The Wright Family: Harlow

Four Months. In some ways it seems like such a short period of time, but in others it feels like Harlow has been with us forever. She is the perfect fit in our family. This past weekend we were in Galveston, staying at Moody Gardens for my company’s anniversary weekend celebration. It was Lo’s first big family vacation (Blair’s was when we visited New Orleans at 6 months old) and she did awesome. I mean, awesome. She is very laid back and as long as she is a part of the action (or sitting up watching), she is happy as a clam. After her amazing demeanor and me constantly asking Travis, “how did we get so lucky with this?!?” – then, light bulb! Lo is just like her Daddy was as a baby. She is so good natured and sweet, just like Travis was (is!). That’s not to say her big sister wasn't also incredibly sweet – but B definitely required more attention in different ways and became easily over-stimulated by certain situations.

This girl can SMILE. Her whole face lights up when she sees someone’s face. She has the sweetest coos and she and I have some pretty interesting conversations. I just love her sweet little sounds… this is such a fun age!

At four months, Miss Harlow Bug is loving her excer-saucer, loves to put toys or lovies in her mouth (thank you, teething), baths – especially when she takes one with Blair, laughing and smiling at her Daddy, being in the middle (or observing in the very least) of the action, anything that lights up / plays music or is soft, pulling / grabbing Mommy’s hair, and being tickled. Little Miss loves her paci - but only when she is tired (Blair = never).

Lo doesn't have many dislikes, however she does not like being in the car when it isn't moving (thank goodness she almost never sits in Houston traffic!) or lying down on her back if there is “stuff” going on. She rarely cries, unless she is in one of those situations or is really super tired.

She is easily eating 6oz every 3 ½ to 4 hours and generally wakes up once a night for a bottle. She is weaning herself off her swaddler, which is nice. Sometimes we use it if she is overtired – but she usually breaks free sometime in the middle of the night. After she wakes up in the middle of the night, we don’t re-swaddle her. She prefers to sleep on her side, but often ends up on her back. I started Blair on solids at 4 months, because I felt she was ready. I don’t have the same feeling with Harlow, so I have decided to hold off for a little bit. I am not worried about her development or anything like that, I just want to be sure I think she is ready before we try it. We’ll try some cereal in the next few weeks.

Harlow can roll from her back to her tummy and pushes her torso up when laying on her tummy. She isn’t much of a fan of tummy time, but she appeases me for a short time. She is days away from “finding her feet” since she now lifts them up.

Lo has been teething for the last month or so, and she is rocking a pretty sharp ridge on her bottom gums, so I think it is matter of time before we start to see them pop through. Despite chewing pretty hard on toys, she doesn't fuss and still seems pretty happy. Her congestion is about 90% gone – yay! Poor girl has been congested for months and we are finally coming out of it. We are so thankful that Lo never got an ear infection with all of that drainage she had. Totally different from Blair. It is so true when they say that each child is different.

One really funny thing about Harlow is ALL of the different faces she makes. She makes a lot. They are sometimes very silly and at other times, doesn't even look like her.

Here are some of her 4 month pictures, as well as other pictures from the month. I am completely obsessed with this little girl and we love her SO very much!