4 Months Old!

Judah had his four month check-up this last week and everything looked great! He weighed in at 13 lbs. 13 oz, was 24 1/2 inches long, and had a head circumference of 42 cm! He's just getting so big and so fast! It's hard to believe we're a third of the way through his first year!

In honor of his four month celebration, our sweet boy has also started pulling an 11 hour stretch at night. I must say, even though we've been followng Babywise again, it has been no where near as strict this time around. This boy naps when he ABSOLUTELY HAS TO, mostly in his carseat a little here and in his bouncer a little there. Basically, I've just been a lot more lax about his schedule because, well, let's face it! I'm tired!! Anyway, I was worried that might carry over into his night time sleeping but so far that doesn't seem to be the case. For the last two weeks, he's been sleeping soundly from about 8:30 to between 7:30-8 the next morning! Ahhhhhhhh, sleep! Everything seems so much more doable with sleep!

As for The Deuce, they are just as smitten with their brother as ever! They luuuuuuuv their Jew-Jew! It's been especially sweet to see Judah start to respond to the boys though. He smiles, laughs, and coos at them and they just eat that up! No one's tried anything particularly daring...yet. Although I did find an Annie's Cheddar Bunny floating around in Judah's mouth the other day. I might not have noticed it but he was gagging so stinkin' dramatically that it practically screamed "LOOK, MA! LOOK!" Added bonus though, I did get to see the Tongue Thrust Reflex in vibrant action. Guess that reaffirms our decision to wait on solids.

Now that the weather is finally warming up, we've been having quite a few play dates and frequenting the zoo, park, and aquarium. While it's been a welcomed break to our previous months of being homebodies, it's also been very interesting learning to navigate the ropes of traveling solo with 3 wee ones! The hard part isn't so much getting there as it is just figuring out the best way to maneuver once we're there. Luckily, I have amazing group of friends who are always quick to lend a hand and slow to judge. Isn't it amazing how motherhood can create such a bond between women?!
This last month, Judah also took his first trip on an airplane and went to Austin, Texas with his daddy and me! Jeremy participated in the Austin Record Convention and I tagged along to spend time with my sister, bro-in-law, and his parents.
It was a splendid couple of days spent touring Austin and San Antonio and just spending some one-on-one time with our Judah Boy! The Texas size breakfasts weren't too shabby either.

4 Month Check Up

The boys went to the doc today for their 4 month shots, all five of them. That's right FIVE! The appointment went about as well as two four month olds getting five shots each could. The poor nurse...she was about 110 years old and had NO idea what hit her. She kept apologizing but the boys showed her no mercy. I just smiled and hoped the sweat stains weren't visable.

On the upside, Abe is missed it by a hair, so close we could almost taste it, about to make it onto the charts. He weighed in at 12 lbs. 12 oz, 24 1/2 inches long, and a 40cm head circumfrence. (Also known as the size of a Bobbin newborn! HA!) When we asked the doc about a weird little rash under his neck his reponse was that it was a sweat rash on a chubby baby. I kind of liked that response. Aber is finally in the "chubby" category. As for little Benito, he's still a close second. He weighed 10 lbs. 10 oz, 23 inches long, and a 39cm head circumference. He's no where near close to making it onto the charts. In fact he's in the red. That's okay with us though. As long as he's bright eyed and active, we're good. And for those of you that know Ben...well bright eyed just about completely describes him.

Dr. Kulasinghe also gave us the go ahead to give Abe rice cereal and a few first foods. I think we're going to try and wait until the boys hit 6 months though before we start them on anything other than rice. The breastmilk is just so good for them and has so much fat for growing...they just need all the help they can get. Eventually we'll have to start some food though. The boys are eating close to 65 oz. of milk a day between the two of them!

5 months on Friday...where has the time gone?!?