Ephram at Four Months

Our little newborn baby is officially gone.  He has been replaced by a giggling, active and babbling baby boy.  Daytime sleeping has decreased in favor of more play time.  He's found his voice and loves to stare at the world around him.  His little face lights up when he sees me enter a room, and nothing has ever worked so well to warm my heart.

Ephram's theme for month three seems to have been growth.  Here were his stats at his four month appointment...  (drum roll please...)

Height: 24 inches (16%)
Weight: 15 pounds 10.5 ounces (65%)
Head Circumference: 44.5 cm (95%)

Everything about our boy is growing rapidly!  I was shocked beyond belief that he was nearing 16 pounds, and even more shocked when they showed me that he was over the 50th percentile for weight!  We're talking about my little baby that came home from the hospital at 5 pounds, 4 ounces.  Now he's almost triple his birth weight (6 pounds, 6 ounces.)  He jumped from the 14th percentile at his last check-up to the sixty-fifth.  That's quite the jump.  He was only in the 4th percentile for height at his two month check-up and then went up to the 16th.  And his head shot up from the 82nd percentile.  I did ask the doctor if I should be concerned that his percentile for weight is so much greater than the percentile for height.  She said no, that he looks very healthy and was probably getting ready to grow in length as well.  Finally, I am relaxed about the whole growth thing... at least for now!

Milestones:
14 Weeks - Held head up at 90 degrees consistently
14 Weeks - Rolled over from back to front
14 Weeks - Rolled over from front to back
15 Weeks - Moved into 3-6 months clothes

One day Ephram finally popped his head up while he was on tummy time.  And then he never put it back down.  The next day he rolled onto his tummy while I was changing his diaper.  And later that day he rolled onto his back during a tummy time.  At first I thought the rolls were accidental, but he repeated them for the next couple of days... he only rolls when it suits him, so I haven't been able to catch it on camera yet!

What he's eating:
2/3 breastmilk and 1/3 formula
My supply finally seems to be up and the amount of formula he's taking is going down.  Based off of how we started, I didn't think I'd still be able to breastfeed this long so I am thrilled.  We're planning to delay solids to his six month birthday to hopefully prevent food allergies that run in the family.

Favorite songs:
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Popcorn Popping
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Favorite things to do:
Play on the floor - he loves grabbing a toy, putting it down and choosing another
Watch mom and Charlie sing songs with hand movements
Laugh (he chortles - it's cute!)
Eat
Swing
Go for walks
Play peek-a-boo

Least favorite things to do:
Be alone, or not have someone to talk to (he'll talk to a "friend" if I can't be there)
Sleep

Nicknames:
Boo-Boo (he scratches his face all the time, despite every precaution I can think of)
Little E
Monkey