Can you believe its been four months...

since Alina came into this world? We can't! Our little "doodlebug" is growing everyday. She is such a blessing to Justin and I. Alina loves to smile and laugh. She enjoys playing and eating and is a good little sleeper:) Yesterday, Alina went in for her four month check up, so far she seems to be more like her daddy, tall and skinny:
Height - 25 inches (75 %)
Weight - 12 lbs 8oz (25 %)


When I got home from school we gave Alina rice cereal for the first time. She seemed to think it was okay, whatever actually got into her mouth, because I'm pretty sure most of it ended up on her bib! Since then, she hasn't been as crazy about the rice cereal, I may be putting too much in there, so I'll back off a bit and she if she likes it better.

Dr. Cope also said we should change her to a four hour schedule instead of three, so we are working on that and she seems to be doing well, we'll see how tonight goes. The only things she needs to work on is rolling over and tummy time (which will help with the rolling over). She had a couple of tummy times in her crib today and seemed to like it ok, she even rolled over all the way once on her own! We've been slack with tummy time because she hates it so much, she does what Dr. Cope calls "skydiver," where she lifts her arms, head and legs off the floor so only her belly is touching. That's some serious ab work, no wonder she hates it!

We also learned this week that she still needs zantac for her acid reflux, she was really fussy the two days she went with out it. Also, dairy still is bothering her. Dr. Cope said I should hold off on the dairy until she is 9 months old (yes, 5 more months without cheese!). Usually, babies outgrow the dairy issue between 9 and 12 months he said. So today, I went to Publix and bought soy cheese, yummy:( I haven't tried it yet, but hey some cheese is better than no cheese, besides its been so long since I've had the real thing maybe I won't remember what it tasted like. It's amazing what they can do with soy!