Today George had his 4 month doctor's check-up!  Our appointment went good.  He was 14 pounds and 15 ounces = 50%.  He was 25 inches = 50%.  His head was 16 3/4 = 60% = lots of brains!!  ;)

We talked with Noah about the sleeping & eating stuff.  Sleeping is going GREAT.  George sleeps for 12 hours at night.  WooooHoooo.  Our question was . . . do we have to wake him to eat now.  The answer was no - let him go as long as he wants.  George can dictate the length of his naps now.  

The new development for GV is in the feeding department.  He's decided to take about 11 ounces per feeding.  We were having SERIOUS trouble with the mid-day bottles, so we combined them into one larger feeding.  Sooooo . . . now GV only takes 3 bottles a day.  I know that's WAY unusual for his age, but it's what he's happier with.  He doesn't fight the mid-day bottles as much, he still eats the same amount, etc.  So, the doc, while not THRILLED with the idea, agreed it was fine as long as he was gaining good weight, eating good, etc.  And he is!

We told the doc he has been spitting up a TON lately, so he suggested we try the Enfamil AR formula.  We bought a little after the appt and have tried mixing it 50/50 with the old kind for the last two bottles of the day and the spit up is WAY improved!!  I think the theory here is the thicker formula stays down better.  We needed #4 nipples though to get it to go through.  Tomorrow we may also try the Gerber Nuk bottles/nipples as well.  Anyway, the thickness comes from rice starch they mix in there - so that's why it's harder to get through the holes.  So since he's getting the rice starch from that, the doc says we probably can wait a little longer to do rice cereal in a bowl.

What else?  We talked about his dry skin.  Noah told us to try a different kind of lotion.  We confirmed sunscreen is OK for my WHITE baby.  We told the doc he still hasn't rolled over yet, but he wasn't worried.  He expects we'll see that in the next 4 - 6 weeks.  Noah gave GV the once over and said all looks great.  He's happy and healthy and growing good.  

Keep it up GV!  Happy 4 month birthday!

XOX

Mom