All About Bennett

I usually write more about Lilly because she is more involved in our activities but I wanted everyone to get to know Bennett.

Bennett is a big boy. At his 4 month appointment on January 3rd, he weighed 17 pounds and 4 ounces and was 26 inches tall. That put him in the 81% for height and weight. Lilly wasn't 16 pounds until she was 6 months. Bennett has really long legs and is in a size larger pant then his tops. It makes me sad because his matching pants for his cute outfits show an inch of leg.

Look at those chunky legs

When people see or hold Bennett they usually comment on how big he is. They use funny words like stout, solid, healthy, etc to describe him. I am not really sure how I feel about it. On one hand I am glad my baby is healthy and growing and on the other hand he isn’t a tiny little baby anymore. I hate how fast the first year goes and how babies get so big. I ordered a baby not a 3 year old.

Bennett rolls over from his stomach to his back and is working really hard to get over the other way. He is also working really hard to sit up on his own and to use his hands with more coordination. He loves his toes ad has started eating them. It is adorable.

Bennett sleeps well at night. At first he would grunt all night. I thought he was just a grunty sleeper but Tyson was complaining so I tried a couple of things. I figured out he just needed to be swaddled. Now I usually get a full 8 hours of sleep. If I don’t get 8 hours it is because of other circumstances like a crying 3 year old or a messy house. He does sometimes need help getting his binky back in his mouth around 3:00 am.  

Bennett is a very sweet and smiley baby. He smiles at anyone that is smiling at him and if you make funny noises he will giggle at you too. At his last doctors appointment he smiled at all the nurses on the way up to get his weight and on the way back. He ended up getting a large crowd of nurses all smiling and cooing at him. I am so lucky to have such a happy and easy baby. I hope that he always keeps his sweet spirit.

Bennett loves his big sister. It surprises me because Lilly is always invading his personal space, waking him up from naps, taking away his binky and shoving toys into his face. You would think he would want her to leave him alone. But he just glows anytime she is around. You can see this by watching the video I posted of them together on Facebook.

Bennett doesn’t cry much. Some things he doesn’t like are being rocked to sleep when he doesn’t think he is sleepy and being burped in the middle of eating. 

Just some cute pictures

He has a bow tie on - so cute!! 

I told them to pull funny faces - just kidding! They did it on their own.