4 months

Time flies! Victor had his four month checkup today. He gained a pound since the last time the doctor saw him two weeks ago, so he's back to the regular levels of weight gain. I'm pretty sure the slow down was because of going on and off his tummy medicine, poor baby. We're going to keep him on it at least until we're back from our trip.

Vital stats look good: just over 14 pounds (38th percentile), just under 26 inches (78th percentile), and completely average head circumference. I know the tall babies take after my side, I'm not sure what Damian's side was like (though Damian was definitely a long one when he was born at 24 inches!) Once again, the doctor made remarks about how strong he is, which she's done every time she's seen him!

He took his shots like a man! He only had two today plus one oral vaccine. He cried when the needles went in, but quieted down quickly. I already knew he was hungry, so the nurse let us stay in the room and I fed him right away. By the time he was done he was even smiling at the nurses on the way out (he's such a flirt--all the little girl babies better watch out!)! He fell asleep as soon as he got into the car seat, but didn't stay that way for long once we got home. He's just been playing like normal! We're still going to take it easy today, though, just in case. Last time I think I took it worse than he did, but he did have a couple of incidents where he randomly panicked and started crying, so we're going to stay home today just in case.

This time the doctor said they usually don't recommend starting foods until they're 5 1/2 or 6 months old; well, too late! Mr. Victor is a hungry man and he's been eying us when we eat like he wants to know what all the fuss is. So last night I got some rice cereal and mixed it with his favorite drink and he gobbled it down like he's been waiting for it! Well, not really. He took the spoon really well, even opened his mouth when he saw it coming, but had that contemplative look on his face like "it tastes the same but what is this new texture and delivery method, hmmm..." Then he figured out that not only can he grab the spoon but he can also gnaw on it, so he lost interest in eating. He got down about a tablespoon, though! I think we'll bring the cereal along with us and use that once in a while or if he's too hungry for me to keep up with instead of supplementing with formula. We had to do the formula thing a little bit a couple of weeks ago, but I've since caught up. Hungry little man, like I said!