4 MONTH CHECKUP

Yesterday, Alexander had his 4 month checkup (it was a few days late). He weighs in at 16lbs 3oz and 26" long!! This puts him in the 75% for both!! One of the nurses referred to him as a "large baby". I couldn't believe it! I know he's not small and I know my arms are starting to get toner from lifting him, but I didn't think of him as being that large. Oh well, what really matters is that he is perfectly healthy! And the doctor said he was very "social". I guess that's a way to say very active, alert, and talkative!!

He also had his shots yesterday which went really well. This time 2 nurses gave them to him at the same time, so it went quicker. He didn't cry too much. He is such a trooper! Although something kind of funny happened. I fed him as we were waiting for the shots, because he was getting kind of cranky and I figured he'd be even worse if he was hungry when they stuck him. Well, I didn't realize they would give him one orally. The lady thought she was helping him and the other nurse out by picking him up while she was giving it to him and he puked all over her!!! He wasn't bothered at all. He does this to me all the time when I try to give him something after he eats, but I felt bad for the nurse. But I have to say it was kind of funny. She was a really good sport about it!

Also, this week we have started to let Alexander sleep unswaddled. It has been interesting. Overall he's doing pretty well. But when I lay him down it seems that he thinks it's play time. So he'll just play for a while in his crib. At night has been the bigger issue. He can't roll from his belly to his back yet, so when he rolls himself over to his belly he'll wake up and need help from his mama. So, my sleep has been seriously disturbed over the last few weeks. It seems that since we came home from Kentucky he's been getting up at least twice a night when he was only getting up once before our trip. Hopefully it will get better soon, I'm getting really tired again.

Also, this past weekend when Chris went out of town for a cross country, my dear friend Hillary visited. We had a great time and Alexander was crazy about her.