javier–4 meses

Baby B…

Here are his stats:

• Weight: 14 pounds , 1 oz. (45th percentile – up 2 pounds, 7 oz since last visit!)
• Height: 23 1/2 inches (10th percentile – up 2 inches)
• Head Circumference: 16 cm (10th percentile – 1 cm growth).

do you see his hair?  it’s got some reddish tint to it and look at how it stands up.  want a closer look?

I’m considering putting in a little hair product to smooth it down.

I was most concerned at this visit with Javier and how he’s doing.  His acid reflux/heartburn really seem to be doing a number on him and he appears to be so uncomfortable and unhappy a lot of the time.  I don’t think it has to do with his personality; rather, he truly feels uncomfy poor baby.  Dr. W has upped his Zantac dose to kind of the ‘maximum’ of 1.2 ml up to 4x/day and that’s definitely helped for the time being.  However, the concern is that he’ll develop a tolerance for it again and it’ll loose its efficacy.  The next medicine he could try is Prevacid, however it’s not recommended in patients under a year, so before starting him on that Dr. W wants him to see a pediatric GI doc, just to get the green light on it.  I worry that he’s always hungry because out of a 6 ounce bottle probably 2 ounces end up on him/myself/the floor because of his spit up (even when I stop every two seconds to burp him) and we’re going through at least a couple shirts a day for him due to spitting up as well.  He arches his back, twists and turns and cries.  It’s so sad.  So we’re holding off on taking him to the specialist since he seems to be much better now on this new dose of the Zantac… hopefully he’ll outgrow it soon.

His photo shoot pics…

I had wanted to take pics of the boys in matching outfits but he’d spit up all over his and it was late so he was in his pjs.

Javier is a champion roller.  He rolls over from tummy to back regularly and has made it from his back to his tummy a couple times as well.  Not to be outdone by big brother, Javier has, much to our surprise, already cut his first tooth (lower right).  Ouch!

He’s also gotten much better at sleeping.  He regularly goes down between 7:30 and 8 (a bit later than A) and will sleep until 4:30 – 5 in the morning, nurse, then go back down until 7.  Not too shabby!  He’s taken to sleeping on his side, unlike his brother or sister.  Last night we found him curled up around one of the bumpers in his bed hugging it… I think I need to get him a good ‘lovie’ to curl around instead – far safer!  Naps are a struggle with him and the only place he naps well consistently is in the carseat or one of the little swings in the kitchen.  I think it helps that he’s sitting up and snug (he enjoyed being swaddled for quite a while).  As a result of his napping style he sometimes falls asleep in the oddest places.

in the jumpy – not the first (or last) time he’s fallen asleep there.

see? completely different outfit a few days later. don’t worry – we don’t leave him there.