Avery-4 month check up

Avery had her 4 month check up today, and she is one big baby! Her weight is 16 lbs 3 3/4 ounces, which is the 90 percentile. Her height is 25 1/2 inches which is the 75 percentile. She has been eating cereal and doing well with it, so the doctor said we could start with vegetable baby food. I can't wait to get some and see how it goes. Other than that she is perfectly healthy. She had to have four shots, and as luck would have it everything did not go smoothly. They had two nurses, and they each counted to three and went to give the first two injections. One of the nurses had a problem with her needle. She poked Avery, but could not inject anything!! They finished the last two, I calmed Avery down, and then they had to come back into the room to give the injection that didn't work the first time. Poor girl had to be poked one more time than necessary, and after I had already calmed her down. Hopefully that NEVER happens again.

She has been holding her bottle like a big girl. She is awake a lot during the day, and is sleeping okay at night. The periods of time she is sleeping at a time has gone down, but the doctor said the more solids she eats the better it will probably get. A formula only diet just isn't cutting it anymore!

She loves to put things in her mouth. She may be teething, but I haven't seen any crankiness, so it may just be drool. Her clothes get so wet that I usually end up changing her about 3 times a day.

Otherwise, she is just a happy baby. She loves to laugh, chuckle, and babble up a storm. I am just trying to enjoy every moment of her being a baby. It's hard to believe that she is already 4 months old. I know time goes fast; so when I am getting puked on, peed on, or woke up in the middle of the night, I know to just be thankful. I know there will be a time when I'll miss her being a baby.