The Anthonys: 4 month old munchkin

Oh, Camryn! You are the most precious thing I've ever seen in my life. Your smile lights up the room and your "poof" of hair is always the first thing people notice when we go out.

When you are happy, you are SO happy. You have really enjoyed watching yourself in the mirror on your playmat, "playing" in your jump-a-roo and watching cartoons with your brother.

We have started giving you rice cereal (and have now switched to oatmeal thanks to the arsenic scare in the rice) and you're not a huge fan, but getting better and better at eating from a spoon. Your BIGGEST smiles go to your biggest fan and brother, Colby. He can always cheer you up and can usually entertain you for short rides in the car. You are a great napper during the day, usually taking a few one hour naps and then a 2-3 hour nap in the middle of the day. You love bath time and you love to practice sitting up and standing.

On the flip side, I have to say that you are more than a bit high maintenance and quite a little drama queen. (I'm sure this is only the beginning of our drama adventures.)

You have not slept through the night since July. The longest stretch you've made this month is maybe 5-6 hours. You're usually up about every 3-4 hours which has made for one tired mommy since daddy has been out of town. It's actually pretty amazing though how my body is starting to adjust to my "new normal" and I have way more energy than I think I should have during the day.

You have been a terrible eater. Dr. K. says that you should be eating at least 24 ounces per day. I'm lucky if I can get you to eat 20-22 ounces in a day. You're just not interested. This week I have switched to soy formula to see if that helps. You are maybe eating a tiny bit better but not much. I'm not sure if this is just a phase or if we need to find a new formula, but hopefully we can figure all of that out soon.

You are not one of those babies who will fall asleep in someone's arms or in your carseat at a restaurant. You typically have to cry yourself to sleep in your swing or in your crib. (all swaddled up, of course) Sometimes it only takes 30 seconds of crying and sometimes it takes 20 minutes. I've been trying to always lay you in your crib first and if you just can't fall asleep, I switch you to the swing to sleep. It's not ideal, but it's what's working for now.

You are our little princess and we love you to pieces!!!! I hope that we can get your eating and sleeping habits figured out very soon. I'm going back to work full time next week, so that will tweak our schedule a little bit....hopefully for the better! :)