4 month Dr's appointment

On Thursday we went back to the Dr for Chase's 4 month appointment. Even the nurses commented on how much bigger and more interactive he was compared to his first visit at 6 days old. Chase was excited to be there and smiled at everyone. He stared at a little girl who was a bit older than Nasya, who was banging on the chairs in the waiting room. That's our son- checking out the older ladies!

Chase weighed in at 14lbs 12oz- short of the 16lbs we expected, but still great. He was 25 inches long, putting both his height and weight at the 50th percentile. He's meeting all his milestones in terms of holding his head up, tracking light with his eyes, and standing up (with support).

As some of you know, Chase has stopped sleeping through the night. In fact, the past couple of nights he's been up every 2 1/2 to 3 hours. It's not good for him to not have more restful sleep, and it's miserable for me. Now I know why sleep deprivation is a type of torture. We asked the Dr about this sudden change and, as we expected pointed to two possibilities:

1. Chase is hungry and ready for solid foods. He suggested we start with rice cereal, then other types of grain cereals, and then start veggies.

2. Chase is teething. Apparently his volume of drool is normal (I can't imagine what it will be like when he's drooling more), but his gums are a little swollen so his teeth may be working their way up.

Since I'm desperate for sleep, we went right to the organic market and bought rice cereal to use Thursday night. See next post on our first attempt at solid foods. If that doesn't work, it's time to give him some pain relief for those teeth.

Finally, Chase got his shots and he was a champ! No crying at all (from either of us!), he just looked a little wide-eyed while Stephen held him. We had pre-medicated him with some generic Tylenol so we would not repeat the scene after the last set shots. From all reports, he was a happy baby all day so the Tylenol must have worked.

Sorry about the lack of pictures, but stay tuned for the next post...this eating/feeding thing is going to take a little while to perfect...