understand how it comes out of your tiny body. i guess you’re just a little boy and that’s what they do! you love your sister, you often watch her jumping, singing, acting silly and it looks like you are thinking, why can’t i do that?! in time. we introduced your jumpy on your four month birthday and you love it. as long as there is something to nom on you are happy. you love your hands, your sleep-sounds giraffe and your blanket. you still love to be swaddled partially because you love the blanket to be on your face. sometimes i have to check to see if your breathing because you smother your face with your hands and blanket so much. now that you have recovered from your surgery you love your play mat again and once we took off your no-no’s you were back at trying to roll over again and you finally could tuck your shoulder enough to where it did not hurt your nose or mouth. you are also scooting all over the floor and trying to sit up. it all seems to be going so fast because we know what to expect. i love your age right now and look forward to all the fun that is around the corner!