4 Months Old Today

Today our little Avery turned 4 months old. I know it sounds very cliche', but I can't believe how quickly the time it has gone. Avery's stats are weighs 14.7 lbs and is 25 1/2 inches long (both are in the 75th percentile). She is such a sweet little baby, by all accounts she is perfect! I have been very happy that she has been sleeping from 8 pm to 4:45 am for about 2 weeks now.

We got the go ahead to start eating rice cereal. According to her pediatrician, research is showing that babies that eat earlier are not developing allergies despite there being no nutrition value at this age. (At 6 months old then there is a nutrition value for them because they need more than breast milk for their energy and growth.) Dr. Simerville also said that babies under 6 months old are very good at regulating their calorie intake so if she eats 500 calories a day and she eats 200 calories of rice cereal (no nutrition value) then she will drink only 300 calories of breast milk (much nutritional value) so to give it to her to eat a few times a week. The other issue is that taste is not a sensation that she has had much of so it will help to develop that sensation for her.


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