baby peyton

i'm 4 months old today, and i think daddy and mommy are finally starting to understand me.  it would be so much easier if they spoke my language.  But it seems like whenever i talk, they just saw "awwww" and think it's adorable instead of listening to what i am saying.  my corrected age is 10 weeks.  my development is following along that path pretty closely.

i previously posted about mommy reading a book called secrets of a baby whisperer.  since then, i have been sleeping in my own cradle and not in daddy and mommy's bed.  i still need their help to fall asleep.  they swaddle me and hold me.  i don't like being swaddled and most of the time i fight it, but i eventually calm down.  i know it helps me sleep better, because i don't have control of my arms yet.  the cradle is getting too small for me though.  daddy and mommy can't put me in there without swaddling me.  my arm span is now longer than the width of the cradle.  so even if they didn't want to swaddle me to sleep, i would hit my hands on the bars.  mommy bought a new cotbed for me.  daddy is going to put it together for me this week.  mommy said i'm a big girl and will be getting my own room soon.  i told mommy that i'm a little afraid to be by myself, so she's going to start with naps first.

i think i'm starting to understand what day and night is.  night is for sleeping, but i still get hungry at night and have to wake up.  mommy feeds me, wraps me back up, and i fall right back to sleep.  day time is where i wake up, eat, play for a little bit, and then take a nap.  i do this about 3 or 4 times a day.  sleepy time for me is around 11 or 12 pm.  daddy and mommy seems to think it should be around 8 or 9 pm.  i don't know how to make it any clearer to them.  i mean how much struggling and crying does it take for them to just let me sleep later?

let's see... i can kinda hold up my head.  i have flipped from my tummy to my back (using my big head and gravity mostly).  i can smile.  i can put my hands together like i'm scheming.  i can cry real tears sometimes.  i can lick my hands.  i can talk, but no one can understand.  i can fart and sneeze at the same time.  actually i can fart and do anything at the same time.

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