andres–4 meses

I’ve decided, in the interest of my own sanity and in order to preserve their sense of individuality, that for ‘big updates’ (milestones and such) I’ll give each boy their own post.  It gets too confusing going back-and-forth.  Plus, they are their own individuals and completely different from one another and while comparisons are inevitable, I don’t need to start them here.

pictures from his 4 month ‘photo shoot’

The boys “officially” turned 4 months old at the beginning of the month but due to scheduling conflicts didn’t have their checkup with Dr. W until this past Monday.  Here’s the skinny on Baby A.

• Weight: 15 pounds exactly. (50th percentile, down from the 75th at their 2 month appointment). A 2.2 pound gain since their last appt.
• Height:  24 1/4 inches long. (25th percentile). He’s grown 2 inches in length.
• Head Circumference: 15 3/4 cm (10th percentile – oh no! Finding him a sun hat will be problematic!!) His head has only grown a quarter cm since last visit.

Dr. W and Nurse Tara were just tickled with my sweet boy.  He giggled, laughed, cooed, and flirted through the whole visit.  He’s definitely working on the two front bottom teeth, but neither has broken through the skin yet.  I mentioned that he looks rather longingly at the dinner table when he sees us eating, with a long on his face equivalent to “Hey, I’d like some steak Mama!” so Dr. W gave us the green light to start on a little brown rice cereal up to 2 times per day whenever we are ready.  I’m not exactly sure how that would work since it’s not like he sits up yet and I’m supposed to feed him with a spoon so we won’t be rushing in to anything just yet.

Andres is cheery and sunshine-y.  Far happier than I remember Emilia being at this age.  He loves to play in the jumpy, and has recently discovered his hands (bringing them together, bringing them to his mouth, etc).  Whenever Emilia is around him he just lights up – clearly loves his big sis.

‘sup ladies.

He’s also a champion sleeper.  Andres will take two good naps a day – at least a couple hours each (very much like Emilia at this age) and goes down easily – barely a whimper.  He only likes to sleep on his tummy though (which may explain why, when we put him down for tummy time or to practice rolling over he gets upset thinking we want him to go to sleep.  At nights he’s down at 7:30 exactly and many mornings I have to wake him at 8:30 in order to get us out the door in time to take E to school.

I’m kinda obsessed with baby feet which, really, are too delicious.  Look at A’s toes – they’re crazy long (very Glaser trait I think) and they are kind of ‘mushed’ together.  Delicious.