Four Month Check Up

Elise had her four month check up last week. She is in perfect health and took her vaccines like a champ. Only a few tears! She is still growing like a weed. She weighs 16 lbs (90th percentile) and is 25.25 inches tall (75th percentile). Lately, her hunger has been difficult to curb, so we decided to start her on rice cereal. She was resistant at first, but now seems to enjoy it. Her enjoyment may be directly tied to my mixing it with apple juice instead of milk. We'll transition back to milk after a week or two. Here is a picture of her in her high chair - isn't she such a big girl?!


I also got this adorable picture of her sitting in her chair that her uncles and aunt on the Erwin side gave her.

A prayer request I'd like to share is that Elise is undergoing some major stranger anxiety - or separation from her parents anxiety. She's not been doing well at daycare. I've been called pretty regularly over the last couple of weeks to come feed her because she refused her bottle. Today, I had to travel to Indy, and Wes ended up having to pick her up from daycare because they couldn't get her to stop crying. Since I'll be working from home, she won't be in daycare any longer, but she will be at the house with babysitters. I just get so sad thinking of the distress she feels when Wes and I are not around. I hope this is a phase she'll outgrow. I don't want Elise to have abandonment issues!