4 Months Old!!

Jacob is 4 months old today!

While we've been able to avoid illness for this long, Jacob finally got sick a few weeks ago. He had a slight fever for a day and had been coughing for about a week. Since we were out of town this past weekend, I took him to the doctor on Friday to make sure everything was okay. His cough was still there but the doctor said his lungs were clear so that was good. He did look in Jacob's ears and found that he had a big ear infection so we got some antibiotics to knock it out and we got the okay for rice cereal (in the bottle and spoon fed) because Jacob is old enough now and to try and help his reflux. We also got his face and arms checked out because he has a rash looking thing that keeps getting better than worse....the doctor said that it was cradle cap on his face and eczema on his arms and gave me some ideas to try to get rid of it. Jacob also had his weight taken and is 13 lbs fully clothed with a full diaper! :)

The spoon fed rice cereal wasn't a hit even though we thought he'd be loving it because Jacob has been watching us eat and moving his mouth for the longest time like he wants food. He eventually made a good face though...

The watermelon on the other hand was...

I have been putting a little rice cereal in his night bottle to see if that will help him sleep through the night a little better. Ever since we tried to lay him flat again and he got sick, he's only slept all the way through the night about once....but it's not too bad - he usually gets up once in the middle of the night, drinks his bottle and goes right back to sleep.