Our little Vi Vi is four months! This past month has brought lots of changes in Violet's abilities and personality. My favorite new development is that she babbles almost constantly and laughs now too. The best giggles are brought on by her sisters, an orange slinky, and Will blowing raspberries on her belly. In the left hand picture below, Lucy is getting Violet to laugh and squeal while playing in her jumper.
Violet is big enough to play in the jumper with a little board propped underneath so her feet touch the ground and she can now grab the toys hanging above her on her play mat too. She can also hold on to toys and put them in her mouth which has added a level of fun for her big sisters to interact with her. She is becoming independently mobile this past month as well by rolling from her tummy to her back, and from her back to her tummy quite easily. She also enjoys chewing on her dress, her bib and any blanket or burp cloth within her reach.
Violet has found her toes, and grabs them at every diaper change, as seen in the above picture. Speaking of diaper changes, this little girl continues to shock and awe us with her poopy diapers. If she is pooping you better take cover. Literally, you better cover any surface you don't want covered in poop. A couple of Sundays ago we were sitting in church when Violet let out a loud poop sound. We stifled our giggles until Will noticed that poop was running between his fingers as he held her. He did a crouch walk out of church and ended up lining her car seat with reusable shopping bags and wet wipes to get her home to wash her down. After Will left, I noticed a puddle of brown liquid on the pew the size of a dinner plate. Imagine my panic when I had to figure out how to clean that up! Needless to say, Will arrived back to church with about five minutes left in the service. I wonder if anyone noticed that Will and Violet were freshly bathed and in completely new outfits? I could barely hide my laughter when Will leaned over and whispered to me that, "the only thing that didn't have poop on it was my socks."
Violet is a daddy's girl, just like her big sisters and will stick out her belly, tuck in her chin and smile like crazy whenever she spots Will.
They've bonded under the ceiling fan on hot days, as well as naps on the couch together.
In the above right hand picture you can still see Violet's bottom lip that we have been working so hard on strengthening. She revisited the dentist that did her tongue and lip tie procedure and ended up having her tongue tie wound opened back up as it was starting to reattach. Unfortunately, by the time we made it home, it had reattached again. At this point we are going to do the wait and see approach as to if we will have the procedure done yet again. Her symptoms are better than before, but still not ideal. I just don't want to go through the trauma of the procedure again. Below are the little glasses she wore when she had the procedure done last month.
Our month has been filled with appointments for Violet, from the occupational therapy that is strengthening her lips and tongue, to the chiropractor, cranial sacral therapy, the pediatrician and the pediatric gastrologist. Violet is now on Prevacid like her old sisters were and it seems to be helping her eating challenges a little bit. She still takes her best naps upright in a carrier on me and has grown enough to graduate to our more structured carrier which has helped to lessen my back pain!
Violet continues to be the star of any social gathering. Here she is below cuddling with family and friends.
Finally, we had Violet's four month pictures taken in the same dress that her older sisters wore at their four month photo shoots. It is amazing to me how similar they all look, and how I have to really pause and think to figure out which girl is which! Here's our cutie below.
Violet no longer seems like a newborn, but a full-fledged baby. I am really enjoying this age with Violet and am trying to savor all of the perks of her budding personality and cuddles despite my sleep deprivation!
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