Norah's 4 Month Well Baby Visit

Norah went and saw her pediatrician on Wednesday and it was a great visit! She now weighs 13.2 lbs and is 24 1/4 inches tall. I was worried she wasn't gaining weight like she used to, but her doctor said she is doing great! He said weight gain can slow down around 4 to 6 months, because they become more active. Norah is definitely an active girl, she is always moving and playing. He even said Norah is very advanced for her age, we were telling him all she does and he was very amazed by her progress. He was also happy to hear she was doing so great with her cereal and I had told him I felt she was ready to move on to veggies and eat twice a day and he agreed and said go for it. We just love Norah's doctor, he is very kind, great listener, never rushes us when we are there, is always making sure all our questions are answered and we are even allowed to use the room after the appt. to nurse and change Norah, it is such a great environment, especially for a doctor's office! His office staff is also great and we just love that we see the same Nurse every time and now have established relationships with both her and her doctor, it is so nice to have that. We also love her doctor because he is not pushy about vaccines and we never feel pressured to follow the vaccine chart timeline. We really appreciate how honest her doctor is about what vaccines are key now and what ones he feels can wait until later. We have decided to not follow the normal vaccination timeline. With Casey being in the health field we are very aware of illnesses that can be life threatening to infants so we have decided to do only the ones that are most important now at this age and we are doing the vaccines that aren't key until later when she is much older. We are also only doing one shot per visit. Our doctor is so supportive in what we have decided and we really appreciate and respect him for that. We wanted to wait until she was older, she is now almost 5 months, to get her first shot. She got her very first shot on Wednesday and it was so hard for me to see her get a shot, but she did great! Overall a great visit!