Tommy’s 4-Month Checkup:


Tommy did well at his appointment.  He is weighing 17 pounds 11 ounces.  He is 26 inched long.  He is in the 90th % for height and weight, so he is still considered a big boy!  Developmentally he is functioning at about 6 month old they said.  He is beginning to do some of the 7 months stuff.   Tommy was laughing and having a great time with the Dr.  Talking a mile a minute like always.  It was funny. 


Tommy isn’t going to start on solid foods quite yet.  He isn’t drinking enough formula yet the Dr said.  He would like to have Tommy at about 35 ounces before we introduce cereal.  So Tommy is about 4 1/2 months old now, so we will wait until he is about 5 months or so.  He is still sleeping through the night and not appearing to be very hungry.    I talked the Dr about making my own babyfood which he said was fine, actually healthier since there were no preservatives.    I will be use commercial baby cereal initially though.  I brought the book Super Baby Food to the appointment and showed the Dr what they reccommended for frist foods, and he was fine with them. 


Tommy had four shots.  Man, do I hate that.  He cried so much.  He did fine, but was crabby most of the evening and he woke up at about 1:00 am with a slight fever and crabby.  This morning he seems to be his cheerful self again.  He is such a joy to us. 


I took a great picture of Josh holding Tommy the other day.  Those two are best buds.   Joshua adores his brother, Tommy.  It is a wonderful thing for me.  I am so glad I was persistent in trying to conceive for so many years, I would never had wanted Josh to miss out on this experience. 


We went to the library yesterday before the Drs.   I had about 10 books on reserve.  LOL!!  I was reading the practical homeschooling magazine and I stumbled across this great book I ordered for Tommy.    It is a book with weekly activites for children ages birth to 5.   I read a few excerpts from it online at Amazon.  I thought that would be nice.  Tommy is only 18 weeks so we have a lot more weeks we can do.   Slow and Steady Get Me Ready : A Parents’ Handbook for Children from Birth to Age 5
by June R. Oberlander.  Check it out………seems like a cool book. 


Well time to get about my day.  Later!

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