4 Month Stats

Marissa had her 4 month well baby visit yesterday.  She is continuing to grow right on track and the doctor's are happy with her growth and development.  For a breast feeding mom, that's always good news!  Formula fed babies sometimes get more calories and gain weight faster than a breast fed baby.  Sometimes I wish they had two different growth charts, one for formula fed babies and one for breast fed babies.  I feel that you would get a better idea of her growth compared to other babies her age.  Anyway, I digress...her growth is great and she's as happy as can be!

Age - 4 months

Weight - 13 pounds 3 Ounces

Length - 25 Inches

Head Circumference - 15.75 inches

4 Month Percentiles:

Height - 75th %

Weight - 37th %

Head - 21st %

So how does she match up to her 2 month well baby visit?  Well, her numbers have actually gone down a little bit in the percentile range but she has gained a little over 2 pounds, .75 inches in head circumference and .75 inches in length. 

Marissa also had to get 3 more vaccines.  I will say that she did much, MUCH better than her 2 month shots.  She still cried, but it wasn't nearly as dramatic as the last time and I wasn't a blubbering mess didn't cry at all.

I've been having a lot of fun with my new camera, still trying to get used to all of the functions and features, but I'm learning.  Here's a few recent photos:

 *Little cutie pie*

 Hi, Momma!

 Daddy's Girl!

Marissa was pretty fussy last night around bedtime, I could tell she wasn't feeling well so we gave her some tylenol and finally got her settled down.  Her sleep has been all over the place it seems.  Ever since the Holidays, her schedule hasn't gotten straightened back out.  She's waking up 1 to 2 times a night, anywhere from 1:30 am to 4:00 am.

The pediatrician said that we can go ahead and start solids if we want.  I told her my plan to make my own baby food and to skip rice cereal and oatmeal.  She said that was fine and to just wait one week in between introducing foods so that if she has any allergies we'll know what it is.  On Marissa's 4 month birthday we gave her a little taste of banana.  Her face said "what the hell is this, mom?" but she actually did really well eating it.  The pediatrician said that since she has good head control and is sitting up well (still assisted) that it would be okay to slowly start introducing purees.  The doctor said this may or may not help her sleep more through the night, so we'll see how our adventure into solids goes!