MJ is Four Months!

Yes...his growing up so fast is inevitable :)

According to ivillage, here are the milestones of babies at 4 months:

Body Movement

• Arm and leg movements are better controlled.
• Rolls over from tummy to back with ease.
• When lying on tummy, his legs straighten, and he will make swimming movements with both arms and legs.
• Holds head erect when sitting.
• Kicks legs a lot. Splashes hands and feet in bathtub.
  

Eye-Hand Coordination

• Head and eyes move in coordinated motion.
• Both hands grasp at approximate size of object to manipulate it, then baby puts object in her mouth.
• Easily tracks objects with her eyes.
• Watches moving people and gazes across a room.
• Explores own body with hands.
• Looks for complexity and novelty in surroundings.

Thinking Skills

• Mouths everything to explore objects.
• Prefers bright colors of red and yellow to black and white.
• Begins to realize he is distinct from objects "out there" and to realize his actions cause something to happen.
• Enjoys listening to speech and music. Babbles for his own pleasure with chuckles, giggles, shrieks and laughs.
• Listens to himself talk. Says "da, ba, ma, pa, ga" consonant sounds. Notices how his speech influences adult actions -- "m-m-m" brings Mom to feed him.
• Looks around to find source of a sound. Is quieted by music.
  

Emotional Development

• Responsive to play for one hour at a time.
• Shows signs of being tired -- will yawn, rub eyes, refuse to play, suck thumb or become restless and irritable.
• May drool and be fussy if teething.
• Is developing her unique personality within a predictable daily routine -- how active she is, how intensely she responds to things, what her patience and tolerance for frustration are.
• Senses if her behavior is unacceptable to parent during daily interactions. Reacts to your tone of voice and expression.
• Expresses joy, unhappiness, contentment, tiredness. Crying decreases as she expresses feelings with new sounds, gestures.
• Recognizes family members with whom she lives. Loves to laugh and play with people. Vocalizes more to real person than picture.
• Demands social attention by fussing. Cries if play is disrupted.
• Attempts to soothe self when crying. Yells, fusses if frustrated.
  

I'm so happy that I can already see these to my son. He's even a advance because he was able to roll-over at 3 and a half month. He enjoys playing with his newly discovered pair of hands, and squeals, babbles, laughs and drools a lot, hehe!