4 month shots and CEREAL!

September 11th 2001... let us not forget.

We got a little behind on our vaccination schedule due to our vacation and our pediatrician's vacation, so Maryn got her 4 month shots closer to 5 months. She always does great with her shots...a quick little whimper after a 3 second delayed reaction and then she's back to her happy self.

Maryn 4 3/4 months:

14 lbs 12 oz. 50th percentile

24 1/2 in. 50th percentile

head circ. 40 1/4 cm. 25 percentile

If you're new to our blog, the size of Maryn's head always measured several weeks behind while she was in my belly (which I was stoked about when I thought about actually pushing her out). When she was born, it was in the 5th percentile (after the pediatrician checked and double checked) and then at 2 months it was 10th percentile. So, looks like her noggin' is finally catching up to the rest of her body.

She's looking at the nurse like "you're up to something aren't you?"

I provided distraction and blocked her vision of the needles, apparently I thought that Maryn could rationalize that those long sharp needles were headed straight for her chunky thigh! Did I mention that she had to upgrade her panty size right before our trip to Point O Woods? That's right, she's comfortly now wearing size 2's !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(
All done


Nothing that her lovey can't fix



Just look at her sweet chunky thighs...


So, I discussed with the pediatrician that Maryn has been sleeping an average of about 10 hours at night but that recently she's been waking up after only 7-8 hours. She's started getting really nosey at meal time...she watches our forks and cups go into our mouths, she grabs at our plates and food and has just really seemed interested in the whole idea of food. I really wanted to wait until she was 6 months old to start solids. She breastfeeds exclusively and loves it. But...she has shown us EVERY sign that she is ready. After her appointment, I ran out and bought some rice cereal and we went to town that evening. Guess what?????? She slept 11 hours that night! Although it's now more work to feed her cereal once or twice a day, it's worth the effects of a full, happy, jolly belly:)


Thanks Jamie for the cute bib...she broke it in beautifully
We don't have a highchair yet but the Bumbo works great. I can't seem to decide on a highchair...if you love yours, let me know!!

She couldn't eat the cereal fast enough...obsessed!!! Here, she's looking at the bowl and spoon...it was insane. We really couldn't get the spoon into her mouth fast enough to keep up with 'piggie'. oink oink

We're trying to get a cute picture here but she refused to take her 'eye off the prize'

daddy is practicing his feeding skills...I told him he could feed her like an animal if he wanted to do the laundry...he did much better tonight :)

Last week, my mom's brother Tim and sister Kathy came to visit from Pennsylvania

We just love visitors!

And I just love the wreath I got for the front door. I didn't realize how pricey those suckers are but luckily, our local nursery had a 'bonus bucks' event this summer. For every $10 you spent, you got a $1 bonus buck to spend during a certain time frame....we replaced all the bushes out front and earned myself a pretty green wreath :)

Maryn is now sitting up with a little support and can actually go solo for a few seconds too....I'll post some pics soon!