Raposa Prose: Four Months!

True confession time! I'm a huge slacker and have been writing this particular blog posting since BEFORE Grayson turned four months. Time just gets away from me most days. Plus I've been working 4-10 hour days this summer and the long days are REALLY taking their toll on me this year. So here are some of the happenings from the past month:

Grayson turned four months old on June 6th and he's really been moving and shaking, as usual! He weighed in at 14 pounds, 6 ounces and measured 25.6 inches long. He got more vaccines this month and handled them really well. He seems to do much better with one particular nurse. His pediatrician is very happy with how he is growing and developing.

I did read online that once babies double their birth weight that it could be okay to introduce other foods. I wanted to ask the pediatrician before attempting anything, and it's a good thing I did. He said absolutely not to give him any solid foods until at least six months. I know several people have told me that they started their children on rice cereal or baby food at around four months, but we decided to wait for now.

Our entire household also went down with cold/flu this month. Because I come in contact with so many people at work, I can count on getting sick basically every summer. I think that combined with Grayson being exposed to more germs in daycare was the perfect combination. Grayson had a double ear infection (fun!), but really handled it like a trooper. But, we did a really good job of passing it to one another and both Ben and I got colds and it was pretty miserable in the Raposa house for about a week. Luckily, once the doctor got Grayson on antibiotics and ear drops, he started to improve very quickly.

Grayson did get to spend an entire week at Granny's house this past month as well (which he absolutely loved!) due to a family emergency at his daycare. We are so grateful that Granny is willing and able to watch our little guy in a pinch, but more importantly, we are so happy that he is healthy and happy. There are moments when I really miss sleeping, or taking a long shower, or going out for a nice meal but seeing Grayson's sweet face immediately makes me forget about everything else.

Here are some of the photo highlights from the past month:

The dinosaur feet pajamas. I can't even handle the cuteness