Amelia - 4 1/2 months

Some pictures of Amelia and Camila. Amelia is now 4 1/2 months, chatting up a storm. She's really mellow, but is getting pretty vocal. She rarely complains, but when we don't pay attention to her cues when she's getting tired or hungry, she'll drop off the edge and have an "Amelia meltdown".

She's grabbing at toys with both hands, and rolling over to her left side. She rolled from tummy to back on March 28, but it was only once. Camila didn't roll until she was 4 1/2 months, and the PT warned us that Amelia could have some milestone delays b/c of her torticollis, so we're not worrying about it too much yet. We're still in PT once per week, and will likely keep that frequency for another 3 months before dropping to once every other week for another 3 months or so.

Amelia continues to be an amazing sleeper. She goes to bed by 8:00, wakes up once to eat around 6:00, and is back to sleep until 8:00. Well, I should say that this is most of the time. The first few nights after I stopped working she was getting up 3 times per night. It was super annoying! I remember that Camila did the same thing at 4 1/2 months. Fortunately, she seems to have gotten over that spell. The best part is that I'm able to put her in bed awake, and she'll fall asleep on her own. Sometimes naps are tougher, but in general she is a fantastic sleeper. (Much better than Camila!!)

As you can tell from the pictures, she smiles all the time. She is always in a good mood! It almost seems like she flirting, because she will often twist to the side and give a little side smile. She also laughs/giggles a lot. She's just so much fun! Camila is still in absolute love with her sister. Amelia spends a lot of her time watching Camila, smiling at her, and giggling when her big sister is acting goofy.

As a side note, Camila has been making slow but steady progress on potty training. She's used her potty chair each morning these past 3 days. Although I can't get her to use it any other time of the day, I'm glad that we're having some success.