4 months old

We can't believe she's already four months old! Gwendoline had her four month appointment with the pediatrician this afternoon. I look forward to these appointments to confirm that she's still doing great and developing and growing as she should. But I also dread these appointments because they mean shots. While it hurts my heart to hear her hurt physically, I know it's for the best and will keep her healthy. But that doesn't make it much easier... I'm so thankful that Jeph has been able to come with us to each appointment where Gwendoline has received shots- he really is our rock and our hero.

Before the vaccine administration, Gwendoline got another glowing report! She scored a "normal" in the physical exam portion and an "A+" in the development portion. Here are her new stats:

• Weight: 13 pounds, 4 ounces (28th percentile)
• Height: 25.3 inches (82nd percentile)
• Head circumference: 16 inches (49th percentile)

As you can see, we have a very long, thin baby! Her daddy says that's because she's a supermodel. 

The pediatrician gave us the green light to start her on rice cereal to get some more calories in her from another food source. Hopefully this will also help her start sleeping better at night. She does really good some nights, sleeping for a seven or eight hour stretch before waking up for one feeding and immediately going right back to sleep for another few hours. But other nights... the ones where she wakes up three or four times... are not so easy. Hopefully getting more calories into her belly during the daytime will help her sleep better at night. We're going to give her a couple of days to recover from the shots (they make her feel crummy for about 24 hours), then start some rice cereal trials.

My happy girl, ready for some shopping with her mom!