Time for rice cereal!

Yesterday we went to the doctor's for Jack's 4 month appointment. He weighed in at 12lbs, 13oz and is 24 &3/4inches long! He has reached all of the developmental milestones for this age and the doctor was very impressed by how well he was holding his head and interacting with us. He did well with the shots and so did I! I didn't even shed a tear and Jack's tears were quickly stopped with his bink and a few little songs and kisses! He was so brave :). We got the go ahead to start rice cereal and start to introduce the stage I foods (fruits and veggies). We expressed to the doctor that Jack has recently started waking up at night (usually twice, one time to eat and the other to "play"). The doctor told us that since he had previously been going through the night without needing to eat, he should still be able to do that and that he was just testing us. Well it looks like we have been falling for it! :) Since this not sleeping through the night started over the weekend while I was working, I just kept bringing him into our bed, more so that I could get back to sleep quickly. The doctor reinforced that this is exactly the time where we should be letting him cry it out to figure out for himself how to get back to sleep. Sounds like torture to me...but I know that it is the right thing to do and will only benefit all of us in the long run. Last night we put it to the test. He woke up at 1:30am and I let him cry/fuss for 10 minutes and then I gave him his bink...he was out until 3:30 where I did the same thing and he slept until almost 7am! This definitely proved to me that he is just looking for a little attention at night and is not starving or truly uncomfortable. Hopefully we can wean him off this little routine over the next week. I had gotten too used to sleeping all night :)!

Last night we also started the rice cereal. It was hysterical. At first he was totally confused, but eventually was getting more of a hang of it and actually seemed to swallow a few bites. Most of it ended up on his bib, shirt and all over his face and I am sure very little went to his belly. Tom had the video camera ready and we got some still shots too.

Over the past couple of days Jack has "found" himself in the little baby mirror that came with his jungle gym. He will stare at the baby in the mirror and just smile and smile. It is so cute. Tom captured some great shots of his face in the mirror! We are still working at getting him to roll from his back to his belly and he consistently rolls from his belly to his back now. When he is on his belly he has started "swimming" where he is moving his arms and legs like crazy....guess he is just training for his time in the pool this summer!

That is all for this week....have a great weekend!!