Four Months, Five Days

Yesterday, Charlie had his four month check up with the doctor.  He continues to do very well and the doctor said that Marc and I are doing a good job. Again, more vaccines - Rotavirus, Pneumococcal, Hib (a flu vaccine), Polio and DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis.) And again, the nurse was shocked at how Charlie sucked down the oral vaccine.

Charlie's head is 16.25 inches, and is in the 25th percentile.  I asked if this was a concern because at his last check up it was 15.25 inches - in the 50th percentile.  It's not.  His head will catch up :-).

At our last check up, Charlie weighed 12 pounds and 13 ounces - the 75th percentile for his age.  He remains in that percentile weighing 15 pounds and 15 ounces.  We really thought he weighed more - if you carry him around you would think so, too!

But the news is Charlie's height.  It is literally off the chart. At two months, he was 25 inches tall, in the 95th percentile.  Today he is 27 3/8 inches and is over the 100 percentile.  His height is average for a 7 or 8 month old.

So now we branch out from rice cereal.  Charlie will try out some sweet potatoes, carrots, green beans, squash, bananas and avocado.  Not all at once, of course.  Get ready for some colorful pictures!