Holding his head up like a champ! He's getting SO strong and can even scoot a few inches when attempting to crawl!
So last Wednesday (12/3) Xander had his 4 month check-up and shots. As some of you might recall I mentioned it was re-secheduled. Xander's peditricitin Dr. Garcia was pregnant and I assumed she took off for maternity leave early. Turns out she had her baby already! She was due in Feburary, so November was very early. I didn't get many details, but if you would all say a little prayer for her and her family we'd appreciate it! She is an amazing doctor and I look forward to her returning, whenever that may be. Xander's replacement doctor however was not my favorite and the hunt is on for a new pedi. We are looking for someone in the heights hopefully that is under Presbyterian if anyone has any suggestions.
Now to the good stuff... Xander is growing like crazy, he is now 13lbs 10oz, up almost 8 pounds in 4 months! And he is 25 inches long! He wears sizes 6-9 months only now, as well as some of the 9-12months. He's a BIG boy, and he is getting more handsome by the day! The doctor just kept saying how great he was growing! She said he was eating great and was impressed with his sleeping schedule. She also commented on his excellent neck strength. The doc gave us the go ahead to start solids. She explained the process and gave us a guide. I have purchased 8 different kinds of 1st foods (don't worry I'll be homemaking the baby food, after we get going), the brand new high chair is all set up and I'm ready to go... But we haven't gotten to it yet with the teething. The teething is going ok, we have good days and bad days, the bad days are the ones where he gets so fussy and refuses to nap all day, yesterday was a bad day! lol I can now feel the teeth getting ready to come through on the bottom. The shots went well, although it was slightly more nerve racking this time. The office seemed to be filled with children getting shots that day and there were screams of pain coming from every direction as we waited in our little room for our turn. Xander recovered quicker this time from the pain and calmed down enough so I was actually able to make his next appointment.
A new discovery... Xander has found his voice, well he's found that he can make amazing and terrible high pitched screeching noises, not one of those fun discoveries for mommy, it's ear splitting and it cuts right though me. I am starting the worry what neighboors are going to think! It's very bad, and now since the teething, it's often and really loud. He gets worked up and no matter what you do with him... put him in the vibrating chair with music, nope, put him in the other vibrating chair with more interesting toys, nope, on the floor to play with the mat with dancing toys, nope, swing, nope, on the stomach, nope, on the couch, nope, eating, nope, teething rings, nope, tylenol, nope, teething tablets, works for a second but nope, then I resolve in wrapping him up and making him take a nap, after 10 minutes of the screeching and worrying that the neighboors will think I'm neglecting him I give in and start this ALL over... this is my day. After a LONG day of screeching and trying EVERYTHING to please him, he finally napped yesterday and when I came back into the living room you would have thought we had two babies! There were baby chairs and toys and activities and stuff just everywhere, I realized that this is now Xander's house and Chris and I just live there! haha
Other news...
We have put our Christmas tree up! Xander is not very interested as of yet...
We had our first snow! Xander stared at it in amazement, I don't have a pic of him in the snow but I have one of him all bundled up when we got to the office...
Last bit of news, Chris and I got an AMAZING night off this past Saturday(Thanks to Aunt Mary and Uncle Len and Grandma Nancy!), we went to Chris' company's annual Christmas Party. It was at Sandia Casino/Resort. We danced and had a fabulous time, MUCH needed! They even gave us chips to gamble with, but Chris and I aren't much for gambling so after losing $10 and then winning $14 we cashed the chips in and decided to put an order in for breakfast-in-bed, and it was the best idea yet! At 9:30am breakfast arrived, we laid in bed ate, relaxed, watched the news and cuddled, before we packed up to go pick up our baby boy. Definitely a wonderful weekend!
A picture of us before the party...
1 comment:
Hey hun - I have had nothing but fantastic experiences at After Hour Pediatrics - really any of the doctors there are amazing. The great thing too is that they are open late and on all holidays, plus they have two locations. Everyone who I've known that uses them just sings their praises - good luck!
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