Rice Rice Baby!

This has been a pretty eventful week. We kicked it off by going to the doctor's office for Olivia's 4-month checkup. She was given a clean bill of health with the minor exception of perhaps a mild case of Gastroesophageal Reflux, also known as acid reflux. This is very common in babies for about the first year, so we are just taking steps to aleviate her discomfort when bouts of acid reflux come up (no pun intended). "Kep", you are absolutely right...Olivia has not started teething yet. Dr. Scott said it's just those salivary glands kicking into full gear. She weighed in at 13.6 pounds and a length of 25 inches. That's in the 50th percentile for weight and 75th percentile for length. Her head circumfrence was also in the 75th percentile. In summary, she weighs what she should, but is taller than most and she has a big head on her shoulders!

Olivia also made another discovery early in the week...she discovered her feet. She uses her feet to attempt to pick up things, like toys. She also likes playing with her feet when we change her diaper...which is actually a good thing because it makes the clean up process "down there" much easier and faster!

The big event of the week was when the pediatrician informed us that we could start giving Olivia rice cereal! So, we gave it a go Wednesday evening. As you would expect, more of it ended up on Olivia rather than in her. But, she really didn't do too bad for the first attempt. Here are a couple pictures from Olivia's first rice cereal feeding...you will note that we had initially forgotten the bib:


I tried my hand at feeding her Thursday night and it went a little better than the previous night. Here's a picture from Thursday night:

Progressively, she's getting better about eating the rice cereal as Amanda and I fine tune the rice cereal mixture. It's interesting though...since we've started feeding her with a spoon, Olivia has been watching Amanda and me very intently when we eat. She's definitely interested in learning more about eating with utensils.

This Friday, we will be headed to Tulsa for Laurie's baby shower...it will be our first big road trip with Olivia. Saturday is also Amanda's 30th birthday!! I'll update the blog with pictures and details when we get back. It probably won't be on Sunday, but I'll do it as soon as I get the chance. Until then, here are a few more pictures from the past week. Enjoy!