Life Plus Two: 4 months

So the little guy turned 4 months old already. He's just as fun as ever. He's very smiley and starting to laugh a lot more. He has a "shy" smile most of the time like in his four month picture. He puts his chin into his chest when he smiles. I love it. Here's a few other things, and as always, a million pictures.

-His stats:

Height: 25 inches--47th percentile

Weight: 13 lbs 4 oz--14th percentile

Head Circumference: 16.2 inches--19th percentile

Yep. He's a tiny little guy still. But his head went from the 6th to the 19th percentile! What a jump!

-Also the doctor said I could start him on rice cereal but I'm going to hold off for a bit because he also said I could try reintroducing some dairy into my diet(!) to see how he handles it and I don't want to do both at once so I can see a true reaction. Wish me luck!

-He tends to be a daddy's boy and will calm down a whole lot quicker for Dan

-The kid does not nap. He hates going down for naps and on average, actual sleep time lasts about 25 minutes

-He's sleeping longer and longer at night. I wake him up around 9:30 to feed him and then he usually wakes up just once more in the night to eat. This week it's been between 3 and 4 in the morning and then his wake up time for the day is about 6.

-We had to raise his dose on his reflux meds because he started screaming in pain again and now he's back to happy.

-We moved and he handled it like a champ. The next night or two was a bit rough from the upset in his schedule but then he was fine.

-The kid is a couch potato. If the tv is on or there's a computer nearby he will do whatever he can to see it and then be interested in nothing else.

-He went on a hunger strike this month for about 2 weeks. It was miserable! It was like he suddenly forgot how to eat. He'd cry and want to eat but then just wouldn't suck. No matter if I was nursing him or giving him a bottle and then he'd scream because he was hungry. I'd try and trick him by quickly sneaking out his binky and shoving in the bottle and he'd eat for a few seconds and then stop and scream. This was happening at least 3 times a day and it would end up taking about an hour and a half before he got enough to eat and we'd both be crying by the end.

-Following his hunger strike he is a much faster eater. His fastest time used to be 45 minutes. Now he usually takes 20-30 minutes to eat.

-The kid is still the drooliest baby I've ever seen

-Anything that comes close to his face he tries to get into his mouth.

-He has a fascination with my wedding ring. He'll just sit and stare at it and then occasionally work it into his mouth then spit it out in disgust.

-The kid loves getting dressed. Especially putting his arms into sleeves. He gets so excited and smiles the whole time.

-He finally started to enjoy his time in the pool and would actually smile and wiggle around. And then of course, we moved.

14 Weeks