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!