Despite the fact that we sat in the waiting room for nearly an hour (Monday morning + post-Thanksgiving holiday + cold and flu season = long, long wait), Garrett was surprisingly pleasant as the doctor checked him over. In fact, he was quickly pronounced the Happiest Baby They'd Seen All Day. (That's my good boy!) And no wonder -- he broke down in several fits of giggles as he was poked and prodded and measured. It was hilarious.
But speaking of measuring, my not-so-tiny-anymore little baby boy is no wimp. At four days shy of 5 months old, he's
weighing in at: 16 lbs 13 oz
and has grown to a lengthy: 26 1/4"
and his head (which, the doctor assured me, is not alarmingly flat like I feared) is now: 41 3/4 cm in circumference.
He's growing so fast! One of my projects for the week is to pull out all of his outgrown 3-6 month sized clothes (which, seriously, fit him fine a week ago, but now...um, not so much) and replace them with a sprinkling of 6-9 month sized items. Where did my sweet tiny baby go? (Yes, so he's sleeping sweetly in his crib, but 4 1/2 months ago he was a good 10 pounds lighter!) And the solid food regimen the doctor has prescribed for him certainly won't make this boy get any smaller. Where before we dabbled once a day with rice cereal and strained vegetables and fruits, he now gets to eat cereal twice a day, morning and night. And in a few weeks we'll add a midday veggie meal. And in a few weeks after that we'll add fruit to his breakfast and dinner. I decided it would be wise to stop at the store and pick up a wipe-able bib on our walk home.
And how did the shots go, you ask? He actually sailed through them quite well. Which, mind you, does not mean he didn't scream. He did. Oh, he did. But he recovered much quicker than I thought he would, and by the time, a few minutes later, I was getting him dressed again, he was back to his smiles and giggles.
As you might expect, Garrett at nearly 5 months has quite a few tricks up his sleeves. Here's a quick run-down of some of what he's been busy doing:
- drooling
- blowing spit bubbles
- babbling (to himself and anyone who will listen)
- gnawing
- playing with his knees
- drooling
- rolling from his tummy to his back (though not, yet, on purpose)
- squirming enough to scoot himself sideways in his crib
- sucking on fingers (his as well as ours)
- laughing
- drooling
- smiling
- biting hard into anything that nears his face (seriously - his mouth is a magnet!)
- holding his head up
- getting easily distracted by everything around him - especially while he eats
- grabbing
- and lots and lots of drooling
7 comments:
What a cutie. It sounds like he is starting to show signs of teething!
I think we'll keep him too -- Just can't wait to give him a kiss and a squeeze! Thanks for the update -- he's grown so much!
I would say your not so tiny any more baby is doing great! He is actually bigger now than my still very tiny 7 month old... altough all my babies have been on the small side until they are 2 or so. (except for my first... he was a monster at a whooping 9 lbs. 4 ounces when he was born). My little Henry doesn't even weigh 16 lbs yet!! Garrett is so, so cute. Yuck to the shots though... guess it's a necessary evil, but that still doesn't make it any easier!
Wow, he's growing up so fast! Go, Garrett, go!
And that's hilarious that he giggled through the check-up.
Aren't you glad he didn't come out the size he is now?! :)
Oh the drool. I remember those days. He is such a cute little boy!
He is getting so big! My girls were 16, 17 and 18 lbs. at one year. It's hard to believe he is that big already. And we loved the videos in your next post! So cute!!
WOW!!! He's getting to be a big boy! Look at all those things he can do. I'm seriously jealous. Christopher wasn't nearly so accomplished at 5 months. (BTW: He's 1 today!)
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