yesterday i took jack in for a check up. he is almost 4 1/2 months if you go by weeks, which i do. so, he weighed in at 16 lbs. 11.1 oz. he is 27 in. long. he is in the 97th percentile for height, which i could have guessed. he is only 87 percentile for weight. hmmm, i thought that maybe he didn't have as many rolls as some babies i have seen. yet, he does have a cute chubby tummy and he was born with him mom's big-ole-thighs. poor dear.
in case you are wondering (mom's ask me about this all the time), no, jack is not taking cereal yet. we are still nursing exclusively -- except for the occasional bit of formula while i am at work at night. and jack's doing great. obviously.
jack is already interested in food, though. when i am short on time before work i usually eat my dinner while i feed him. i try not to drop too much food on him.:) last night it was impossible to feed jack. he kept turning to watch me eat. hello! focus on the task at hand, boy! i ended up having to make him a bottle at five minutes before i had to leave. that was frustrating.
sigh. jack is just tearing through the precious clothes in his armoir! wait! stop! i want to snuggle you in that one more time! no deal. jack was stretched into a 6 months carter's sleeper yesterday. after i found out his stats, i checked out the tag. apparently the 6 months size is good for babies up to 16.5 lbs. so, that's 16 lbs 8 oz. hey, that's the extra nudge i needed to put that sleeper away. the thing is, he has extra tummy room, but no leg room! i am terrorized by visions of my 1 year old needing 24 month sizes. help! i'm going to have to hit the garage sales right away in the spring or else poor jackers will be running around naked. cute, but a tad trashy.
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i had a friend who gave her kid cereal in their bottles at two weeks, so they would "sleep through the night". she thought i was starving clay because we waited until 5 1/2 months or so. you can tell everyone that "worries" that jackers is going to starve that the experts now advise that anytime between 4-6 months is the best time to start, but 6 months is even better, as their digestive system is more mature.
you know what? i sound like a walking text-book. oh well. clay is really tall too... he was in 2T stuff a couple of months ago. Alas... he was 32 inches at his last check up! we will have tall boys! :)
and i hated having to go to work when clay was exclusively breastfeeding. thankfully he was cool with bottles.
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