4 Month Check-Up

Caleb had his 4 month check-up last week. He is 24 inches long and weighs 15.2 lbs, which she said was about 6th percentile for height and 39th for weight. Caleb is a SHORT baby! (but then again, he was born 4 weeks early) But he's perfectly healthy and doing great! The main concern we had when we went was this bump on his nose. It started out as a scratch (he scratched near his nostril) and then it turned into a bump. I was hoping it wasn't infected or anything. She said it's probably just a hypertrophic scar (because there isn't any pus or fluid draining from it) and that as he gets older it will get better. In the meantime, she said we could put Mederma on it, so that's what we've been doing since. Hopefully it goes away. 

Then, poor Caleb had to get his 4 month shots. He screamed a lot longer/sadder than his first set of shots, but he still did good afterwards. 

We started feeding Caleb solids 2 weeks ago. We started off with oatmeal cereal. We bought the Beech Nut brand (which is all natural, I suppose). We also bought their applesauce. He really likes applesauce, but the oatmeal cereal, not so much. This weekend, I bought Earth's Best Organic Peas. He likes that as well. I'm excited for him to try more flavors as time goes by. I read that you should wait a few days in between starting a new food so that you know if they're allergic to anything. The doctor said 3 days is good, but I'm going to wait at least a week.

I can't believe how fast my little chunkster is growing!

LOVE him.

<3

Love,

Tiare

Our Favorite Things: 4 month edition

Caleb turned 4 months, 5 days ago! And yay, I remembered to do a favorites! 4 months into baby Caleb's little life, and we already have so many things that we cannot possibly live without. A few things have changed on our favorites list in comparison to the list at 2 months, but nothing major.

Here is what we are loving right now:

Caleb's Bernie

It's a bear head (so I thought it was, but after searching for a picture of it online, apparently it's a puppy, lol) on a soft blanket with silk trim, and it says "HUGS". My little sister's best friend's family gave it to him as a baby gift. We give it to him and he quickly wraps his arms around it and puts it in his mouth. He always smiles when we give it to him. He loves snuggling up with it. Oh, I named it Bernie because it was the first name that came to me that starts with a B :) ..but now that it's a puppy and not a bear.. we're still going to call it Bernie.

Books

This is one of the books that he likes. We've only bought 3 books for him so far, but he loves all of them. He loves looking at the pictures, especially in this book. He also loves Curious George and the Pizza Party. When I read it to him, he gets all excited and starts kicking and I feel like he's really engaged into all of the pictures and the story I'm reading (even though he can't understand what I'm saying.) The other book is DC Superheroes Storybook Collection. He likes that book too, but not as much as the other two. I think it's because the pictures aren't as bright and contrasting.

Standing

He seems to have a real interest in standing all the time (with our help of course). I can't wait to go back to Vegas because we have a hand me down baby gift waiting. It's one of those stationary jumpers. So hopefully since he loves standing so much, he'll love that and learn how to use the toys around it.

Fisher-Price Animal Krackers Fun Tub

When he was a newborn, his whole body fit into the sling. Now, his legs are hanging out and his feet are in the water.. lol. He just discovered splashing, so now he loves to kick and splash me and Mike as we're giving him a bath. The sling keeps him in a really good position for bathing. We don't have to hold him and bathe him. We love this tub and he really loves baths. This was a gift from my uncle Vincent. He gave us money as a baby gift and this was one of the things we purchased with it.

Love,

Tiare