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4 Month Checkup: Captain Adorable

It's not red eye, it's LASER eyes.

Well, on Friday Jack had his four month checkup. And everything is OK.

Jack weighed 12 lb 1/4 oz (10th percentile) and was 24 1/2 inches tall (45th percentile), all good news! The Doctor says Jack is right where he should be as far as growth and development. We expect he will roll from back to front soon, but he mostly loves standing and looking behind himself. Also, doc says Jack shouldn't need cereal for another couple of months.

I had a couple of questions for the doctor and got answers that at least made me feel better.

1) "He still hates the bottle and sometimes he doesn't eat even if we aren't there"
Well, some babies never take well to the bottle, so you may want to just start using a sippy cup also and see if that works, since those don't look like "fake nipples"

So we're trying it (amusing as it is to watch) and right now he just plays with them


2) "About these 'naps' I hear tale of?"
Don't ruin a good thing by forcing naps unless he looks really tired and it is not close to bed time since he sleeps for so long at night.

Which is good news. All the things you read say "Your baby needs 2 naps a day" and gives advice on learning to fall asleep on his own and "make sure he naps where he sleeps" etc. Well Jack can fall asleep on his own but his crib naps were 1 hour of wailing. I would not trade 11 hours of sleep at night (minus one feed between 3 and 4) for a nap ever. I just did not want to be depriving him!

So, overall a good visit. He has been a bit fussy and is always trying to eat or bite things, so maybe there is a tooth in our future!

Comments

  1. Team Sudar7/30/09, 1:14 PM

    Jack is so cute and getting so big!

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  2. Unknown8/8/09, 9:04 PM

    Carissa never liked the bottle either, but got the hang of the sippy cup quickly. It was one less thing to have to worry about - weaning her from the bottle.

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  3. The Queen B8/30/09, 4:45 PM

    Neither of my girls were big daytime nappers BUT slept through the night almost immediately so I wasn't to upset. They do now, as big girls (sniff sniff) take a quiet time. Rosemary will nap now, after much training, and Camille typically naps on and off but does stay in her room.

    Rosemary only accepted the bottle or any other form of cup when we put Soy Milk in it! She loved nursing (and still does) and didn't want any substitutes!

    Good luck!!

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