4 Months Old

My little alien is 4 months old. I can't believe how fast time flies. She is getting sweeter and sweeter every day and we are having so much fun with her. Her favorite thing right now is practicing her sitting. She's pretty good for as small as she is.

We took Lila to the doctor today and even though I was prepared for her to be "small" I totally guessed wrong as to how small. I was thinking right around 13 pounds. Not quite!!

Lila Cate -- 4 months

24.5 inches -- 59th %
15.5 inch head -- 10th%
11 lbs 13 ozs -- 15th%

Each kid I have is smaller than the last. I think it's pretty funny. Last night Sunny and I got out her scrapbook to see how big she was (remember, she was pretty small too) and I thought I'd post them to compare.

Sunny Mae -- 4 months

25.5 -- 97th%
40.5 cm -- 50th%
13 lbs 1 oz -- 50th%

I can't find Jax's stats, but he was the biggest of the three. I think he was like 14 1/2 pounds or somewhere around there ( which is funny since he was the earliest of all and had heart surgery).

The funny thing is that everywhere we go strangers come up and ask how old Lila is and if she was a preemie. At first I was kind of offended, but then one day it happened at Macys' and I finally asked the lady why was she asking. She said b/c she saw Lila sitting up and looking around and thought it was amazing that a baby so young was doing all those things. She thought she was a newborn when she was actually 3 months at the time. After that I decided I don't care what people say anymore. I actually like that Lila is so small. She has a ton of 0-3 month clothes that we were given and she still fits in them great and probably will all summer. Other than that, her appointment went great. The doctor says she is a "very healthy little peanut". Good to know.

Oh yeah, she is getting the beginning of eczema. Aunt Cathy, since you're the expert on that, I'll have to find out what kind of lotion you think would be the best.