Blog | 4 Months
Brianna turned 4 months old this past Tuesday and had her 4 month checkup on Thursday. She now weighs 11 lbs., 2.5 oz, and is 23.5″ long. I think she is getting so big — in fact, you can see in this recent picture how she is almost too big for her cradle!
But, the doctor is a little concerned about her weight since she is not consistently following any one percentage growth line. Instead, every time we take her in, she is in a lower percentage. This is probably because she spits up a lot. So we have started adding a little rice cereal to her bottle. Hopefully this will add a few calories along with weighing down her food a bit to help her keep her food in her stomach where it belongs (instead of on my shirt, Jason’s shirt, her shirt, etc.). The doctor also said she has an ear infection. Now, before you feel too bad for her you should know that she doesn’t seem the least bit bothered by it. Either she has a high pain tolerance, or it doesn’t really hurt. The only difference we see is that she is spitting up more (almost hard to believe) and she is a little congested. Both, apparently, are signs of an ear infection. The congestion I get, but the extra spit-up? You learn something new every day.
Anyway, she is quite the happy baby. She smiles almost all the time, laughs quite a bit, and talks constantly (I don’t think she got the talking part from Jason…). She found her feet the other day and has spent the past week or so grabbing and thoroughly examining them. She also loves to play with Gina (her giraffe) and various other stuffed rattles and toys she has. Mostly, she likes to grab and taste everything (including my glasses and my hair)! Naps are still too short/infrequent, but I hear that is normal for this age. On the plus side, she doesn’t seem too bothered by a lack of sleep and she generally sleeps great at night — between 7 and 9 hours each night. Even then, when she wakes up (usually around 5 or 6) she typically eats and goes back to sleep for a couple more hours. Jason and I both really appreciate the good night sleeping!
