4 months old!
Posted by Missy Roberts at 10:22 PM About Jake
Jacob turned 4 months old today. I can't believe that Jacob has been here for that long. I mean the time has gone by fast, but at the same time, it seems like he's been with us forever. We celebrated by taking him to the doctors for his checkup and giving him 4 shots and some yucky tasting vaccine:) Poor baby, but he did really well with his shots today. In fact, it seemed like the worst part for him was that the nurse was holding his legs down. He loves to have his legs kicking all the time. Jacob weighed in at 12 lbs. 15 oz (on the small side), and his length is 25 3/4 inches long (above average). So right now we have a long skinny baby. The doctor didn't seem too concerned about his weight, but wants us to go back in 4 weeks for a weight check. He also told me to try giving him some formula after he nurses to make sure he is eating enough. I have had a feeling for a while that he wasn't getting enough from me, but I though I was just a paranoid mom and he always seems to be content after he eats. Lately however, he is really fussy when he nurses and I kept thinking it's because he wasn't getting anything. The doc told me that if he ate more than 1/2 -1oz then he wasn't getting enough milk from me and was probably still a little hungry. Well we tried for the first time today giving him some formula. I was a little apprehensive at first because I really wanted to soley breastfeed him for the first 6 months because I know that is what's best for him, but I also want him to be healthy and well nourished. Well Daddy gave him a bottle full of 2 ounces of formula. At first he tried to reject it since he had never tasted it before...but after a couple of times letting go of the nipple, he took right to it and gobbled down the two ounces. Boy did I feel like a bad mommy at that point. My poor baby hasn't been getting enough milk from me and that's why he didn't gain that much weight these last 2 months. I got over feeling guilty because at least now I know what to do and hopefully he will gain the appropriate amount of weight. Later for his last feeding of the day, I nursed him and he was especially fussy. After nursing him, I made a bottle of 4 ounces of formula, just to see how much he would eat. The little porker ate 3 ounces of the formula (again I felt like a bad mommy, but then got over it). My poor baby, now I'm thinking that he likes the formula more than me. I think he was rejecting me knowing that he would get the bottle later! No really, whatever it takes to make my baby healthy, we will do. After he ate he seemed extra content and after sitting up for alittle while watching daddy work on the computer he fell right to sleep without being fussy at all...no crying tonight. So we will see how he does sleeping tonight.
Today Jacob and mommy played a lot in his jungle gym and just with eachother. He was so happy today (even after his shots). He had a smile on his face all day. Daddy had to wake him up this morning because he had a fairly early doctor's appointment. When he woke up, he was all smiles (unlike his mommy when someone wakes her up!). He rolled over once again today and this time he stayed on his tummy and didn't roll back over. Instead he played on his tummy for a little while and then started crying. When he's had enough, he's had enough, but he needs to learn that he has to roll back over on his own, without mommy's help.
Tomorrow we are leaving for Lake Havasu to visit Uncle Ralph and Auntie Yolie. Mommy and Daddy are praying for a good drive over there. We are leaving at night in hopes that he sleeps the whole way over there. We'll be back on Sunday and will update then. So until Sunday...mommy and daddy love you, our little 4 month old baby!