4 month check up

Charlie had his 4 month check up at the FV hospital on Monday 5 May, when he was 4 months and 7 days old. His stats were as follows:

Length: 66cms
Weight: 7.6kgs

We were expecting slightly higher figures than the above judging on Charlies growth performance over his first 3 months, but still weren't at all disappointed with the above figures. I had been a little concerned about how quickly Charlie had been growing before I received the above figures.

Haven't checked the above figures with baby growth charts yet, but as last month his stats were equivalent to a baby that was 4 months and 10 days old and Charlie hasn't reached that age yet we know there are no issues.

Still having issues posting pictures to this blog.

Charlie the scholar

Some more pictures, but I am having issues uploading them.

Charlie's playing

Both pictures above were taken earlier today.

Over the last week or two Hien had told me that, on a number of occasions, Charlie had raised his hands to try and grasp at certain objects, but I had seen no evidence of this up until earlier this week.

Last weekend Charlie was given one of those water resistant material books about puppies. We introduced this to Charlie and it was an instant hit. As soon as Charlie saw this he was raising his hands to touch and grasp hold of it. Hien and I both read from the book and turned over the pages. After only a very short time Charlie was also trying to turn over the pages with us. He has had time with this book every day this week and is enjoying it more and more.

Mid-week I had a couple of days off as they were national holidays. This gave me time to hunt through the huge eclectic pile of toys that Charlie has accumulated over the last few months. Out came the blue mat thing that you can see in the pictures above. Another instant hit with Charlie as within minutes he was kicking the ball and reaching for the objects above his head.

Charlie has had more and more tummy time recently and this week it was very noticeable how much more able he was to raise his head for a long period of time.

Overall a thoroughly rewarding week watching Charlie's progress.