4 month appointment

Did you catch that? She's four months! Ok not quite, just a few days shy. But wow she's growing up fast. Did I say that two months ago? Yeah but it is still so very very true.

This peanut is growing like a weed. Here are her stats:

Weight: 14 lbs 10 1/2 oz (<90%)

Height: 25 inches (75%) - dropped a lot! She's not our string bean anymore I guess...

Head circumference: 16 1/4 inches (75%)

The doc said that we could start feeding her some cereal any time and start her on veggie (first so she doesn't reject it after trying the sweet foods) and fruit solids starting in about a month. Hopefully the cereal will help her sleep through the night a bit more since she has sometimes been waking up around 5-6. Who am I kidding, though, she is a great sleeper and I'm not complaining about the fact that she wakes up that early. At least it isn't numerous times a night.
He also gave me a lotion with 1% steroid something something to put on her dry skin by her hairline on her forehead (whew that was a lot to get out). Poor girl inherited that from me and I have already apologized to her numerous times for it. I'm not sure she has completely forgiven me... it might take a couple of decades before she sees that its not a big deal. I see many days of frustration ahead when her super dry skin hurts and starts to peel off. Ouch! And Dad is no help. He just says "ew.." and walks away. It's not gross, Dad, and it hurts! At least I can sympathize?

Hopefully the lotion helps and we don't have to worry about it. She was great for the appointment, smiling and cooing and rolling all over the place. We were fortunate to avoid any falling-off-the-table incidents, and she only screamed super loud for about 2 minutes after the shots. Wow I hate those things. But she's a champ and moves on with life pretty quickly after. I'm so proud of her.

I think white shirts are out for a while... no wet t-shirt contests allowed in my house! Seriously, she looks like she got hosed down with all of that drool covering her head to toe. No signs of teeth yet, though Doc said they could be coming soon though.

He was also super impressed with her ab crunches she was doing (always an over achiever, just like momma, showing off how good she is) and said she looked really strong and ready to move. If you ask nicely, she might show you her six pack someday.

Love me that healthy baby!