4 month appointment

Abby went to the dr yesterday for her 4 month checkup. All looks well.

I thought she had an ear infection b/c she was grabbing at her a little bit, and she seemed really out of it the other night (just really tired and not very smiley or playful) but she seemed fine the next day & never spiked a fever. So I was relieved when the dr said her ears were fine! they did confirm she is probably a bit young to be teething, but said that she could be grabbing her ears when she is tired, and it’s just something that babies do sometimes. Although she said they DO do it when they are teething too. So I guess if you see your kid grabbing their ear there is a lot of different things to try & rule out first. LOL

She weighs 13 lbs 12 oz (40th percentile) and is 23 ¾ inches long (20th percentile). Everything is on track developmentally, so that’s always good. they said that she is ready to start solids, so I was pretty surprised! I was not expecting that at all! I figured they would say around 5 months. The dr said that if she is consistently eating over 32oz a formula a day, then she is ready for solids. So we are keeping track of that for the next few days to see where she is. They didn’t seem too pushy about it, and basically said that if we don’t feel comfortable or it’s not working after we start with the rice cereal, then we can go back to formula only. So I guess we’ll have to see.