Four Month Check Up

Evie had her four month check-up with Dr. Stone on Monday, and everything was great!  She is in the upper 90th percentile on all her growth stats.  She weighed in at 17 pounds 15.5 ounces (can't we just call that 18 pounds?!), she is 26 and 3/4 inches long, and her head circumference is a whopping 17 inches.  At her two month check up, the nurse measured her head (16 inches then), left the room and then came back with a different head-measuring device because she thought her first measurement couldn't be right since it was so big.  Nope, it was right the first time!!  Must be all those brains. :)

She had to get two shots, one in each leg.  She screamed bloody murder when the first one went in, and kept crying through the second, but she recovered very quickly and went right back to her happy and playful self. 

BUT, we did get some bad news....  Dr. Stone said it's time to give up the paci at bedtime and naptime (which is really the only time she wants it anyway).  Evie wasn't always especially attached to a paci.  They weren't providing them in the hospital when she was born, and of course we didn't know to try one.  But once mommy and daddy realized its benefits, it made its way quite successfully into our bedtime routine.  We were also hoping it would help deter this:

Won't she love this picture in a few years?!  She does seem to be out of her thumb-sucking phase lately, and we're hoping it doesn't return.   

So, I guess that's that.  Good-bye, Paci!  It's been fun!