Jerard Danniel is now 3 months and 4 weeks old. He'll be 4 months old in 3 days! Yippee!
As of last check-up, he weighed 8 kilos and measured 69 cms. His birthweight and length was 3.3 kilos and 52 cms., respectively. In almost 4 months, he doubled his birthweight! Hurrahhhh!
The average weight and length/height of a 4-month old baby boy is 6.36 kilos and about 65 cms.
Jedai looks like an 8-month old.
That's not to say that it's okay for him to be big. Dr. Arlene recommended cutting down on his vitamins Nutrilin since baby doesn't seem to have a problematic appetite naman...hihi. And since Jedai is now purely breastmilk-fed (is this the correct term since I bottle-feed him my expressed breastmilk???), there's nothing wrong with his diet anyway. I am, now more than ever, inspired to breastfeed until I have no more milk in me (dramatic) or until he is two years old, whichever comes first. Unless of course, Jam would have his way and we'll have Baby #2 before Jedai turns 2.
In Jedai's almost 4 months, he's never been sick. Never had colic, never had colds, diarrhea or coughs. He doesn't cry much, only when very very hungry. He'd fuss when needs to be burped or wants to be held. He's also now very active. He can stiffen his legs so he could stand when held and hold his head steady. He is very curious, "talks" a lot. He and his daddy enjoy "harot" times when Daddy Jam would tickle him and make funny faces. When we talk to him, he "talks" back, often emphatically, raising his voice and making all these funny facial expressions. When I sing to him, he seem to be humming a long and would laugh a lot when I make him dance.
His Lolo is predicting that he'd be walking and talking before he turns 1 year old. But am not forcing Jedai to grow so fast. One can only savor these precious moments, when your baby is still truly yours (of course, I have to share him with my husband and his grandparents and other relatives...) and you can still kiss and hug your baby without them squirming away.
We went to Baguio last Holy Week...Dad, Mom, Gie, Jam and I, plus, of course, the little prince. We didn't get to go out much, as it rained a lot. Jam is also a certified bed-tv-sleepaholic (to my eternal misery! My exact opposite. This topic (our differences) is worthy of another blog) so to cure my house fever, I played/toyed/bonded with Jedai. He's sooo much fun to play with, plus he has a tendency to become "pikon" - he'd scream and make "gigil", all the more fun to play with. He doesn't need to a lot of toys, actually, he's pretty much interested in his hands, my hands, clothes and his daddy's chest hair. We brought along a small stuffed toy (a blue cow) but he'd ignore moo in favor of some cuddle-time with me.
Kakaloka! I plan to enter this photo sa baby contest.
