Maggie just went to her 4 month well-visit. She didn't quite handle her shots the best, but she managed to get thru it. It sounded like someone was torturing her the entire time. Also, I think she remembers the doc's office as a 'bad' place. Before we even started Maggie was chilling on my lap and nurse was just asking her normal questions and Maggie was looking at her half scared and would cry hysterically. She did the same thing with her doctor.
Stats for female babies:
height: 24.75 inches --- 63%, which means she is taller than 63% of her peers her own age
weight: 13.6 lbs --- 39%
OFC (head circumference): 5.4 cm --- 31%
She has already reached her 4 month milestones:
1. motor skills --- holds head high when on stomach, raises body up on her hands, and holds head steady when pulled to a sit, rolls over and sits with support.
2. fine motor skills --- plays with her hands, holds toys, tries to obtain objects with a raking movement of hands, transfers objects from one hand to another (maybe not this yet)
3. communications skills --- follows parents and objects visually to 180 degrees, turns head toward sounds and familiar voices, babbles, laughs, squeals, takes initiative in vocalizing and babbling at others
4. social skills --- initiates social contact by smiling, cooing, laughing, squealing; looks and recognizes and studies parents and other caregivers; shows pleasure and excitement with interactions with parents and caregivers, may be displeased when a parent moves away or a toy is removed.
And finally, nutrition. The doctor okayed her to start solids b/c she is constantly putting her hands and objects into her mouth (can also be due to teething as her dr says hers gums are swollen). We will probably buy some rice cereal this week and try. If she spits it out then we will try again a week later b/c she is not ready. If she decided she likes rice cereal then every 3-4 days we will add something new (apple flavored rice cereal, etc).
I am also going to attempt to make baby food. Seems really simple. Either bake or steam veggie or fruit puree with blender or food processor (both are sitting in my kitchen cabinet calling my name) and freeze. Bananas and avocado are even easier....you just smush with a fork or spoon and feed. The doctor did say if we want to do carrots/beets/spinach/turnips/or collard greens to probably buy b/c of the high amount of nitrates. And I also read green beans are really hard to strain so we might just buy those also. Everything else I read is super easy to make.
