What a Big Girl!

Ali had her four month doctor visit on Monday and she looks great! She weighted 14 lb 13 oz (76%) and was 23.75 in long (29%). She is maintaining her weight curve and is moving up in length percentile! She was a champ for her vaccines again - she hates the taste of the oral one but does so great with the shot. No fever again - I am very happy about that.

Ali is still fasting when I am at work (she refuses the bottle and just sleeps until I get home). So most days she ends up not eating for about 6 hours in the afternoon. The first time she did this a few weeks back she made up for it by eating a ton at night. Luckily she hasn't done that again but I keep thinking she will. Yesterday she did the same thing - came and nursed just before noon and didn't eat again until I got home at 5. She ate a ton throughout the evening and I fed her last and put her to bed at 7:45 pm. She was wide awake and kicking around when I put her down but she put herself to sleep anyway - what a great baby! Then she slept until 4:30 am! And she didn't wake up crying! She woke up and was happily kicking around in the bassinet making noises (but not crying!). I picked her up and fed her (she ate a ton) and she was still wide awake but again she put herself back to sleep until she got up for the day around 7:30 am.

I can barely believe our good luck - she sleeps through the night - and with no effort at all on our part! :) I still don't expect it all the time but I am so relieved that it does happen. I was pretty on the fence about doing any "sleep training" type things. Our pediatrician just sent info home about getting them to sleep through the night and I just wasn't crazy about the suggestions. At this point I am pretty confident in believing that she is developing great sleep habits all on her own and will sleep through the night consistently before too long all on her own!