Tracking Baby #2’s First Year: 4 Months Old!

I can’t believe it’s already been a month since I last did this!  With the blur that was this past month, I’m even happier that I decided to track Little Hiccup’s progress.

We had LH’s four month check-up on Thursday and his stats according to the WHO chart were:

• 27.75″ long or an avg 8 month old.  As you can see, he’s still about the size of a king size pillow, so I guess that comment wasn’t very accurate last month.  I think I had the pillow further away last time.

• 17.75″ head circumference or an avg 9 month old
• 17 lbs or an avg 6 month old.  A big baby but lean; he’s lower than the 25% as far as weight-for-length percentiles

Here’s what happened over the last month:

• FIRST REAL GIGGLE!

• FIRST TOOTH!!  Yup, we have early teethers in this family.  It’s been below the surface for months now, but exactly a week ago was visible under his gums (pictured right), which made for a rough 1/2 a week!  It finally poked through on Wednesday, 7/25/12, the day before he turned 4 months!  This is what it looks like today (the small rough bump you see on the bottom, front, left ) :

• Bald spot across the back of his head.  Hubby calls him “Friar”

• Feet about the same size as his 2.5 yr old brother’s hands.  Um, I think we might have the human equivalent to a Great Dane puppy on our hands… uh oh!

This is what Little Hiccup can do at four months of age:

• Sit in his Bumpo

• Roll over on the ground

• Resist falling asleep like no one’s business…
• Interact with me from across the room
• Play in his Jumparoo (and babble to the dog):

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