4 months for my Monster Baby!!

Happy baby!

Distracted baby

Today my baby turned 4 months! I can't believe it's been 4 months already. Time really flies. I know in no time I'll be saying 'she's 14 already??' But as of right now she is all but 4 months. We started out the day by taking her for her 4 month check up. As the title of this entry says, she's a monster baby! I can't believe how quickly she is growing. She is 15 lbs and 14 oz (95th percentile), 26 inches long (100th percentile), and her head circumfrence is 16 inches (60th percentile). So she is heavy and tall, but her head is almost 'normal' size.

I really am pleased with her so far. She is sleeping great - she usually only wakes up once at night around 4 a.m. There have even been quite a few nights that she has slept all night long. Even when she does wake up, she goes back to sleep fairly quickly. Actually, last night when I was reading a story to Joey I heard her start crying and I thought Kris went in there to get her back to sleep. Well, she cried for about 5 minutes, then went back to sleep. After I got joey to bed I went to thank Kris for taking care of her, but he said he couldn't get to her because he was in the bathroom. So she woke up and cried and put herself back to sleep. I felt horrible for making her cry - she probably thought her mommy had abandoned her, but it is good that she can self sooth already when I really haven't even made her do so at all. She eats great, too. She's a good little nurser! I've got to tell you it's so pleasent. Joey was a great baby, but with his reflux and constipation issues, plus the fact he was my first so I was stressed anyway, this is so nice to have such a good natured healthy little baby. I definately know it is a blessing to have two such healthy little ones!

The unfortunate thing about these early check ups are the shots. :-( Actually, both Joey and Savanna got shots today. They gave Joey his Flu shot. I talked to him about it the past couple days preparing him for it and he was actually excited about it. He kept calling it his 'blue shot' - I think he thought I was saying blue whenever I said flu! He would point to his arm and say "I'm getting a blue shot right here just like mommy!' (he watched me get my flu shot about a month ago....). But when it came down to the time of actually getting the shot, he wasn't so happy. There were definately big crocodile tears. After the nurse left he said 'That nurse hurted me!! She pushed the button and hurted me!' He was so mad - so offeneded acting. Kinda cute. Savanna, on the other hand got 3 shots plus and oral vaccine. I can't tell you what they were for - any more I just say 'ok' when they say they need certain vaccines. I truly believe the benefits outweigh the risks. She cried for maybe only 30 seconds after the shots and then got over it! Joey cried longer than Savanna did. I found that humorous.

Anyway, all in all, everything went great. Happy 4 month birthday Savanna! I can hardly wait to watch you grow and see what you will be like as your little personality develops! I love you so much my sweet baby girl!! :-)