We took Alexander in for his four month checkup yesterday morning. The doctor says he's healthy and growing at a healthy rate. He's ahead of the curve at "transferring" objects from one hand to the other, but he's not rolling over as much as other four-month-olds tend to do. In other words, he's developing fine motor control faster than course motor control.

He's also now in the 75th to 90th percentile range for height, weight, and skull size. He's a little over 16 pounds, which means we should be able to continue using his current car seat for a few more months. We were worried he'd outgrow it (the max is 20 pounds) before he turned a year old. That still seems likely, but at least we won't have to rush out to buy a new car seat *right this minute.*

You see, the law says that any child under one year old has to be in a rear-facing car seat. Most rear-facing car seats are only rated for children up to twenty pounds. If Alexander weighs more than twenty pounds before he turns a year old, we'll end up having to buy him one more car seat than we would have had to, otherwise. It's funny how many things like this you have to be aware of once you have a baby in the house.

Anyway, the big event at the doctor's office yesterday was another round of innoculation shots for the kid. He needed FOUR shots. Ouch! He was not happy about that.

Otherwise, life continues to move forward with our little one. He's not crawling yet, but he is starting to scoot around the room by pushing with his feet while he's lying on his back. So far, his favorite places to go are under the tables and chairs in the living room. A whole new world for him. :-)