4 Months!

We have a chunker on our hands! I couldn't be more proud! At Campbell's 4 month appointment he weighed 17lb 6oz (92nd percentile), was 26" long (88th percentile) and has a head circumference of 42 cm (50th percentile). 

He took his second round of shots like a champ. I'm just so proud of him. He didn't flinch or cry at all for the first shot and then cried for maybe 3 seconds after the second one and then was fine. We laughed later that it's probably his chunky thighs that help with this. He probably felt the needle and thought "What was that? Did someone sneeze on my thigh?"

He smiled and giggled for all the nurses and the doctor. She was very impressed with his head control and has no developmental concerns.

She said we could start him on rice cereal and/or oatmeal if we want to. I think I may want to wait until 5 months to give that a try. She said we could try solid foods when he turns 6 months. She recommended starting with veggies and then going to fruits. I plan to make his food so we'll see how that goes! 

My baby is just amazing. He's so flexible, not at all like his mama! Even when he's fussy, you can usually get a smile out of him!  

He does seem to have his mama's temper though and when he gets worked up, he's worked up and you better feed him and let him sleep or it's not gonna change!

Things Campbell can do:

• He has completely mastered rolling both ways. He picked up back to belly at about 3 1/2 months. Now he can roll pretty quickly so there's no taking your eyes off him!
• He recognizes mommy and daddy now and always has a smile for us when we come home or back into a room. And loves giggling at whatever silly thing daddy is saying to him. 
• He found his feet around 3 months or so and still loves them. He tries to hold books with his feet instead of his hands! 
• We're finding he's more aware of and interested in his toys now. He loves all the hanging things on his floor gym and plays with his rattles more when we hand them to him. 
• He still needs to be swaddle to sleep - those arms are still a little 'flaily' but he does figure out how to get out of it often. 
• Still eats about every 3 -3.5 hours and 5-5.5 oz. 
• Generally wakes up once per night between 1-3 am
• Campbell appears ready to try cereal so we'll probably give that a try at 5 months. 

Mama is still pumping 3 times a day at work and still not loving it but it's definitely just routine. I still have my goal to nurse for 6 months and a couple times I've thought about going longer but then there's a day when he's tugging and pulling and scratching me (I need to clip his nails every 3-4 days) and I have to remind myself to even keep it up another 2 months so we'll see where we are at 6 months. I think the plan will most likely be to drop the pumping and just nurse when I'm with him and he can have formula while with Gamma. 

Every night from work is crazy town in our house. From 6-8:30pm we're running crazy. I get home at 6, change clothes and immediately (generally) feed Campbell while Nick gets dinner going. Then Campbell plays on his floor gym or bouncer while we hurry and eat. Nick entertains Campbell while I clean up the kitchen and pump parts/bottles. We give him a bath, I nurse him once more for just a little bit and then rock him to sleep. Then its time for mommy to relax a little bit before going to sleep by 9:30! 

We keep reminding ourselves it won't be like this forever and Lord knows it will probably only get crazier as he continues to grow but we know we'll get through it all!