4 Months Old!!

Roman is now officially 4 months old!! Wow, time flies!!! My baby is growing so fast! He had a cold this past week, so I took him to the doctor on Monday and they let me go ahead and get his 4 month check up. My mom is here all week, so she got to go with me. Things were so different than the time she went with me before at his 2 week appointment. Roman had lost more weight and was 6-1/2 lbs. We were so nervous because breastfeeding wasn't working and he couldn't hold on weight. We had to immediately supplement with formula. I was so scared and felt like such a failure! All I wanted to do was to be able to breastfeed my baby. Well, it ended up working! After lots of prayers and dedication, my little Roman is growing before our eyes and I am able to breastfeed him with one supplemented bottle at night.

Here are his stats:

Weight - 15lbs 2oz (55%)

Height - 24-5/8" (40%)

Head - 42.6" (48%)

Roman is still sleeping from 8:30 pm to 6:00am. He will continue to wake up sometimes around 4 or 5 am. Yes, he still goes to the swing in our room if I can't soothe him in his crib. I am a working mom and it's hard to get sleep!!

He rolls 360 degrees and sleeps mostly on his stomach.

Roman can now grab and hold on to his toys. Everything ends up in his mouth!

He is "talking" all of the time! I mean, he's cooing and expressing himself so much!

We introduced rice cereal last night! He actually took it! I am going to continue to try this every evening.

This has been our schedule for a long time. Roman was getting about 37 oz of milk a day.

6:00 am - wake, feed (nurse), play
7:30 am - nap
9:00 am - wake, feed (60z bottle or nurse), play

10:30 am - nap
12:00pm - wake, feed (60z bottle or nurse), play

1:30 pm - nap

3:00pm - wake, feed (60z bottle or nurse), play

4:30 pm - nap

6:00pm - wake, feed (nurse) play

8:00pm - bath time

8:15 pm - 7oz bottle formula, bedtime!

The doctor suggested that I change his schedule to only 5 feedings a day, so we're trying it. Man, I never realized how scheduled Roman really was. It is so difficult to change him! He is still getting approximately 37 oz of milk a day. Here's our new schedule:

6:00am - wake, feed (nurse), play

7:30am - nap

9:30 am - wake, feed (80z bottle or nurse), play

11:30am - nap
1:00pm - wake, feed (70z bottle or nurse), play

2:30pm - nap

4:30 pm - wake, feed (7oz bottle or nurse), play

6:00 pm - rice cereal

7:45 pm - bath time

8:00 pm - feed (80z formula bottle) bedtime!

Any suggestions to the schedule are appreciated. We're just trying to keep him growing and get enough sleep.

Here are more pics of him at 4 months!

Both of my boys!

Blurry photo at the doctor from my phone

Mee Ma reading to Roman

He loves to "read" books (for a short time)

First bite ever of rice cereal. He did great!

Daddy had to try!

Love that sweet face!!