Dane had his 4 month appointment today. I love these well baby visits to see how my little guy is doing. In the dr's words, "he's thriving." So, he's doing just wonderful.
He's 50th percentile for height (24 1/2 inches) and head, and 70th for weight (15 lbs 1.5 oz). Our little chunker. He's also a really tough baby and cried for a total of 5 seconds for his shots. (He did the same thing at 2 months). Which is great for him of course, but also me. Then I don't get so sad.
I had a laundry list of things to ask the doc. Dane wakes up in the middle of the night sometimes, with his head up against the crib. I double checked about crib bumpers and the dr. said no. Which is fine, cuz we never bought any for suffocation risks. Poor boy will just have his head up against the bars every once in awhile. (It's not bad, so don't worry). I let him know that Dane takes 30 min. naps and we rock him to sleep every night, because he can't fall asleep on his own. So, we had the "cry it out" talk. We are going to do the Ferber method, where we check on him every 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, etc. min. but don't pick him up. Just go in to let him know we're there and we haven't abandoned him. Hopefully, after 2-4 days he'll be able to fall asleep on our own and be able to fall asleep in the middle of naps when he wakes up so he can extend those too.
Next, Dane has 2 teeth! But they still haven't started growing in, you can just see them through the gums. Dr. said he thinks they still won't come in for another month or so though.
Last, solid foods. Dr. said it's totally fine if we wanted to try it out. He even said we could skip rice cereal because there aren't any nutrients in it. If Dane didn't want anything to do with it, then don't push it. If I were breastfeeding, I would probably wait until 6 months to start solids, but for some reason, since I'm formula feeding I was much more excited to start him on solids. So, he had his first bites of avocado today! He didn't push it out of his mouth at all, swallowed and then... gagging. He spit it up, haha. We'll try again tomorrow though and see if he likes it anymore.
He's now laughing (hence the video below) - he loves when we rub his hands on our cheeks and say "cheeks" - silly boy
He loves to "stand" while holding our fingers
He is SOOO close to rolling from his back to belly (already goes the other way)
He grabs at everything and chews on it
He's just such a happy baby overall.
Love him.
