4 Month Dr Visit
Gavin had his 4 month appointment today. A little late b/c he was sick and I didn’t want to do his shots until he was better. He did really well with the shots, only cried for a few minutes. The Dr was really impressed with how strong he is and how well he is holding his head up. Here are his stats:
Height- 26 1/2 inches (80th percentile)
Weight- 16 lbs, 9 oz (70th percentile)
Head Circumference- 17 1/4 inches (80th percentile)
Of course they asked us all the normal developmental questions, one of which is whether or not he’s rolling over yet. Not that he should be by now… the Dr explained that some babies go straight to sitting up before they ever roll over. And some don’t do it until 7 months… so its really not something to be concerned about- he’ll do it when he’s ready. Well, I told them that he rolls from side to side all the time, but that because he hates to be on his tummy, he really shows no desire to roll over all the way and I bet he’ll be one of those babies that sits up first. Well, sure enough, as babies are apt to do, he made me eat my words! No sooner had the Dr left the room that the little booger decided to roll over to get his toy! And then he did it 2 more times for us! He’s still having a hard time getting that one arm out from under him, but I bet he’ll work that out in no time! I can’t believe how fast this is going!
The Dr gave us the green light to start rice cereal, so we’ll be trying that out this weekend. Should be interesting! He also told us that it is probably time for this little man to sleep through the night and at this point, he’s not hungry, he just wants us. So, we are going to let him cry a little tonight and see how it goes. I’m not so good w/ listening to him cry at 3 am. Basically, I’m a zombie and I just walk in there, pick him up, feed him, and put him back down and go back to bed. It’s a quick fix. But he really needs to learn ways to comfort and soothe himself back to sleep, so I need to figure out some way to NOT go in there or if I do, to NOT pick him up. Yeah… we’ll see how that goes.
I promise I’ll post some pictures soon… I’ve been slacking about downloading them.