Seventeen and Eighteen Weeks Old

Tommy, the past two weeks have been filled with so much fun and growing. You are smiling like crazy all the time now. You'll smile at just about anyone who comes up and talks to you. Your hair has continued to grow, and you have almost a full head of hair. Your eyes are still a beautiful blue...you are so handsome.

Since we got back from Florida, you've been on a pretty steady diet of rice cereal for babies, breastmilk, and some formula. You take the cereal right off of a spoon, which I think is pretty impressive! You open your mouth wide for the spoon and swallow most of your cereal.

I think you hit a sudden growth spurt lately, because you have outgrown a whole crop of clothes. Three-six month outfits are a bit small on you now, and you fit comfortably into the 6-9 month outfits.

This past Tuesday, you went back to the doctor for your 4 month well-visit and the second round of shots. You weighed in at 17.6 pounds (less than I thought you'd be)...I think that was in the 90th percentile...you were 25.4 inches long, and I forget your head measurement...either 42 or 52...honestly, I can't remember...sorry. I must have been too nervous about your shots to listen to all of your measurements. You did great with your shots...you turned purple and stopped breathing for a few seconds because you were crying so hard. But, other than that, you did fine. You did a lot of cuddling that night and a few whimpers...but, overall, you did well.

Tonight we started using your high chair for a few minutes. You still can't sit up on your own, but you did surprisingly well in your high chair. You ate some cereal in it, and then slumped over....so I moved you back to your baby papasan chair.

Mommy has done well adjusting being back to work, and you seem to be having a good time at Gammie's everyday. I'm still counting down the weeks and days until summer, so we can sleep in together, take long walks, get some sunshine, and see you grow into the sweetest, most intelligent little boy around!