4 month appointment

Carter had his 4 month appointment on Friday and here are his stats;

length: 23 3/4" (up 2 1/4" from month 2)
Weight: 11 lbs 5 ozs (up only 1 oz from month 3)
Head: 41cm I think (whatever it was it was perfect the pedi said)

So as you can see from the above Carter has not gained enough weight. The pedi said it's probably because the pneumonia that he got at about 3 months. She said that the fact that he grew in length is a good sign. She wants to see him back in a month instead of two like usual to check his weight.

His head has grown great though. If you may remember from his two month appointment his head was bigger than average and she said that as long as it grows consistently it's fine. And it did so that's good. And his length is growing consistently also.

Because he needs to catch up on his weight the pedi said she'd like us to wait until he's 5 or 6 months old to start solids. I'm more than fine with this. Solids are not for nutrition, they're really just to introduce babies to different tastes. There's no reason to rush solids so I'll keep him on 100% formula until he's at least 5 months.

And I'll leave you with some pictures;

I love this outfit. My mom bought it for him yesterday.

Carter is 4 months and 2 days old