Alec at four months

[juthwara]

Guess who's teething?

Our gigantic baby, that's who. He was 26 inches and 17 pounds, 3 ounces at his well baby visit today. I expect our health insurance to cancel his coverage any minute now. He's in the 90th percentile for height, weight and head circumference, making him a very well-proportioned baby. And you can really see it - he has a decent amount of chub, but he's not at all fat, just big. He's firmly into 9 month clothes now that all of his wrists and ankles are sticking out of 6 month clothes and we can't snap any of them under his crotch without endangering our future grandchildren.

In physical developments, he has started rolling over. And like magic, the boy who never wanted to play on the floor is suddenly thrilled to be under his activity arch. He's even happy to be on his stomach for quite a while. He isn't making any forward movement when he squirms around on the floor, but he will often wind up 90 or 180 degrees away from where he started by rolling around. He's become much more interested in holding and examining objects, and he frequently becomes frustrated when he's under his activity arch because he can't hold the dangling toys and hold them the way he wants to.

Socially, he's the most incredible flirt. It's not just that he will smile at anyone who looks at or talks to him. He will also deliberately catch the eye of people passing him and give them a coy, come-hither smile.

He has started laughing, in response to being tickled, to many of the things K does, and to being sung nonsense. Honestly, I'm not sure why I bother to remember lyrics to songs when the thing he finds most hysterical is my chanting:

A dee-dee-dee,
A dee-dee-dee,
A dee-dee-dee-dee dee-dee-dee!
[vigorously move baby's arms about in various semaphore positions]

Not exactly poetry for the ages. But who could resist making this face smile?

Comments

[kristeljohns.livejournal.com]

Gah, teh cute!!!

::dies::

The whole thing with the four month, 17 lb baby being denied covered sent me into a frenzy of slamming things around and frothing at the mouth, after which I delved into the archives for a picture of Tristan at four months, and of course, 17 lbs. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/61326634@N00/4058771236/) Obese? Yeah, not even close.

Have you gotten any grief during checkups for K being in the upper percentiles? Last check up, the doctor started hemming and hawing a bit because Tristan was 95th percentile for height and over 99th percentile for weight, which he said would be considered overweight, when clearly he's a well proportioned, though solidly built, boy. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/61326634@N00/4066977141/) Grrr.

[juthwara.livejournal.com]

No, our doctor hasn't said a word about K's weight. She's both 80th percentile for height and weight, so she's very proportional, and these days she doesn't even have any baby fat left. Although even if she was chubby, I wouldn't worry about it because she exercises a lot and eats well, so her weight is what it should be for her body and genetic heritage. I'm spending all of my energy trying to raise her with a healthy relationship towards her body and food instead.

[fairoriana.livejournal.com]

What an adorable baby! Ah, how I miss the little babyness!