4 Month Stats

We took Samantha for her 4 month check up today. Good news!! Steve and I still have not ruined her. She weighed in at 14 pounds and 9 ounces (67th percentile) and was 24 1/4 inches long (46th percentile). Her melon came in at 43 centimeters, in the whopping 91st percentile. Dr. Herron was very pleased with her progress. She is right on target (or slightly ahead of) the major milestones. She is sleeping great at night, well enough that we will start phasing out the 11:00 "dream feed." Still working on naps, though!! We will also be starting rice cereal at some point this weekend. We wanted to give it a go tonight, but she had her second round of shots and is not in the best of moods this afternoon. I also think I managed to give her my cold, so she has a mild case of the sniffles. We're told its nothing to worry about.

Samantha has had a very eventful week. On Tuesday, she rolled over for the first time. It took her 20 minutes, but she got there. Now she's an old pro. If we put her on her back, she'll be on her stomach in no time, lifting her head a chest, looking around. She still has a problem going from her chest to her back, but that will develop soon. She's still "talking" a lot ... no idea what she is saying. She also discovered her feet last week. Needless to say, it is much harder to get a diaper on her now!

Thanks for checking on us. Have a great Labor Day weekend!