4 Months Old!

Age:  4 months!

Weight: 11lbs 5oz.  4th percentile.  She's our little string bean (but we're trying to turn her into a little chick pea...more on that below!)

Length: 25in.  Around the 50-60th percentile.

Size: All over the place.  0-3, 3, 3-6 onesies.  3-6 pants in length, and in sleepers.

Teeth: It's so early, but she seems to be really chewing and working on her gums.

Sleeping: She is still sleeping through the night!  We generally have to wake her up in the mornings!

Eating: I was way to generous last month when I said 30 oz of breast milk--it was probably more like 24-27 oz.  We're trying to increase that.  She's still eating breast milk, but now we have to add rice cereal in bottles (more on that below).

Movement: Eliza loves to kick and pull on her toes while on her back!  She also is able to do this scoot thing from her back (basically a half roll then changing directions).

Milestones: Big laughs!!  Holding her own bottle and putting it in her mouth!

Favorite Toys:  Her new Lamaze brand pull-toy.  Her puppy mini-blanket.

 Dislikes: Getting strapped into her carseat.

Words/sounds: Not too many consonants yet, but she does try to imitate funny noises!


We had Eliza's 4 month well child visit a few days ago.  Mommy and Daddy had a gut feeling Eliza wasn't gaining much weight, and we were right.  The Dr. is a little concerned about her low weight gain (while there is no goal weight, the goal is to gain one pound per month and generally babies double their birth weight by 4-5 months).  Eliza didn't hit the goal of 2 pounds gained since her 2 month visit.  We all suspect the issue is spitting up.  So, to help solve those problems, we are adding rice cereal to bottles in order to help her keep the milk down.  We've also got her on liquid baby prilosec.  So far it seems to be helping as she's spitting up less!  We will have a weight check next week to see if we've got some weight gain---to see if our string bean is turning into a round little chick pea!  :)  


In good news, Eliza is developing amazingly!  Her head (brain) is growing at a steady rate.  She amazes us every day with her hand-eye coordination and strength.  As I type, Eliza is stealing Daddy's nose and mouth!  She's a grabby baby!