4-months and then some....

Samuel is 4 months and 10 days old. I apologize that it is just tonight that I am updating our blog but we were on our trip to the Bahamas. More to come in another post about our great adventure! Last week before we left Samuel had his 4-month appointment. This is the point that they hope your child has doubled his birth weight as a major milestone. Well as everyone guessed it Sam not only achieved but surpassed that. He weighed 16lbs, WOW!! That wasn't the end of it, Samuel is 25.5 inches long and his head circumference was 17 inches. He is still in the 75% for his weight, now there for his height and in the 50% for his head which really amazed me, I thought for sure those big cheeks and triple chin contributed more to his weight than it did. He also had 2 more shots which we were prepared for, I had given him Tylenol before we went in and it really helped. He still cried but after a few minutes he went into his car seat and passed out for an hour and woke up his happy old self.

The pediatrician told us Sam is right on track and clearly eating well. I was hopeful at this appointment she would tell us that we could begin to add some rice cereal to his menu options but no such luck. She feels because he is doing so well with his weight and health she would like us to put it off as long as possible, or until 6 months. I know it is an old wives tale, but I was hopeful that the rice cereal would help Samuel sleep a little better. He is still waking up for 2 feedings a night and sometimes wakes up one additional time. Samuel has yet to sleep through the night, even Sandra Bullock said today in People magazine Louie has slept through the night twice and he is a month younger than Sam! I know I need to be patient and it will come with time.

On the sleep note she told us Sam has now entered the age of learning and can begin to associate certain things and events (ex. if he cries and we answer, he will learn to cry more so we come quicker) so when he wakes at night if it is not time to feed, we are supposed to let him cry (for as long as we can handle it.) She promised if we are strict about it he should fall into a pattern quickly. Now that we are back from our trip we are going to begin trying it, and see what happens. I pray that he learns quickly and that my heart can endure these few days. We also hope it works quickly because Ben's mother is coming (but just in case we told her to bring some ear plugs to get through the nights.)

Overall all is good with Samuel and the rest of the Levy's. I will try and get pictures and info up about our trip this weekend.