Happy 4 month birthday Coey

My little turd burglar is 4 months old today. The time has both flown by so quickly and yet also seemed to drag on. Strange.

He put on a brave face yesterday at the pediatrician's office when he got his 3 shots and his oral vaccine. Only cried for a few seconds, my little trooper.

We went over what, how much and how often he eats and his doctor, whom I absolutely love, said to try giving him more since he continues sucking on the bottle after it's empty. Now why couldn't I think of that? Duh. So instead of 5 oz of formula or breastmilk last night, he got 6 oz. Same with today, but he sucked that down and kept sucking, so I guess I'll give him 7 oz. My mom told me my sister guzzled 10 oz. at each feeding at this age (or else she was 6 months, she can't remember. Not sure why she can't remember that detail as this is a woman who can remember what outfit she wore on any given day in any given year).

And the doctor said he's at an age where he should be sleeping through the night. And not 5-8 hours, closer to 12. So she suggested we try eliminating his 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. booty call. We were going to try last night but didn't think it was fair seeing as he got shots. So we'll try tonight. Oh, and by "we", I mean "me" as Christian doesn't really want to have any part in the "crying it out" process. He'll be sleeping in the basement so as not to endure the torture. I know this is a controversial thing, the whole crying it out thing, but I've always been a fan. Hey, I don't want a 2 year old who can't sleep through the night. And if his doctor says he can sleep through the night, I'm going to try. She said it should take 3 nights, but knowing that little strong willed kid, I have a feeling it might take longer or might not take at all.

Here are his 4 month stats. I'm very pleased to say his head size isn't ridiculously large compared to his body, as it was before.

Weight - 13 lbs 11 oz. 27th percentile

Height - 25.25". 63rd percentile

Head - 16.7". 58th percentile

So maybe we won't have to special order his hats afterall!!