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At this point, your baby can recognize familiar faces. He can distinguish his mom from his dad and knows who they are. Many babies have favorite toys and you may have found a book or song that your baby seems to like the best. By now, he probably likes to play with toys on a mat or blanket on the foor. Exersaucers are good choices for baby to play in. Steer clear of baby walkers. They are dangerous and should not be used.

It is important to respond quickly and calmly to your crying baby. When you respond quickly, your baby will develop a sense of security and develop trust in you. You will have to do less to soothe a distressed baby if you respond quickly. Many people are under the impression that they will spoil their baby if they respond to every whimper and whine. This is not true. You can spoil a child, but not a baby. A baby of this age can not be disciplined and is not able to understand your commands. Continue to be loving and gentle to foster a good relationship.

Your baby can most likely roll from side to side and possibly from her tummy to her back. Be careful not to leave her unattended-she may roll off and get seriously injured. Babies should be placed on their tummies to develop strength and muscles needed for sitting, crawling and walking. Encourage your baby to roll over and help her sit up with support. It is much more interesting to sit up and look at things vs. laying down and staring at the ceiling. At this age, your baby is probably grasping objects and putting them straight into his mouth. Make sure all of his toys are safe and clean.

Your baby may begin to get upset if you take a toy away or stop playing with her. She coos, babbles, smiles and laughs when you interact with her. She may be able to click her tongue and cough by now. Playing with your baby is important for development. Continue to read, sing, play and play games with your little learner. Talk to your baby in regular words-do not use baby talk because it does not sound clear to your baby and may confuse him. Praise your baby for jobs well done! Introduce your baby to new sights, smells, sounds and textures often. This is how he will learn the most about this new exciting world around him!

Around four months of age, your doctor may give the go ahead on solid foods. You will know if your baby is ready. He should sit well with support and be able to hold his head steady. If she is still pushing the food out of her mouth with her tongue, she may not be quite ready to start solids. Start with cereal and then try fruits and vegetables. When using a highchair, make sure that it is safe. Your high chair should not have any broken pieces and should be sturdy. Always use the seat belt and lock the tray on snuggly. Make sure you watch your baby closely while he is in the highchair. Do not feed your baby directly from the jar, unless you are certain he will eat all of it. Just because your baby is consuming solids does not mean she doesn't still need formula or breatmilk-she does!!

Developmental Milestones 4 Months Old

Physical

• Your baby's stomach has grown larger, so he does not need to feed as often
• Rolls over
• When laid on stomach, your baby will lift his stomach and shoulders high offf the ground
• Your baby's tongue-thrust reflex is fading, and your baby may be ready to start solid foods now
• Can reach out and grab objects-he still may miss his mark on the first try
• You will notice alot of drool-some babies start teething around this time

Intellectual

• Feedings can get difficult as your baby likes to see what is going on at mealtime
• Your baby is easily distractable
• Once the baby grasps ahold of an object, he will put it straight to his mouth
• Your baby likes a vairety of toys and objects-give her different toys with different responses
• Babies begin to understand cause and effect
• Begins to understand all basic sounds of language
• Begins to develop the ability to make vocal sounds-`ma-ma` `da-da`-although he does not connect sound to parent
• Color differences are clearer and your baby probably prefers bright primary colors
• Can laugh out loud and squeal in delight

Emotional

• Likes to be interacted with-play with your baby as often as possible
• Some babies like to play alone at this time
• May participate in back and forth imitation games-imitate your child's faces and sounds
• Your baby will respond to your voice and gestures by kicking legs or waving arms
• Baby will show you when she is no longer interested

Age Appropriate Toys

• Bright colored books
• Posters
• Activity gyms and play mats
• Musical toys
• Lighted toys
• Mirrors
• Teething rings
• Plastic toys to chew on
• Toys to grasp
• Brightly colored soft blocks
• Stuffed toys

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3loveofmylife - Friday, 17 May
Jen and heidi thanks i got a good workout today carrying Noah around all day in a baby carrier lol, but i get a break coz hubby gets to help me on the weekend yay. Jen aww i think Sara still is young and she still has time Noah is 3 weeks older than Sara and at this age they can do so much in 1 week, and all my kids have been fast at doing everything (knock on wood lol) my 1st stated crawling at 5 months and walked at 10 months. my 2nd was also crawling at 5 months and walked at 10 months also, but every baby is different. heidi Noah also loves to sit up, but he can't hold himself so we help him lol. and i am going to stay in the good old Nashville TN lol, my parents and my inlaws are also here and all friends too, but we may move about 20 to 30mins from where we are now closer to hubby's job. that is great you get to add a master bedroom/bath and your hubby,family and friends will do it. hope it will get done fast and no stress. i wish we could do that but hubby said it would cost too much. heidi so if Luke is not sick does he sleep on his back or stomach and what about Sara how does she sleeps Jen, Noah only sleeps on his stomach he doesn't like to sleep on his back or his sides.

