Friday, January 15, 2010

Four Months Old

Henry Christopher- Four Months Old

Henry is at such a fun age! He is much more aware of the world around him and loves to watch people. He has a great smile and an infectious laugh- we have fun working it out of him. He is especially ticklish and loves to have his clothes off so those are our usual tricks for getting a laugh :) Big brother seems to be having more fun with him too and Henry adores Tommy. It's fun to watch!

At four months Henry weighs 13lbs, 8 oz (25%), is 24 1/2" long (25%), and his head is 16 1/2" (50%). Tommy was 17lbs, 8 oz (95%), was 26 1/2" long (95%), and his head was 16 1/2" (50%). Obviously Tommy was quite a bit bigger at this age! The doctor was a little concerned that Henry's percentiles have dropped so significantly so we have started adding some formula to his feedings and will probably try to start rice cereal in the next week or so.

What's Henry up to at 4 months?
  • He consistantly sleeps 13 hours at night (7pm-8am) and rarely wakes up in the middle of the night anymore. I think he only woke up twice in the last month.
  • He eats every 2 1/2- 3 hours during the day.
  • He goes down for a morning nap fairly consistantly around 9am- 10:30am. After that things tend to vary from day to day.
  • He loves to suck his left thumb to fall asleep and also likes his glow seahorse that plays music that Santa brought him.
  • He loves to play with rattles and toys and is able to lay under the activity gym for longer periods of time.
  • He is still in 3-6 month clothes for the most part and size 2 diapers.
  • He still loves his bath and isn't a big fan of his car seat.
  • He smiles often and loves to be talked to!

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