4 Months!

Our Lil' Man is finally growing a bit...

He is way ahead in the developmental areas. Like he could roll over at 10 weeks, slept through the night at 8 weeks, has great stability and strength and is already trying to crawl ( not super successful) by grabbing onto the carpet and wiggling his toes to scoot. He gets about 1-2 inches forward. And his hand eye coordination is that of a 6 month old.


He is constantly smiling and giving good belly laughs now! He squeals and blows raspberries and get excited when he hears his own voice!

On the charts he is pretty small though. He is 3% in weight at 11.4 lbs ( he needs to stop working out, i guess) 2% in head circumference,
and 31% in length at 24.25 inches!
To US - He's perfect and if you see his birth dad- He is tall and lean too!
He is SUCH AN EASY BABY! And He eats like 7-8 ounces each feeding! Big eater. Oh, and he is eating some oatmeal now:) He devours it and tries to lick the bib clean! (honestly, he really does, it's hilarious!)

Oh and in a couple days Dustin and his mom come for their first visit here! Very excited!

Comments

Shelise said…
He's so handsome and cute. Man I can't believe he's 4 months already. Thanks for sharing.
October 8, 2011 at 9:20 AM
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