heidi80 - Friday, 17 May
aww yeah that is hard 3 love luke does that too but he is fine in his bouncer if he is watching baby einsteins he screams and talks to the puppets and babies on there! it is so cute! i am lucky then cause i go to be at like 10:30! good for you still doing the dishes:) if luke rolls over or i put him on his stomach he will push himself up and kinda make the motions but not actually move himself he loves to sit up though like propped on a pillow or with help from me. and yes 3 love the peds said it was fine but i am going to see if he can poop good everday without it. i do give him juice + water blend everyday and avoid all the stuff that could be constipating. oh and a new house sounds good:) we had that arise and we are actuallly adding a master bed/bath onto our current house! so now we will not have to move lol but my hubby will be very busy cause he is doing all of it along with friends and family. will you move to another state? Jen11 that is awesome that she soothes herself back to sleep luke has done that maybe 3 times but usually he wakes and cries. now he is sick sleeping in his car seat but has been making it through the night! hopefully this keeps up:) well take care girls!

Jen11 - Friday, 17 May
Oh yes, 3love, a new house sounds great. All the best with finding the perfect place.

Jen11 - Friday, 17 May
Shame 3love, I hope he gives you a break soon! Sara must be lazy, lol, only tries a very brief shuffle when on her tummy, but certainly not yet going from one end of the room to the other.

3loveofmylife - Thursday, 16 May
Jen he dose have a bouncer chair but it only helps if i'm sitting in front of him as soon as my back is at him he starts crying today was even worst he only had two 30min naps and i couldn't even do my dishes til he went to sleep at 10:30pm. i hope it's just a phase he's going through and he'll grow out of it, my back is killing me from carrying him all day. on a better news and a sad too we are putting our house up for sale and we are going to buy a bigger one the one we have now is 3 bedroom one bathroom and we need another bathroom coz my hubby and my other 2 kids are always going at the same time and fighting over the bathroom lol, and i need a separate room for all the toys that we have i'm tired of having them all over the house. i hope it wont be too stressful coz right now i don't need any more stress. how is Sara doing is she trying to crawl? Noah it cheating he goes from one side of the room to the other but not crawling he rolls all over the place lol, but he is trying to crawl.

Jen11 - Thursday, 16 May
Shame 3love, its tough when they won't let you out of their sight! Have you got a bouncy chair? You can strap him in and have him wherever you are in the house, then he can see you and you can still do things?

3loveofmylife - Wednesday, 15 May
Jen that is wonderful hope she keeps getting better. i'm still waiting for Noah to soothe himself to sleep when he wakes up at night lol. ugh i swear for the last 2 days Noah will not let me do anything as soon as i put him down for a minute he starts crying he won't cry if i'm sitting next to him or laying with him only if i leave and he can't see me. heidi i don't know what it is about that song, i think it maybe because it's a sad song, but he also loves all the baby song too. aww i hope your kids feel better soon. with the school coming to an end you should get a break from all the sickness that kids pass around. Noah haven't been constipated yet but if he did i would just try prune juice and water just coz it's safer i wouldn't try anything that i didn't know what the long term effects are but that's just me.

heidi80 - Wednesday, 15 May
awww 3 love that is really funny i wonder what it is about that song??? Luke loves all the baby type songs classical music and pretty much anything on the radio! lol yay selene has not been diagnosed with it but i will 0be aamazed if she does not have it!she is on antibiotics now for her sinus infection and is doing better!now Luke and james are sick ugh:( did any of your babies get constipated or have harder poop with solid foods? i did and gave luke prune juice with water which helped a little but my sister told be about miralax which the peds said i can give every day but i looked it up and they say long term they don't know what kind of effect it would have on those babies children so i try to only give 1/2 tsp every other day even though he could have 2 tsp everyday! also he throws up more since starting solids even when i give zantac 3 times a day. he does not seem to be bothered and the longest he went without pooping was like 2 days but i don't want to let it go to long. and of course she said to avoid sweet potatoes apples and bananas:( poor guy some of his favorites! how are all you babies doing??? hopefully really well.

Jen11 - Tuesday, 14 May
That's cute 3love...the lip is cute in all babies, even though it leads to crying,lol.Sara was so sweet last night, she woke up after 2 hours of sleep, reached for her soft toy, played for a few minutes and drifted off to sleep again, all without making a sound.

3loveofmylife - Monday, 13 May
heidi i hope Selene doesn't have asthma and it's just the cold, and i hope the kids get better soon. so happy you had a great mothers day. my kids got me flowers and hubby got me lottery tickets lol he loves playing the lottery so on fathers day i'm going to get him a gift certificate for highlights and a hair cut so i can use it lol. Jen that is cute. i need to find a song like that to work on Noah, and put him to sleep lol. i thought it was the way i was singing, but i let him listen to it on youtube and he still cried it was so cute when his lower lip starts going up and then he starts crying i don't like when he cries but so cute about the lip lol.

