Four months

That's how old the little mister is today :) We celebrated with a trip to the pediatrician for a well-baby checkup. Everything is good. Finn weighs 10 lbs. 15 oz. and is 22+ inches long (I can't remember the exact fraction). He's in the 25th percentile for weight and the 10th percentile for length (this is on the DS growth chart). What I don't understand is that the doc said that at two months he was 20.* inches long and was in the 25th percentile, and now he's only in the 10th percentile. Yet, he grew well over an inch over the last two months, so I'm not sure how much more he would have had to grow to have stayed in the 25th percentile. Whatever, I'm really not concerned about his length (the kid is NOT going to be tall - none of our kids are going to be tall - I've come to terms with that, thank you very much, Michael). Anyway, I really think that baby lengths are subjective - you can have two different people measure the same baby on the same day and come up with completely different lengths. I know at least one of my kids supposedly shrunk from one checkup to the next :/

The doc was very impressed with Finn's alertness, activeness, coordination, etc. (perhaps I need to lay off the worrying a bit?) When he was listening to Finn's heart with the stethoscope, Finn kept trying to grab it, and the doc was laughing at his "persistence," which he said shows both a high level of coordination and cognizance in Finn.

He mentioned that around 6 months we will need to have Finn's vision and hearing checked, as children with DS often have impaired hearing and/or vision (although he passed his initial newborn hearing screening).

Since we are foregoing vaccinations, no shots today. And I have to tell you, Finn is the only one of my kids who has not been sick. He's had some minor congestion here and there, and he did have that fever one evening a couple months back, but that's it. All of my other kids have already been sick with colds 2 and 3 times since school started 2 months ago. I can't help but wonder about the connection between vaccinations and compromised immune systems. I know this is a hot topic with strong feelings on both sides, but all I can say is that I am very at peace with our decision not to vaccinate Finn for the time being.

And here he is at 4 months old:

He really does smile quite a bit, but I rarely seem to be able to capture his smiles with the camera. He was actually overdue for a nap when I took these today, and he was a pretty good sport, considering.