4 month stats

    Little guy had his four month check up on Wednesday. We are always full of questions, but our doctor is super nice and smart and takes his time to answer 'em. It's always interesting to talk about where Bear is on his growing chart. I suppose if I had had a full term baby before him I would be able to compare the differences for a preemie and a full term baby. But then again I might be comparing too much and worry unnecessarily about his development. Regardless, Bear's development is normal to us. And he truly is right on track for being 2 months early. In case you're wondering. The doctor has a nifty graph on his laptop that shows us his development. There is a line for Bear (born 32 weeks gestation) and a line for if he were born on his due date (Oct. 5). But there's no interesting lines around the full term area. So the graph is made to reflect his "adjusted" age. It would be no fun and kinda sad if all we ever did was compare to a baby born full term. The conversation would be full of "he's not there yet", "behind", "soon enough". So I'm glad we have our little adjusted graph from the doctor. Oh and our doctor had a preemie baby, so that's nice too. He'll basically be about 2 months behind on physical development. Like head control, eye movement, smiling, and then the bigger things like crawling and walking. Did you know that crawling isn't on the growth development chart? Some babies skip right over crawling and go to walking! Our doctor also had a child that skipped crawling. Guess some are just eager to get going!
And for some things he'll be ahead of his baby friends that were born around his due date. Can't remember what specific things he said. Probably social things? maybe? Oh and he gets all his shots on a normal schedule, meaning those aren't adjusted for his prematurity. Since as soon as he was born he was exposed to the world and all those fun germs (well not so much in the NICU, but still.)
So for his 4 month appointment....
he weighed in at 10 lbs 6 ozs and 22 inches.
He eats about 4ozs ever 3-4 hours.
Wears size 3 month clothing.
Size 1 diapers.
    I like Pampers diapers better than Huggies because I think they are softer. And if I had to wear a diaper 24/7 I think I'd pick the soft one. But I will buy others when I have a coupon. And his diaper is changed often at daycare so we sometimes get the Target brand for daycare.
But for wipes I like Huggies. They tear easier.
    In an ideal world I'd be at home with little man and I'd use cloth diapers. I think it's a great option because you save the world, bah! whatever, you save money!! and we all know that's what we care about most. Well actually they are healthy for you baby's bum too. And that's priority. But in the long run, money is saved. yay.
Have a fun and safe weekend yall!