One more cup of coffee

Four months

Yesterday, Nathan turned four months old. To celebrate, he laughed for the first time. We were giving him a bath in the kitchen sink, and when I started rinsing him off with the sprayer, he laughed and laughed and laughed! Meredith and I were so happy :)

This morning he had his check-up at the doctor. He’s doing fine – perfectly healthy in every way. He weighed 16 pounds, 10 ounces. Clearly he’s getting enough to eat. He also got his next set of four vaccinations, which didn’t upset him nearly as much as last time. In a week and a half, we take him back to the orthopedist to look at his club feet. We can’t remember if the braces are supposed to come off (in the daytime) at that appointment or some later date, but it’s relatively soon, at any rate.

Nathan completely mauled himself in the middle of the night last night. He woke up at 5 AM and went from making a little bit of noise to screaming his head off within about 25 seconds. I got up with him and cuddled / fed him back to sleep, but when we got up again (at 7:30) noticed that he had badly scratched the top of his head. (Note to self: cut his fingernails WAY more often. Like every other day.)

He’s still an incredibly easy-going, mellow baby. We really are very lucky.