4 months

Well yet another month has come and gone, and I find myself asking the same question...where has the time gone?  My babe is 4 months old today!

We celebrated being 4 months old by getting his 4 month shots first thing this morning.  I was obviously dreading it, but I was feeling pretty confident about it because at his 2 month shots he cried hard for all of a minute.  Today was nothing like his 2 month shots...he cried...and cried...and cried some more.  He was having a difficult time catching his breath because he was crying so hard!  Tears ran down his face as he bawled for 7 minutes straight.  He was SO upset.  It was heart breaking!  Other babies were coming out of the rooms content as can be.  Now I know Beckham can be quite dramatic at times, but I can sympathize with getting 3 shots.

The last nurse we had did them bang, bang, bang and we were done.  Today's nurse took her sweet time as she jabbed him.  She poked him with the first one, then slowly got the second one ready, poked him with that one, by this point he was quite upset!  She rang a bell to try to distract him, which calmed him a bit.  Then she covered the needle site with a cotton ball and some tape and got him ready for his third jab.  Well that just put him over the edge, he was hysterical by that point.  Next time I will ask the nurse to be quick rather then drag it out and torture the poor babe!

He's sleeping in my arms with a bit of a fever as I'm typing this.  Other then a slight fever he seems to be in good spirits, or did when he was awake.

Bekx was weighed and measured at his appointment today.  He seemed to be long and thin, and that was confirmed by his stats today.  Beckham at 4 months old you are 25 3/4" long, which places you in the 90th percentile for height and you are 14lbs 1oz which puts you in the 40th percentile for weight.  It is hard to find clothes that fit you well!  You are wearing 6 - 12 month sleepers, which are so baggy on you!  Your shirts are 3 - 6 months but are getting short in the torso.  You can wear 0 - 3 month shorts because your waist is so tiny but I usually put you in 3 - 6 month shorts and pants and make do with the waist being 3 inches too big. These sizes are based on clothes from baby gap as that is where the majority of your clothes are from.  You are such a sweet boy.  Strangers often comment on your relaxed/content demeanor.  Your happiest time of day is in the mornings after you've slept for 12 hours (with two feedings now).  You smile a lot.  You have started to giggle which makes me squeal every time, the sweetest sound my ears have ever heard!  You are usually only awake for an hour or two before you need a nap.  You make it very apparent that you're ready for a nap because you start fussing/crying.  To your family you are absolutely perfect and you are SO loved.

xo
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