4 month update - 3 months, 4 weeks

4 month doctor's appointment today, Cole is 13 pounds 13.6 ounces, and 24 3/4 inches tall! Between 25-50% for weight, 50% for height. Since he's been very very hungry and up every 3 hours for the past few weeks, and since he holds himself up so well, Dr. Karen said that Cole can start eating some solid food! Just some rice cereal mixed with breastmilk to start, in the hopes that having a little something more substantial will help him to sleep a little longer at night. While I'm excited for this new milestone, and excited about the prospects of more sleep(!), I'm just a teensy bit sad that he won't be 100% "mine" anymore... Just the start of eventually weaning, and that's a tiny bit sad.

We'll be waiting until Saturday to try giving him a little food, when his Daddy gets home from his business trip - can't let him miss out on Cole's first food!

Of course, the 4 month visit also includes some shots... mostly he's just been a little more tired, and a little more cranky, but bedtime was pretty bad. Usually he'll nurse, get a new diaper, maybe nurse a little more, go into his crib, find his thumb, and fall asleep without crying.. 

But not tonight. He nursed, cried, got a new dipe, cried, nursed, screamed, went in the crib, screamed bloody hell, nursed, screamed, nursed while walking up and down stairs and bouncing slowly to keep him calm, went in the crib, screamed, walked downstairs, bounced, rocked, fell asleep on my shoulder, went in the crib, started to cry, found his thumb, stopped crying, and fell asleep. 

oh boy, I really hope he sleeps a bit tonight...