4 Months Stats and a Final Explanation

I can hardly believe our little girl is growing up so quickly. This past Friday was her 4 month appointment and second round of shots. She is weighing in at 15 pounds 12.5 ounces which puts her in the 90th percentile for weight and she is 25 1/2" long which puts her in the 75-90% range for height. He said she looks great and is growing nicely. The second round of shots went okay even though I think Haley would beg to differ. She is such a sweet baby who rarely fusses or even cries...until she gets poked in the thigh with a sharp object. I am not even sure if you consider the noises that came out of her to be cries...they were like wails that would make a dog ears bleed. Thankfully with the immediate soothing of both mom and dad she calmed down relatively quickly and was more than ecstatic to get a bottle as soon as we reached the truck. On a happier note we have been given the okay to start trying rice cereal!! Stay tuned for blackmail pictures to come.

After Friday's appointment I decided I had had enough random explanations on baby percentiles so I decided to do a little research myself. These % figures they spout off are supposed to show where your child ranks with children of the same sex and age. So when the doctor says Haley is in the 90th percentile this means that 90% of all 4 month old baby girls weigh the same or less than Haley...inversely only 10% weigh more!!! Glad I got that cleared up even though I am now concerned she is getting too heavy...hehe...and the weight complex begins for my daughter.