Ahhh! That baby has huge cheeks! What does his mom feed him?!?
Owen is now 4 months old. Crazy! He had his well visit doctor appointment today and is doing pretty well. Unfortunately his skin is getting pretty bad, so the doctor gave us cream for his eczema, so that should help. The doctor also gave us Zantac (for reflux), which will hopefully help with his frequent and uncomfortable spitting up and waking up so much at night. Other than those two things, he looks good and is definitely growing and thriving!
We really like the pediatrician on base because he's straight forward, listens to our concerns, he has three young children so he understands us, and most of all because he's a Christian and goes to our church! Today at the appointment, he brought up that we could start feeding Owen solid foods. I said that I didn't really want to start yet, mainly because it's such a pain to do. Then he talked about how the rest of the world starts around 4 months and doesn't stress out as much as Americans do. He said if Owen seemed interested, we could just feed him whatever we were eating and mash it up really well. He said that we don't have to make him separate food and we DON'T have to start with rice cereal! We can start with whatever we want and the only restrictions until he is one are honey and cows milk. Since his main calories are still from breast milk, he said it shouldn't be stressful, it should be fun. I'm waaaay more excited now! He's such a lucky baby to be here in Italy and now he doesn't even have to eat disgusting rice cereal! Maybe we'll start him out with spaghetti : )
Owen takes really short naps all day and has been sleeping poorly at night, which is hard. He also wants to be held almost all day. He likes to be rocked to sleep and held for naps. I had been working on making him sleep only in his bed for naps and not rocking him at night. Brian and I have talked a lot about it though and especially after the horrific tragedy last week, we've decided that if our baby likes to be rocked and sung to sleep, then we will snuggle him tighter and longer. We are so grateful to God for our two beautiful boys.
No rice cereal???!!!!!!!!!!!!????????? Keep that pediatrician! I love his approach! If Owen was your first child you would have no idea how momentous that is. Smooshed pasta for the boy!
ReplyDeleteOwen is definitely looking well nourished! Thanks for the cute pictures.
PS - I totally agree about holding babes tighter and longer. All four of you "kids" feel tight hugs from us!
ReplyDeleteLove, Mom (and the Dad, too)
Precious post today, Libby. Including the feeding regimen you about to embark upon - good luck. I like the smooshed pasta; put a little marinara sauce on it and you're good to go! No matter how old you boys will be you will always want to hug them closer-mine is 43 and he was the first person I thought of when I heard the horrific news. Know that everyone of you are well-loved. Love to All, Rosalee
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness I LOVE his cheeks and love your caption of him looking at himself in the mirror! You have to put that in his baby book. (I should talk -- I have nothing in Isaac's yet! Bad mommy...)
ReplyDeleteSo glad he's growing and thriving well! You're doing a great job! Sorry about the sleeping issues. :( I truly hope the zantac helps for his reflux and that that solves some of the problem. Poorly sleeping babies make you delirious... even if they're cute and snuggly. But, yes, in light of all that's going crazy with the world, give your kiddos lots of extra snuggles and hugs and kisses. I have never before seriously considered homeschooling my kids until the recent news. :(
Love you all! Sending huge hugs!