Wednesday, December 10, 2008

4 months old and second set of shots

Time has completly flown by and Owen is already 4 months old. We took him to the doctor today for his second round of shots. Owen is now 13 pounds 14 ounces and 25 inches long. He is in the 60th percentile for his height and 30th percentile for his weight. As the doctor put it, Owen is "long and lean". I was a little worried when I heard that he was only in the 30th percentile for his weight, but our doctor said that he has no concerns at all. In fact, he said that we would only need to worry if Owen were to have two consecutive visits at or below the 5th percentile. Owen is well above that!
As far as Owen's development, he is right on track. Owen is holding his head on his own very well and is even sitting up on his own for a few seconds at a time. He has rolled over on his own a few times, though that skill has not yet become routine. He is tracking with his eyes and grabbing for his toys. He is also super interested in food. When we sit down to eat in the evening, we pull Owen up to the table in his car seat so he can sit with us while we eat. Sometimes he gets cranky and wants to be held. For the past week or so when I hold him at the table while I'm eating, he grabs for my food and plate. The other night he nearly pulled my plate off the table. Little booger! The doctor said that is a good sign that he is ready for solids. We can start to feed him rice cereal and 1st step baby foods. I think I may dabble and make some of our own baby foods at home.
Owen has also learned how to make himself cough. He has figured out that if he coughs it will get our attention. It is too funny- he'll cough a couple times to get us to look over at him- then he just smiles like "Ha, Ha- fooled ya!"
We bought Owen a Bumbo seat so he can sit and play and we have some great video of him playing with his toys. I'll try to get that uploaded this weekend.

Happy Holidays!

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