laravel carbon created at date in current month

1use Carbon\Carbon;
2
3// if today is January 22, 2021
4Carbon::now()->format('M'); // "Jan"
5Carbon::now()->format('m'); // "01"
6Carbon::now()->month; // 1
7

1public function myMonthApts()
2{
3        return $this->appointments()
4                        ->whereIn('status_id', [3,4])
5                        ->whereYear('created_at', Carbon::now()->year)
6                        ->whereMonth('created_at', Carbon::now()->month)
7                        ->count();
8}
9