Showing posts with label Milestones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Milestones. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Charlie is 4 Months

Our sweet Charlie is now 4 months old. He continues to be a very happy, smily child. Often when he's crying about something if you smile at him he just can't help but to smile back at you through his tears. Sunday he was just so incredibly happy we had to capture some of his smiles on video.

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(I know - Davey desperately needs a haircut.)

I think he's on the verge of starting to wake up only once at night - hopefully - he's done it a couple times in the last week. And he's finally upstairs in his own room now, which I'm really enjoying. I can roll over in my bed without worrying about making too much noise now :) And the best part is that I can finally get back on my treadmill (also in my room) while he's napping. Today I actually got through 30 straight minutes! Davey had to go cheer him up the last 10 minutes, but either way it worked.

He now weighs 13 lbs 13 oz (just under the 50th percentile) and 25 1/8th inches (just over the 50th percentile). I think he's beginning to grow out of his reflux so I'm monitoring it over the next few weeks to see if I can take him off the medication. Thank goodness because he's seeming too big to keep sleeping in the swing (so his torso is elevated).

He's getting about a tablespoon of rice cereal in the mornings now which he is getting a bit better about eating. I waited to give Davey solid foods until he was over 6 months since I was wary about adding something else to my routine, but Charlie seems to need something more already  since he often wants to eat every 2 1/2 hours which is quite waring to still be doing. The thing I can't figure out is that his pediatrician advised me to give him 1 - 2 ounces of water through the day to help his body digest the cereal. I've never heard that before and thought kids weren't supposed to be given water yet.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Rolling Over

Charlie doesn't love being on his stomach, but I have been better about putting him on it than I was with Davey. Yesterday when it was tummy time, Charlie looked like he was about to roll over, so I helped him along to show him what to do. Then I put him back where was and he proceeded to roll right over again on his own!

Today I tested him to see if it was a fluke yesterday and right when I put him on his tummy he rolled over and then did it again. Of course when I got out the video camera he wouldn't do it anymore.