Tessa is 4 months old.

Last week Tessa reached 4 months. I think she's accomplished a lot so far in her short life. In addition to doing a great job holding up her head (above), she also started rolling from her back to her tummy as of April 16th (at which point she becomes infuriated and must be fairly quickly rolled back to her back to preserve everyone's ear drums) and she has also proven that she has the ability to roll back to her back from her tummy by herself as of April 29th (she has only done this once though, but I think she just wanted to fit in another milestone before her doctor appointment).

So, it was time for a trip to the doc for some shots and some stats:

Height: 24 1/4" 
Weight: 14.5 lbs              ~50% for all measurements
Head: 41 cm

We didn't have our usual doctor, Dr. Lookadoo, for this visit. Instead it was a doctor we hadn't seen before, Dr. Stoeber, who was also really nice. He indicated that Tessa seemed to have dropped on her height chart and I told him that I thought she got a very "generous" measurement the last time, at which point he indicated that these measurements are rather loose anyway. So let's just say that our girl is pretty average.

He examined her and said she looks great and said that she is developmentally "advanced" (I think the rolling both ways impressed him, but little did he - or I - know that was a one-time thing). He asked if she had been cooing and making noises in response to us and I told him that she didn't vocalize all that much except to her brother...at which point she started "talking" and cooing at the doctor and continued to do so for the whole exam. In fact, she was in the best mood she had been in for days! And, coincidentally, within a day or so of this appointment, she started squawking all the time.

 

Her sleeping as of 4 months leaves a lot to be desired...let's just say that's a work in progress. I'm pretty sure Max was the same at this age (and isn't the greatest sleeper to this day). Not sure how I managed to end up with two non-sleepers when I need so much sleep but ... go figure.

All in all, a healthy girl and I am so grateful. Sadly, Chris wasn't able to join us for this appointment and I had to hold her for her shots... my first time solo for shots. Tessa did fine. Amazingly, so did I.

AND, she had her best night's sleep in weeks. (Where can I get some of those needles for home-administration?)