Our Growin Boy!

Dax is now four months and twenty days.... my how the time flies! We had Dax's four month check up and shots today and he did so good! He was quite talkative the entire time... thank goodness! The last two appointments he was not a very happy camper so I'm glad they got to see his happy side. With his first shot he didn't even flinch... and then with the second one there was a delayed cry that didn't last too long. I was such a proud mommy :)   Dax now weighs 15.45lbs, is 26.25 inches, and his head circumference is 16.75 inches. He is up to the 43.37 percentile in head circumference (30.32% at 2 months, 28.41% at 9 days),  40.76 percentile in weight (16.67% at 2 months, 44% at 9 days), and drum roll...... 79.4 percentile in height (up from 27% at 2 months and 56% at 9 days).  He's going to be long and skinny like his daddy :)    I figured he was pretty long for his age since some of his 3-6 month pj's are almost too short.  Yet I can't go up a size b/c they would swallow his tiny little body.... hmmm...
Speaking of clothes Dax has finally grown out of all of his 0-3 month clothes and is now fitting all of his 3-6 month clothes perfectly (except his pants which all tend to be short). His feet are still huge... comfortably wearing 12 month socks and his little fingers are so long that he gags himself anytime they're in his mouth.   So since it was his four month check I'm going to copy my BFF and give a list of things Dax has been up to lately...

* Rolls like a rockstar from his belly to back... and thinks it's a really fun game when he rolls over and mommy puts him back on his belly so he can get some tummy time in.
* He can get onto his side from his back but can't quite figure out what to do with his arms so he can get onto his belly.
* He talks... and talk and talks and talks now. I LOVE it :)  Throughout the night if he wakes up he just talks away... and when you go into the room to get him back to sleep he laughs when he sees you... it's pretty awesome lol.
* He plays in his Bounce Bounce Baby and loves to sit there and look around at all of his toys... I can't wait until he figures out how to jump.
* One of his favorite things to do is have his diaper changed lol. He just talks away the entire time.
* He enjoys eating his hand... entire hand... and will manage to fit his entire fist in his mouth and talk at the same time.
* His little body is like clockwork when he's at home. His daily sleep schedule is like this.... Wake up at about 8:00am, 30 minute nap around 10:30 or 11:00am, two hour nap at about 1:30 or 2:00pm, 30 minute nap at 5:30pm, bed at 8:00pm, nurse at about 5:00am, and back to sleep until 8:00pm. I really like his sleep schedule now and it works out great for all of us. Apparently for whatever reason he doesn't like to nap at daycare but that's what his schedule looks like any time he's at home.
* He loves music and being sung to...especially Bob Marley... it's amazing.
* He loves his bedtime routine and it works wonders.
* He loves to play with toys now. He's really good at switching toys back and forth between hands and taking things to and from his mouth. In fact one of his favorite games is to take his paci in and out of his mouth.
*He is becoming really aware of his surroundings. He's constantly looking around and LOVES to watch and tough the dogs. Also with this comes his ability to spot a bottle from across the room... which means mommy and daddy have to hide them now when its not time to eat :)
* During tummy time he love to put his face down into the blanket and lift his butt entirely up in the air, holding himself up on with his face and toes lol... I don't know how this is fun but apparently it is. He also scoots himself forward by doing this... I think once those little arms get stronger he'll be all over the place!