4 Months Today

Today is Violet's 4 month birthday. I promise I will take some photos, but we had a tough morning, more shots to celebrate this joyous day, so she's soundly sleeping right now. Here are her stats from the doctor:

• 14 pounds 12 oz. and 25 inches long, she is in the 75% for both, good job Violet! The doctor said if she continues at that same percentile she could be about 5'7".
• I brought up some of my concerns, there are 3 right now: #1 is her rolling over onto her stomach nightly. We have stopped swaddling her since she rolls onto her face, and being the overly protective mother I am couldn't sleep with this. So she's been sleeping without blankets. He said this is fine since she is strong now, she can role either way, so it's safe for her to sleep on either front or back (WHEW)
• The second two are the ones that are hard right now: #2 is the waking in the middle of the night crying/fussing - she's not hungry just startled herself out of sleep, it happens about 2 or 3 times night, and #3 is what I call "stranger danger" she cries at the sight of strangers now. Anyone who is not her mother (apparently everyone is strangers at this phase, even Randy on random days) she is ahead of herself developmentally here, these two typically happen at 6 to 7 months, and she's experiencing it at 4 months. So what do I deduce from this? She's a genius, of course. So smart for her age. So don't be alarmed when you see her and she starts to cry, just remind yourself "my goodness what an intelligent baby" and not to take it personally. She'll grow out of this phase in about 3 years....