Solomon's 1/3 year old b-day!!

As the title indicates, Solomon turns 4-months old today. We had his 4-month check-up with our pediatrician's nurse practitioner today as well. He is doing well.

4-month stats (all in the 50th percentile):

• Weight: 14 lbs., 12 oz.




• Height: 25in.




• Head Circumference: 42 cm. (16.5")

She said he is doing great. He also received his booster shots and promptly cried for a few minutes. It's sad to watch. I think Alex almost teared up as well. We had started rice cereal a few weeks ago. She said to continue with that, but told us not to start any other solids, even the other cereals, until he's 6-months old. Starting solids earlier apparently puts babies at an increased risk for food allergies later on. She also said that 4-months is the age when children are actually physiologically able to begin sleeping through the night. She said if they do earlier then you're just lucky. She also said that breast milk-fed babies usually do not sleep through the night as early as formula-fed babies simply because the formula is harder for them to digest as it contains extra ingredients. I plan to start him on formula around 6-months. Hopefully I can hold out that long. He has seemed to do so well on breast milk.

We took the picture above on my phone as we were leaving the doctor's office, so it's not so great.

I took the day off today b/c Alex was sick, I wasn't feeling well and Solomon was up half of the night. The N.P. said he just has a cold. He seemed better once we got him dressed and ready to go for the day. I just needed a day to catch up at home and maybe take a nap. Hopefully, I can get one.