Month 4: Oct 11- Nov 11

Oct 15 - Grant's first trip to the LCBO with mommy and her friend Karen.

Oct 22 - Grant and his baby friends take a field trip to the pumpkin patch.

Oct 26 - Grant slept 7 hours in a row, then proceeded to nap for 1:15 in his crib for his morning nap and also napped in his Pack 'n Play twice more.

Oct 27 - He rolled from tummy to back for the first time!

Oct 28 - Grant slept 8.5 hours straight - a new record - then another 3 before waking for the day.  Mommy brought him to the MW clinic where he weighed 12 lbs 5 oz in a clean diaper.

Oct 29 - Trick or Treated down Navy St in Oakville in his Halloween outfit with the Tiny Tots on Parade.
Oct 31 - Grant's first Halloween.  We received 2 trick-or-treaters shortly after 6 PM and by 6:30, Grant was falling asleep in my arms.  He was out like a light for the rest of the visitors and we stopped giving out candy after about 60 visitors at 7:45 PM
Nov 1 - His first time in the Jolly Jumper.  Grant was unsure what to do and would just stand there and spin around.
Nov 2 - Grant's second day in the Jolly Jumper and he has discovered it is lots of fun.  He likes to kick and dance to the Pajama Time song.
Nov 5 - Grant's cousin Arthur is born.
Nov 6 - Only a year ago we found out we were pregnant with our special little baby.
Nov 8 - Grant weighs 12 lbs 13 oz and is 24.5" long.
Nov 10 - Mommy misses the bottom stair while holding Grant.  He didn't feel a thing, but mommy sprained her ankle.  Today is also the first day Grant's left eye has not been leaky - no more blocked tear duct!  Grant has a big laugh when hearing funny sounds that mommy and daddy make.

This month Grant is much more aware of his surroundings.  He can see across the room and will check to make sure his parents are nearby.  He is smiling and chatting more and is still very active.  He is falling into more of a routine and is fairly predictable about taking a nap around 9-10 AM, 2 or so hours after waking up for the day.  Grant is sitting up assisted more and likes to stand in his rock and bounce seat.  He is able to spend several minutes sitting by himself in the bumbo chair.  When on his back he likes to turn almost onto his side, looking for things above his head.  This month he rolled for the first time, from tummy to back, and repeated this 4 more times so that mommy could get it on video to show daddy, but stopped rolling after that.  The same week he started rolling was the week he began taking his morning nap in his crib each day.  He is still very drooly and likes to put his hands (and anything that gets in the way) into his mouth.  This month he began taking baby Zantac for his reflux and only a few days later he began figuring out how to hold it in his mouth and then dribble it out because it tastes bad.  Grant still turns his head from side to side during the night and he is causing quite a bald patch on the back of his head.  Since the beginning of the month we have really noticed all the tiny hairs left on his mattress.  Sometimes at night he wakes and practices skills he's been learning, such as "chatting" and "dancing with his legs".  Grant also likes to smile and sometimes even laugh at unexpected sounds and loves hearing words like Ma Ma or Da Da.  The last night of this month, Grant began travelling around his crib at night again from all the wiggling (practice rolling onto his side?).  Grant's doctor says that he is growing well and even ahead of schedule with his development, according to corrected age.