We took Kennon to Dr. Anderson on Wednesday for his 4 month check up. He weighed in at 14.2lbs and was 25.5 inches long putting him at the 50th percentile for length and 14th percentile for weight. I have to admit I was surprised that he was only at the 14th percentile for weight. He seems so much heftier than Maddox ever was. Who knows! ( could they have read those darn graphs wrong...probably not) Dr. Anderson said he looked good and he didn't have any concerns. He recommended starting cereal and said that his almost constant nose stuffiness could be do to allergies or maybe just small sinuses. He didn't recommend any type of nasal spray or antihistamines just yet. But, we may want to re-visit that at his 6 month appointment. He said some babies are just born STUFFY! I think KTK is one of those. We are hoping he will outgrow it in the coming months. We are also hoping that the cereal will help him get through the night without a feeding. Although, I gave him a little cereal Wednesday night for dinner and he was still up at 2AM. UGH. But, he really didn't actually swallow all that much. He is still figuring out how to get it to the back of his throat to actually swallow. He seemed to like the cereal though and got kinda aggravated that I wasn't scoopin' it too him quick enough. So hopefully that's a good sign he'll start to really like it. He did sleep last night from about 8.30 till 5AM so that is good. He just isn't consistent with his sleeping at night, unlike how Maddox was at this age. I don't think Eric and I realized how good we had it with her starting to sleep almost 12 hours a night at just 10 weeks of age. Kennon is still super happy during the day and really loves playing with rattles, chewing on his burp rag or blue bear, batting at things hanging down in front of him and most importantly watching Maddox play, eat, sing, move about the room etc. He is super interested in her and she in him. If he is crying she is VERY concerned about him and wants to help out. AND YES that is her in the pictures below with those darn snow boots on....and on the wrong foot!! She has recently been obsessed with her purse and dangly bracelets from Great Grandma Reta. SUPER CUTE. She carries them around and even shares them with KTK. Although I don't think he really thinks they are all that cool since they don't jingle or squeak :) Maddox has been doing really well at Kcare. She rarely has any crying fits when we drop her off and is happy happy happy when we pick her up. She is napping and eating well there and is learning so much ( I feel like I write that every week....but it is so true). This week they made a POST OFFICE in their classroom and are talking about the mail. They asked parents to bring in junk mail for them to sort, 'mail', write on etc. How cool! Everyday I am so thankful that we are sending our kids there. It was a super hard decision for Eric and I but we are happy to have made it. I can only imagine how much more advanced KTK is going to be having been there since he was a baby! KTK kinda has a girlfriend at Kcare. Her name is Keira and she was also born in June. Friday when I picked him up Miss Lisa ( one of our favorite teachers in the infant room) told me they just sat and played with each other for like 20 minutes...smiling back and forth, touching each others hands feet etc. How cute! And she is a cutie!! When we left I took him over to her and he looked right down at her and smiled as if to say " see ya next week chickie"!! So cute. He is sleeping better and better at Kcare. I finally gave them a hat to put on his head for his naps. It is sorta cold in there ( which I think keeps germs to a minimum-or maybe this is wishful thinking) so the hat helped him stay snugly and has given him a few more minutes of sleep each day which is good. He is taking all of his bottles well, and we are gradually trying to increase the number of ounces he is taking.
Tonight Eric and I are headed to the Hawkeye game. Grandpa Jim and Grandma Jean are headed over to watch to the kids. We are looking forward to getting away for a bit. Hoping the Hawks actually show up to play tonight :) The picture of KTK in the high chair is just after his first bowl of cereal. He originally had both feet up on the table as if to say 'thanks mom....I'll just kick back with my full belly'. Of course when I got the camera out he only had one foot up. AND YES....we do have some boy bibs around!! I'll get some down from his dresser so he can have more appropriate feeding gear!! Have a good week.
We took Kennon to Dr. Anderson on Wednesday for his 4 month check up. He weighed in at 14.2lbs and was 25.5 inches long putting him at the 50th percentile for length and 14th percentile for weight. I have to admit I was surprised that he was only at the 14th percentile for weight. He seems so much heftier than Maddox ever was. Who knows! ( could they have read those darn graphs wrong...probably not) Dr. Anderson said he looked good and he didn't have any concerns. He recommended starting cereal and said that his almost constant nose stuffiness could be do to allergies or maybe just small sinuses. He didn't recommend any type of nasal spray or antihistamines just yet. But, we may want to re-visit that at his 6 month appointment. He said some babies are just born STUFFY! I think KTK is one of those. We are hoping he will outgrow it in the coming months. We are also hoping that the cereal will help him get through the night without a feeding. Although, I gave him a little cereal Wednesday night for dinner and he was still up at 2AM. UGH. But, he really didn't actually swallow all that much. He is still figuring out how to get it to the back of his throat to actually swallow. He seemed to like the cereal though and got kinda aggravated that I wasn't scoopin' it too him quick enough. So hopefully that's a good sign he'll start to really like it. He did sleep last night from about 8.30 till 5AM so that is good. He just isn't consistent with his sleeping at night, unlike how Maddox was at this age. I don't think Eric and I realized how good we had it with her starting to sleep almost 12 hours a night at just 10 weeks of age. Kennon is still super happy during the day and really loves playing with rattles, chewing on his burp rag or blue bear, batting at things hanging down in front of him and most importantly watching Maddox play, eat, sing, move about the room etc. He is super interested in her and she in him. If he is crying she is VERY concerned about him and wants to help out. AND YES that is her in the pictures below with those darn snow boots on....and on the wrong foot!! She has recently been obsessed with her purse and dangly bracelets from Great Grandma Reta. SUPER CUTE. She carries them around and even shares them with KTK. Although I don't think he really thinks they are all that cool since they don't jingle or squeak :) Maddox has been doing really well at Kcare. She rarely has any crying fits when we drop her off and is happy happy happy when we pick her up. She is napping and eating well there and is learning so much ( I feel like I write that every week....but it is so true). This week they made a POST OFFICE in their classroom and are talking about the mail. They asked parents to bring in junk mail for them to sort, 'mail', write on etc. How cool! Everyday I am so thankful that we are sending our kids there. It was a super hard decision for Eric and I but we are happy to have made it. I can only imagine how much more advanced KTK is going to be having been there since he was a baby! KTK kinda has a girlfriend at Kcare. Her name is Keira and she was also born in June. Friday when I picked him up Miss Lisa ( one of our favorite teachers in the infant room) told me they just sat and played with each other for like 20 minutes...smiling back and forth, touching each others hands feet etc. How cute! And she is a cutie!! When we left I took him over to her and he looked right down at her and smiled as if to say " see ya next week chickie"!! So cute. He is sleeping better and better at Kcare. I finally gave them a hat to put on his head for his naps. It is sorta cold in there ( which I think keeps germs to a minimum-or maybe this is wishful thinking) so the hat helped him stay snugly and has given him a few more minutes of sleep each day which is good. He is taking all of his bottles well, and we are gradually trying to increase the number of ounces he is taking.
Tonight Eric and I are headed to the Hawkeye game. Grandpa Jim and Grandma Jean are headed over to watch to the kids. We are looking forward to getting away for a bit. Hoping the Hawks actually show up to play tonight :) The picture of KTK in the high chair is just after his first bowl of cereal. He originally had both feet up on the table as if to say 'thanks mom....I'll just kick back with my full belly'. Of course when I got the camera out he only had one foot up. AND YES....we do have some boy bibs around!! I'll get some down from his dresser so he can have more appropriate feeding gear!! Have a good week.
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