Wednesday, October 12, 2011

4 Months


I can't believe he's only and already 4 months old. He is such a big boy and so much fun. He smiles and laughs all the time and just loves getting as much attention as he can get. He loves his big brother and always watches him and smiles; you can tell he really wants to be able to play with him. Milo also loves his baby brother and is very protective of him. Logan is just such a sweet little boy.

We took him to the doctor yesterday and he had to get shots. He wasn't very happy about getting pricked with the needle, but once I nursed him he was fine and even happy. That evening his legs bothered him quite a bit, it was so sad and I couldn't give him any more tylenol. Today he is back to his happy smiley self :)

Here are his stats
weight: 14.84 lbs  50.16%tile
length: 25 inches   54.27%tile
head: 16.3 inches  26.7%tile

Compared to the rest of the boys his age he is average, but compared to his big brother he is a chunk :)

The doctor said his head is looking flatter than he would like, but not flat enough for a helmet. yet. If next visit it's any worse then he'll probably recommend a helmet. Then he put Logan on his tummy. Now, I haven't done a ton of tummy time with him. I didn't with Milo either. He has, and always has had, a strong neck. He sits in his bumbo lots and plays in his baby entertainment center lots, so I haven't been too worried. Plus, when I put him on his tummy he just kind of looks silly, gets really frustrated and just over all doesn't do tummy time right... see?


so the doctor put him on his tummy and he buried his face into the table and kicked and pushed with his legs, pushing his face further into the table. So that combined with the flattening head, he said Logan needs LOTS of tummy time. Like, 20 times a day. As much as I can keep him on his tummy. Well apparently Logan is a good listener like his brother. That night we put him on his tummy and he was pro. Held his head up nice and high, looked around, grabbed at his toys, he even pushed himself up and straitened his arms. No fussing for a long time. It was like he does it all the time. Such a good boy :)

Yesterday we gave him solid food for the first time. I gave him rice and apples cereal. He LOVED it. Once he figured out he had to open his mouth to get the food, I couldn't get it in his mouth fast enough. I started with only a little bit, just in case he didn't like it, so when I went to get some more, he got SO mad. He was snorting and shaking his head trying to get me to feed him faster. When he finished all of it, I tried to nurse him to top off his tummy, but that just made him mad, he wanted more cereal. silly boy!




Since birth, he has always wanted to sit up. If you sit him up he wants to sit up more. Lay him down and he pulls his head up and tries his very hardest to sit up. Today, I sat him up and he stayed! He's still wobbly, and if he gets too excited he'll throw himself backwards or fall to the side, but he's doing pretty dang good for being able to sit like this is at 4 months!


Overall, he's a great little kid. Full of smiles and giggles, chill, ok to be on his own but loves to be held loved and cuddled. Now if only he would sleep more than 2-3 hours at a time at night...

2 comments:

Erica and Dan Kiefer said...

Hi Erin and Adam!
Fun catching up on your cutie. I love that pic of him sitting up! "As long as I don't move a muscle, I won't fall over..." haha Glad he's healthy and well! I hope the head flattening improves for him. My nephew had to get one. Not the worst thing that can happen but my sis says its kind of a hard thing to deal with. good luck!

Jess said...

You're little boys are so cute! Now you just need a little girl to help even it out right? haha j/k I'll cross my fingers that your little one doesn't have to wear a helmet, I always feel so sorry for those kids!