My BIG boy

Austin had his four month check this morning, and he's big and healthy.

Height: 26 in (80th percentile)
Weight: 20 lbs (100th+ percentile)
Head: 43 1/4 cm (75th percentile)

Yep, you read that right. My FOUR month old is TWENTY pounds!!

Usually they recommend waiting until closer to 6 months before starting a breastfed baby on food, but they told me I needed to feed my boy some rice cereal. I cried.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to start the next step, but it is also the first step in my little boy not relying solely on me for food. Yes, I know this is crazy and that we'll still be nursing for quite some time, but sniff.

So, rice cereal it is. We'll start Monday so we can use it for his weekly picture. I'm trying to look at the bright side and am hoping this will solve his night wakings. He was such a good sleeper, but has been waking every four hours STARVING for the last few weeks.

Excuse me, I need to go cry in a corner.