Benjamin at 4 months

Our precious Mr. B is 4 months old.  Seems like yesterday we were holding him in our arms for the first time.  Now he's working his little tummy muscles to sit up in his swing, chewing on his hands, checking out his feet, "talking" up a storm (he has discovered his voice and practices all the time!) and rolling from side to side.  He's in size 3 diapers and is already in size 6 (sometimes 6-9) month clothes.

Benjamin is eating 5 ounces every 2-3 hours and sleeps about 10-11 hours a night.  He typically goes down around 7/7:30 (and when he's ready to sleep, you better hurry to get that boy in his crib or prepare yourself for a serious melt down) and sleeps until 5:30-6:30 the next morning.  If he gets up at 5:30, a pacifier will soothe him back to sleep for another hour or so.  Such a good little sleeper!  We're still working on a consistent nap schedule, but that will come with time.

At his 4 month doctor's visit, he weighed in at 16 lbs. and measured 25" long.  He has had some pretty serious skin irritation on his little cheeks, so Dr. Steele gave us some antibiotic cream for it, and it's working it's magic!  Too, because Dr. Steele wasn't feeling much of a soft spot anymore, he recommended that we have Benjamin's head x-rayed to see what was going on just to play it safe (enter Lindsay's panic, even though the doctor said he wasn't all that worried about it).  Long story short, we had x-rays done this week and he is FINE!  His soft spot is still there, it's just tough to feel.   

So, our little man is healthy and quite possibly the sweet baby on earth. What a happy 4 months it has been!