Emmi's 4 month Update

Emmi visited the Dr. on Monday for her 4 month well baby visit. That is how I ended up with a 5 day weekend instead of the 4 day weekend I had planned. She was such a wreck when we got home, that I ended up taking the day off to console her. I hate when she has to get shots and I think giving a little baby 4 shots is just too much at one time.

She now weighs 13 lbs. 12 oz, is 24 inches long (they apparently measured her wrong at 2 months as 24 in. because she was only 23 in. at 3 months and now 24 in. at 4 months), her head circumference is 16. She didn't see her regular dr, he was out on vacation, but the dr. filling in says she looks great! She has been pulling on her ears, but there is no signs of infection, so it must just be teething. She constantly has something in her mouth and drools like crazy. She is my drool bug! From a nursing standpoint, I hope she doesn't get any teeth anytime soon!

I have, despite my regular dr's opinion, been giving her cereal on occasion. He thinks I should wait until she is like a year old. I waited with Nikki till 6 months. I am not rushing her or trying to get her to sleep through the night or anything. I am simply giving it to her, a very little bit I might add, because she shows interest in food when we eat. She gets all worked up sometimes watching us eat. She literally watches the food move from the plate to your mouth and sometimes she even makes chewing motions. From the information that I have read, those cues along with her being able to sit assisted, which she can, as well as grabbing at our food, which thank goodness she doesn't do yet, are all signs that she is ready for solids. So based on that I am giving her about one tablespoon of cereal in breastmilk. She really seems to be enjoying it and appears to know what to do with it. It doesn't replace any of her nursing sessions, it just gives her the opportunity to try something new.

She has also discovered her feet this week which is cute. Anytime you lay her on the floor to play or try to change her diaper she lifts up her legs and grasps her toes. She also coos like she is trying to tell you just how cool these things she has found are!