Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Camden 4 month Stats

I feel like a new woman after Day 1 in my recovery from a severe sinus infection and bronchitis. I can finally get my "list" started which has been stagnant and accumulating for about a week now. I'm not back to 100% yet, but was pretty impressed with myself when I at least got the laundry done today.
Now on to our new addition, Camden's, stats from the doctor last Thursday. He was 4 months and 17 days old and...

Weight: 14 lbs, 9 oz
Length: 25.6" long
Head Circumstance: 16.34 "

Some of his favorite things are
  • sleeping with soft blankets partially covering his face in his swing,
  • grabbing my hair and not letting go with a huge open-mouth grin on his face,
  • swatting at my food or drink,
  • pulling out his pacifier and sucking on the paci. handle,
  • sitting in his bumbo seat in the center of the dinner table,
  • playing with Millie while in his exersaucer,
  • watching sports with his Daddy and letting Daddy move Cam's arms/legs through a vivid narration of the game.
  • smiling up at Mommy and checking out the action around him while trying to nurse,
  • laughing rarely but heartily (and boy, do we feel blessed by his laugh. It's so genuine.)
  • sucking on his fists
  • and MIRRORS! (He just loves that picture smiling back at him)
Nursing- still 6-7 times a day stretching 2-3.5 hours depending on the time of day .
Napping- 3x a day (usually one long in the morning, catnap between 11 and 12:30 and then another 1 1/2 hour nap in the afternoon)
Night Sleeping- he was waking 2x/night to nurse usually at 10:30pm and then at 4:30am I think out of habit, but that was before I got sick. I have not been able to get out of bed or even stop coughing enough at night to nurse him. And after just a few short nights, he (crossing my fingers) has now started sleeping through the night from 7-7. We'll see if it lasts.
Playing
- His tummy time enjoyment level is hit-or-miss. I don't put him on his tummy after he's eaten because then we have a milk mess to clean up on top of an unhappy child to deal with. He's got some incredible head control, so much so, that I put both kids in the wagon, while we went on our walk today. With Cam, I cushioned some blankets around him but believe it or not, he didn't move and sat straight up the whole time around the entire block (1/4 mile). Again, smiling all the way. I was floored though because I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that wagons are for 1+ year olds, but of course, we weren't off-roading it or traveling at high speeds.

This month: Camden will be introduced to some tasty rice cereal and other foods. He'll learn how fun it is to play in the playpen (with his sister trying to climb in to join him, I'm sure.)

4 comments:

Truluck's said...

Question.... so did Matt get up and calm Cam down in the middle of the night or did he just cry a bit and go back to sleep?? We are also stuck at 10:30 and 4ish - The 4 a.m. is wearing me out. I want to know your magic!!!

Matt and Brooke said...

He cried it out. Earplugs helped me although Matt listened out the whole time and it took him about 30 minutes to resettle on is own. There was nothing Matt could do.

Maureen said...

CIO is tough, but necessary! Sorry you haven't felt good...hope it passes quickly...though you seem to have sent it up to DC! :)

Mia said...

Thank you so much for the update and pictures. Cam is such a doll, I can not wait to see Millie and him soon