16 Weeks 2 Days Old (4 Month Checkup)

We had a very interesting doctor's appointment yesterday thanks to some very bad weather! The storms started up in West Tennessee around late morning. By the time we got out of the car at the medical clinic for Christopher's appointment at 3:30, our city tornado alarm was going off! Apparently, a tornado was spotted right above the Church Street overpass of I-24! Thankfully, though, nothing touched down! We got as far as waiting in the exam room for the doctor (measurements had already been taken) when we were instructed to go down to the basement. Poor Christopher was in nothing but his diaper! After getting downstairs, I proceeded to put his clothes back on when we were given the okay to go back upstairs (where I undressed Christopher AGAIN). We were only downstairs for about 10 minutes at most. The worst that we got was some large hail, which didn't damage anything of ours, thankfully.

Okay, here's Christopher's stats and other pertinent info:

Weight: 14 lbs 4 oz. (50th percentile)
Length: 24.25 in. (50th percentile) - Yay! He's finally caught up!
Head: 41 cm (50th percentile)

Of course, there were more shots. It's so hard to have to hold your child down for those! What made me feel even worse was that he was in such a good mood beforehand! He's been doing okay with them. Surprisingly, he hasn't been cranky at all. When he's awake and not sleepy, he's been in a really good mood. He's napping right now, so we'll see if the trend continues this afternoon.

The doctor has given the okay to start cereal. Since Christopher won't actually be 4 months old until April 15 (next Saturday), I'm going to wait another week or so. As for fruits and veggies...she doesn't like to start those until around 5 1/2 or 6 months, so we're waiting another couple of months for that.

I think I'm going to make our own babyfood. It doesn't sound hard at all...just cook the veggie and puree it, pour it into an ice cube tray and freeze it, then store the cubes in a freezer bag until ready to use. It will also end up being much cheaper, too. I meant to talk to the doctor about it at yesterday's appointment, but with all the excitement, forgot about it. I'll bring it up at the next appointment, which is his 6 month checkup in June.