so the poor little guy had his 4 month check up yesterday which involved 2 of the 3 shots he was supposed to get. they were out of the HIB so we have to go back--ugh. i feel so badly because every time he gets them he has no idea they're coming...he's happy and smiling and then the nurse sticks him and he lets out the most horrible wail:(
on a happy note, he is perfectly healthy weighing in at 15 pounds 9 ounces & 25 inches long. both his height & weight put him in between the 25th & 50th percentiles which i'm astonished that more than 50% of the kids out there are bigger than him at this age--he seems so big to me!
we also got the go ahead to try oatmeal & barley, as well as bananas & apples. i think we'll take it slow since ideally i'd like to hold off on all other solids until 6 months. however, the oatmeal & barley might be helpful for him since the rice seems to be quite binding!
and now a bit more about rock bottom...the dr. told me i need to let j cry for at least 30 minutes...he said he's too smart and will never learn to fall asleep on his own otherwise. he said if it works you can thank him, and if it doesn't you can blame him--ha! well, i wasn't about to do that last night after his shots, but jack was in rare form...showing no signs of letting me put him to sleep at 9:30pm and i thought i would lose it because he was not even happy and awake, but more so just crabby. so here's the rock bottom part....mike and i literally put j in his car seat and got into the car...we drove around bronxville and within 5 minutes he was out cold, not even a cry from the back seat?! of course mike looked at me and said that this could become a very expensive habit with the way gas prices are, but i was just excited to have him asleep!? needless to say he slept until 2:15 am, ate and went back to bed until 5:30 am, ate and went back to sleep until 9:30 am! now i know his shots played apart in his sleeping longevity, but i'll take it:)
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