4 Month Stats

Had our 4 month visit to the pediatrician's office today. 

Evey is 13 lbs 11 oz (50th percentile), 24 inches long (50th percentile), and her head is 40 cm (25th percentile).  Healthy healthy healthy!  (just like her momma...although I'm probably in the 95th percentile...not sure if I'll have pants that fit when I go back to work full-time in May...hmmm)

It's so wonderful to know that she's right on track. I can't imagine what a parent must feel when they're told their child is not developing properly or has some health issue...  I pray that I never have to find out.

The doctor visit went well at the start, of course.  Evey loved tearing up and mouthing the crinkly paper on the exam table, rolling every which way to take in the full view of the examination room. 

She charmed Dr. Ziebarth (he loves babies -- he dotes on her as he does, I'm sure, every one of his little patients). 

And she charmed the Nurses.  So much so, when the Shot Nurse administered the vaccines into Evey's chubby little thighs (3 shots) the Nurse got all teary and distraught at having made sweet Evey cry and I felt obliged to comfort her with a one-armed hug (I was trying to comfort Evey with the other arm).  I actually managed to get through it pretty well (I knew better what to expect this time), but poor little Evelyn felt completely betrayed and was so angry and upset (and hurt!) that she wouldn't be consoled.  I tried to nurse her to help calm her down, but she wasn't interested and instead turned into herself and fell asleep.  She's still sleeping, as a matter of fact, and we've been home for over an hour.

I'm sure glad that's over.

Who IS this dynamo baby?!

Talk about growing up fast, she'll be 16 weeks on Tuesday and Evey is suddenly rolling over, grabbing things and manipulating them with deliberate gestures, starting to laugh, and using her legs like she's ready to up and run across the room!

What's your hurry little one??! 

She now enjoys playing under her "floor gym" (there's so many new terms with all this baby equipment -- I'm sure I get them wrong, but we know what we're talking about).  She gets so excited that she'll kick her arms and legs and SCREAM! and then go right back to yanking and flinging the dangly toys.

They all go in the mouth -- she's extremely determined about that.  Even the ones that don't exactly fit (this is a source of frustration for her...we're still learning the basics of mass).

She's also discovered her feet.  They are fun to pull on, though she hasn't figured out yet that they might also reach her mouth... 

Her legs are always going-going-going and she LOVES the jumpy seat that hangs in the doorway to practice her bouncing skills (I laugh so hard I cry, it is the funniest thing to watch - I posted a video on my Facebook page that you can check out) -- amazing to me how she can sit herself up fairly well already.  I watch her in wonderment...

Suddenly the walks are too long (she gets bored in the stroller) and just setting in our lap is not acceptable -- we must hold her up so that she can demonstrate her standing abilities by bee-bopping up and down on our legs, grinning at us the whole while. 

Such a hoot.  I love it.

She is so fun !!!

Loving the 3 month stage -- Evelyn is so smiley and interactive. Loves to chirp and shout out her funny syllables, anticipating winning someone's attention, and when she gets the eye contact she was hoping for, HUGE smiles - so irrisistable!!  Very fun game.

Her hands are always busy - When I'm driving and reach back to put her Nuk back in, these little hands come up to help me direct it into her mouth.  She can even pull it out and put it back in all by herself (with a few detours and quite a lot of mouthing...but it ends successfully more often than not.  Impressive, I'd say). 

Toys have become much more interesting to her and she can entertain herself while sitting in her bouncy chair for a good fifteen minutes before she looks for somebody to interact with (that's when the chirping strikes back up and she's all happiness when somebody lifts their head to check in with her).

Oh, and Tag's denial about his habit of napping with Evey?  Caught 'em again!!