Cooper At 4 Months

I took Cooper to the doctor for his 4 month check-up. He is a very healthy baby and everything seems to be developing just on track. He is now 13 lbs and 3 ounces and is 24 inches long. He's still in the 25th percentile for his weight and is now in the 40th percentile for height and head size. The doctor said that meant he was symmetrical... I take that to be a very good thing.

The doc said he was pleased with his weight gain and that we would wait to introduce any solid food until 6 months if that was ok with us. We are completely fine with that and I'm just so grateful that he's still doing so well with breastfeeding. I have been a little concerned about not having enough extra stored up and what if I don't meet the pumping quota for a day and so I mentioned that to the doctor and he gave me a couple of suggestions.

He got his shots and other than the actual "sticking" him part he did great. Of course he screamed for that but afterwards calmed right down.

We had to wait a long time in the office and the doctor apologized for the delay. He mentioned that the baby they had seen before us was not developing as he should have and they had to deal with that. It made my heart hurt for the poor mother who was leaving that day without the same kind of news I was. It made me ever so grateful for my healthy baby boy.

Here are a few of Cooper's latest tricks...
- a huge fan of eating his fists
- just started grabbing his feet
- a little bit better a flipping from his belly to his back
- sleeps 6-8 hours every night
- eats about every three hours during the day
- smiles at everyone, sometimes we really have to work for it and other times not
- started reaching for toys
- "talking" to us in his own little language
- wears size 1 diapers and wears some 0-3 months but mostly 3-6 month clothes