Tristan is 4 months old!

Tristan turned 4 months old on Saturday and he is defintely starting to show off his personality. Lately, he has been smiling, laughing, playing with toys and of course crying and screaming! Over the past month or so, he found his vocal cords and is really using them...maybe he gets that from his Mommy! He has now decided there is no need to cry or whimper, he just screams when he wants attention or is hungry.

He is definitely going through a change, maybe a growth spurt, because his sleeping schedule is completely different and he has been a bit cranky. He used to sleep between 6-8 hour stretches at night and then wake up to eat and go back to sleep. Now, he only sleeps between 4-6 hours and wakes up to eat and then goes back to sleep. I think we are going backwards with the whole sleep schedule thing!

For those of you aware of his reflux problem, we are trying a couple of new things to calm down the reflux. He recently started eating rice ceral to help "thicken his feeds" to keep his food down, takes a reflux medication twice a day and we are keeping him upright after he eats. The cereal and keeping him upright has seemed to help. Also, I have cut dairy out of my diet as he may have an intolerance to the dairy proteins. Unfortunately, I love dairy products, so this has been extremely hard for me, but if it means I won't get spit up on 24/7, then it's worth it! Hopefully, Tristan will outgrow the reflux soon as he starts on more and more solids.

Since the weather has warmed up, Victor and I have been taking Tristan out and about more often. Recently, we visited the Rainforest Cafe on the Riverwalk and the San Antonio Zoo with some friends. Tristan stayed awake the whole time at the zoo and scoped everything out from his papoose. He would stay in his papoose all day as long as he can see what is going on...he is a very nosy baby!

On Monday, the 5th, we are taking him in for his check up and his second round of shots, so I will post again to let everyone know his height, weight and growth chart percentages. Until then, check out some of the pictures I took over the last week.


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