4 Month Well Check

We're home from Brianna's 4 month well check and she's sound asleep in her crib. The poor baby had to be stuck with two long needles but she did well and only cried for a few seconds. Once I picked her up, she was fine and she passed out asleep as soon as we got in the car to head home.

Here's the highlights from the appointment:

• Weight: 13 lbs 12 oz (50th percentile)
• Length: 25 3/4 inches (95th percentile)
• Head Circumference: 41cm (50th percentile)

Her doctor recommended taking her off the Zantac to see how she does since she's close to outgrowing the dose she's on and not having any issues. Hopefully, she's able to go without it. She also had her first tummy to back roll while Dr. Karen was examining her! As far as other developmental milestones go, she's right on track. Her hand-eye coordination is more that of a 6 month old so she's a little ahead of the curve there but she doesn't have quite the upper body strength yet that she should. She has excellent head control but needs more tummy time to continue developing her upper body strength. She's starting to put some weight on her feet when you hold her up and Dr. Karen said that was more of a 6 month milestone so not to be worried that she's not doing that yet. Overall, she's perfect in every way and doing everything she should be by 4 months of age!

As far as feeding goes, since we're still nursing successfully, Dr. Karen recommended we continue to do that exclusively until she's 5 months old, then start her on rice cereal 1-2 times a day. That way, she'll get the extra iron she needs from the cereal and the fluoride she needs from the water its made with. She said it was perfectly fine to wait till she's 6 months old to start her on veggies and then fruits.

I think that covers everything! I'm just thankfull I can work from home today in case she gets to feeling icky from the shots. Time to finish my lunch and get back at it before she wakes up from her nap!