Holy Four Months Batman!

Sometime in the last week we got a four month old.

FOUR MONTHS.

That's like a semester at college.

Or half a pregnancy.

I can't believe I've been lucky enough to be at home with him this whole time. 

What do you need to know about our four month old?

• After WEEKS of anguish and stressing and crying and frustration about breastfeeding until 10 weeks old, our little guy is finally on track weight-wise.  At his 4 month appointment on the 21st, he weighed 15 lbs, 3 ozs and was 24.5 inches long.  Right smack dab in the 50th percentile for both.  Welcome to average mediocrity buddy.  We're so happy to have you here.

• Where is he excelling?  Why, in head size for one.  He's in the over 100th percentile for that.  As our awesome and honest pediatrician said, "we'll watch him for water on the brain, but 99 times out of 100, it just means his Daddy has a big head.  (His Dad?  Has a BIG head).

• I think the infamous 4 month sleep regression has hit us in a weird way.  Nighttime awesome sleeping?  Not affected so far (but now that I've typed that I'm sure it will happen tonight). 
  Naps?  Are now officially needed.  If he doesn't get a nap or three during the day we're getting some major daytime meltdowns.  With holiday travel our schedules have been all screwed up, so he hasn't been getting an hour that he had been sleeping while we were on walks.

• We're all set to start daycare (and work for me) on Tuesday.  I'm really pleased where we ended up.  More on that in another post.

• He continues to not know how to roll front to back, but is a champ at rolling back to front.  It is supposed to happen in the opposite order.  What this means is that he now mostly sleeps on his stomach.  Nothing we can do to avoid, but I'll be happy to pass that six month mark where the SIDS scariness goes down significantly.

• He loves to have someone sing to him.  He coos and "sings" along most of the time.  The daycare we are sending him has an optional music program that I think we'll enroll him in.  Apparently Shawn was in the choir at Citadel.  Maybe we have another budding musician.  He certainly didn't get that ability or appreciation from his Mom.  (Unless he aspires to be a karaoke singer)

• Peas are the winner so far for eating.  He ate almost half a container this evening, when usually he was only having a spoon or two full.

• He's a budding narcissist.  Loves to check himself out in a mirror.  (But really, who doesn't?)

• He's still a sunny little dude.  Hasn't met a stranger (yet), and is very generous with smiles.  That makes it easier for Mom and everyone else.

We have a four month old!  This month's blackberry photo shoot brought to you in nakey and non-nakey.