4 Month Update

Quinn is now 20 weeks old! 4 1/2 months! He had his four month check up a couple weeks ago. He was 16 pounds (67%), 25 3/4 inches long (76%), and his head was 17 1/4 inches (84%). Yes, it seems right now that he has a Harman size head. :) The visit went fine. He got his next set of shots. The doctor did detect a very slight heart murmur, which she is not worried about, and most will resolve before the child's first birthday, so we're just monitoring that at his visits. He still had cradle cap, and had developed excema (as I suspected). So after trying different things, he is now finally clearing up (thank goodness! He was so itchy!!), but we do have an appointment with a dermatologist next week. We may food allergy test him at 6 months if he is still flaring with the excema to rule out that. For now, I have given up any nuts, and combined with the new skin care regiment (no washes or shampoos, and lots of Aquaphor), he's doing better. So, we'll see.
The same week of his visit, and his shots, he was doing some major teething. That's right. At 4 months old, Quinn popped out both of his lower center teeth. Definitely improved his mood, and he's doing well, so we're still exclusively breastfeeding (well, and expressed breast milk in bottles)!
He is wearing 6-9 month and 6-12 month clothes (depending on the brand). He eats every 3-4 hours, sometimes going longer. He usually still has one middle of the night feeding, around 2 AM.
He officially rolled over (back to tummy) the night before his 4 month check up. He's doing it more regularly now, but can't really do tummy to back yet. He also learned to put his feet in his mouth. He grabs onto things really well now, and will reach for toys.

We had a visit from Grams and Gramps (my parents) last week, which was great. Grams got to babysit, and we did a lot of fun stuff. We did shopping, pumpkin carving/painting, and went to a pumpkin patch! (Look to the shutterfly photo blog for pictures soon!)

New things Quinn can do:
-Laughing fits
-rolls to his back to tummy
-Talks a lot, and has learned that he can make his voice go louder....
-Reaches for things

Quinn quirks:
-He loves playing 'airplane' and being upside down!
-He likes when Blue's Clues is on...we turned it on once and he was laughing and yelling at the TV and didn't want us to turn it off!
-He loves the kitties! He petted one by himself a couple days ago!



So many toys, how will I put them all in my mouth?!

Smiley, happy boy!

First trip to the park!

Polar bear Quinn, who will know at an early age that penguins and polar bears do not live in the same place!

Have a great day everyone, and visit the photo blog for lots more pics!