Four Months and Counting

I took Brynleigh in for her four month checkup a couple of weeks ago.  Here’s the news:

• She weighs 11 pounds, 9 ounces.  She is in the 10th percentile for weight.  (This means if you put 100 four-month-old babies in a room, 90 of them will be bigger than her.)
• She is 22.75 inches long.
• She had to have two shots and one liquid immunization.
• She does not yet have any teeth coming in.
• She needs to have an x-ray on her right hip; it clicks a little when the doctor manipulates it and they want to make sure there is nothing physically wrong with the joint.

She grew up a lot while we were in Canada.  For one, she is starting to be very intentional with her arm/hand movements.  The Livelys (the friends we went to visit) got her a new little butterfly toy with crackly wings and Brynleigh just can’t seem to get enough of it.  She also discovered her feet one morning while we were getting ready in our hotel room:

Feet!

She also rolled over from front to back for the first time while we were there.  (Honestly, I suspect she could have done it much sooner if I were actually brave enough to withstand the screaming that takes place when I put her on her tummy.  I know, I know – I should be doing tummy time every day.  Go ahead and judge me.  )  Here is a little video that Claire and I took the other day as proof.

Brynleigh was an excellent little world traveler and we got lots of smiles and compliments on our trip!  Several people even remarked that they hadn’t even realized there’d been a baby on the plane.

We did have one scary episode a couple of days ago.  Brynleigh woke up from a nap screaming and I couldn’t calm her down.  There were no tears; it was like she had seen something terrifying and she couldn’t stop screaming about it.  I decided that I needed to do some sort of activity with her that would keep her engaged long enough to break the screaming cycle and allow her to calm down.  So, I fed her!  For about the first six minutes, every second or two her whole body would shake like she was having a hiccup – but she wasn’t hiccuping.  I think she was just that worked up.  I was pretty anxious, but she gradually started to relax and then she was fine.  I gave her some Tylenol just in case, but I don’t think she really needed it.  (Yes, I did check to see if she had a tooth coming in; she did not.)  She was pretty mellow for the rest of the afternoon.  It was a very hot day, so I thought she might need a little help cooling off.  Here she is with a little cold compress on her head; she enjoyed it very much and even started to giggle when I put it on!

The cool washcloth felt so good!

All in all, we have had a great month!

Cuddling with Dad before bed.

A little concerned...and getting very sleepy!

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