Jen11 - Monday, 13 May
Aaaw Heidi - so sorry your children are not doing well. Asthma sucks! I hope Sara does not get that from me! 3love, its funny how babies respond to different songs! Sara goes right off to sleep if you sing Lucille by Kenny Rogers, lol.

heidi80 - Monday, 13 May
hi ladies so sorry have not been on! life is crazy. i don't get moments to myself anymore:( but kids have been sick Luke had heat rash and has not been sleeping through the nights since he woke like 3-5 times a night for 3 weeks now:( he has been a little stuffy so i have been sleeping him in his car seat and now he is sleeping through the nights! yay selene is really sick sinus infection and i am positive she has asthma:( oldest was diagnosised with exercise induced ashtma. Selene woke up wheezing and coughing so bad i gave her a breathing treatment and then she slept the rest of the night fine:( she only gets a cough sometimes when she is sick and it only affects her at night but i am bummed that 2 of my kids have asthma. does not seem severe like mine but still just one more thing for me to worry if they are breathing right! i have an appt for selene today. bria is home sick again with stomach pain and headache! on another note mothers day was awesome!!!! my wonderful husband got me a tassimo which is a single serve coffee/latte maker and it is great!@!!! all the kids painted and colored me pictures and my sister gave me a free color and cut at her salon and she wants to pay for gel nails for me! did you ladies have nice mothers day? well gotta go clean the house and trim dog nails brush them out and feed Luke! i am so lucky luke is so happy and content or i don't know what i would do! hope everyone is feeling good and nobody's babies are sick!

3loveofmylife - Sunday, 12 May
so today i was singing (i will always love you) by the late whitney Houston, and Noah started crying so i sang other songs he didn't cry then went back to i will always love and he stared crying again lol i don't know why but he wouldn't cry to other songs just that one lol soo cute too. i know it was mean of me to keep doing it to him but i did like 5 times just to see his reaction lol i feel bad now. Jamaica mom i did sign up for that IAP group that somebody created on facebook but to many posts i couldn't keep up.

Jamaica Mom - Sunday, 12 May
yes very cute any of u on facebook caz i cant get her pics to upload on here

Jen11 - Sunday, 12 May
Happy mother's day! Sara was 4 months on Thursday!

3loveofmylife - Saturday, 11 May
Happy mothers day to all you lovely mommies

3loveofmylife - Friday, 10 May
Jen thanks we are much better. the sore throat is gone but still have running nose and coughing but its getting better. Noah also haven't been sleeping so well the last 2 nights, i think he is going through a growth spurt coz he keeps waking up every 2 hours wanting to eat.

Jen11 - Friday, 10 May
3love - Sara stays in a room at the other end of the school, so I don't see or hear her unless I go there, so no distraction. She didn't sleep as well last night, but I'm sure we'll get there. How are you feeling?

3loveofmylife - Thursday, 9 May
Jen thanks, i hate getting sick and not being able to do the things that i normally do even getting up to feed Noah is hard, can't wait to fell normal again. aww that's great that Sara is doing so well at school i guess she knows your going back to work that's why she slept so well lol i hope she keeps doing that so you can get some rest. did your students miss you i bet they were happy to have you back and how did you do at work, was it hard not having Sara around the whole time.

Jen11 - Thursday, 9 May
Oh no 3love! So sorry that you are both sick! Sore throats are the worst, and its tough trying to care for a baby when you feel awful! I hope you both get better really soon. We are both doing ok. Sara is settling in well at the school. She slept really well last night. Went to sleep at 7.30pm, woke at 11.00 for a feed then back to sleep until 5am

3loveofmylife - Wednesday, 8 May
ugh our cold have gotten worst, we both have runny nose and sore throat can't eat anything and i hate taking any medicine. just taking hot baths it's helping though.

3loveofmylife - Tuesday, 7 May
Jen hey that's still good you got to go out to diner, and i think it's a great idea not to do anniversary gifts it's just too much pressure lol. well me and Noah got a cold he got it first last night and i got it from him today and its like 80 degrees here how do you get a cold on a hot day lol.

Jen11 - Tuesday, 7 May
3love - nope, we don't do anniversary gifts, just dinner out...so no lovely little blue box for me ;-)

3loveofmylife - Monday, 6 May
Jen well done congratulations on 13 years. so what are you getting, hopefully something that comes in a little blue box no pressure on your husband lol well i hope Sara will let you and your hubby enjoy your dinner. me and hubby just celebrated our 9 years anniversary jan 10 we did nothing Noah was 23 days old all i wanted to do was sleep lol, but hubby got me a nice pair of earrings. Noah did better last night he wake up 2 times and slept till 8:30am so yay a little rest for me.

Jen11 - Monday, 6 May
3love - Sara also woke 3 times last night and we had to be up at 6am today. And I don't get to rest yet...dinner tonight with my husband for our 13th anniversary!

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