The Alsmans

We bought Caitlin an exersaucer last weekend and she tried it out this week! She LOVES it. She still needs some support from blankets but she loves looking at the toys and reaching for them! She also tried teethers for the first time. We thought she would like them since she is constantly putting her hands in her mouth. She really likes them especially when they are really cold! She now likes to sleep on her side, which worries me. I keep thinking she is going to roll over on her belly. I guess we need to start keeping her hands out of the swaddle at night. She now takes naps with them out but of course she doesn't sleep as long that way! She'll get used to it!

She went to the doctor yesterday for her 4 month check-up. She weighs 11 lbs. 14 oz. (10-25 percentile) and is 24 1/4 inches (50-75 percentile). The doctor is not worried that she is little. She said Caitlin is growing proportionately so that is what is important!! She is just long and lean!!! The doc gave us the o.k. to start rice cereal so we will probably introduce that in the next few weeks! Other than that, the doc says she is doing great and is meeting all the developmental milestones! We go back in June for the 6 month appt.

Caitlin is now looking forward to her first White Sox game tomorrow night. It is supposed to be 80 degrees in Chicago so it will be perfect!