Milestone: Eric 4 months

Weight: 17 lbs. 6 oz. (90th percentile)
Head: 16.75 in. (60th percentile)
Chest: 17.25 in. (85th percentile)
Length: 26 in. (80th percentile)

And that's on an empty stomach! What a fatty.

Anneli has obviously inherited her clumsiness from me. She had a rough day yesterday. We were at Target ("red circle shopping") and she ran into the arm of a clothes rack. Banged up her cheek. Later in the evening, she fell face first down a set of stairs and landed on the opposite cheek! Luckily she didn't break a tooth, although there was some bleeding. She had a big lip this morning. She tried to blame me for her falling, said my foot made her fall. She didn't believe me when I said she fell by herself.

So let's update on her newly acquired skills:
- count to one hundred by ones and tens
- write every letter of the alphabet
- write basic words (cat, cow, car, mom, dad, eye, pig)
- spell and write her name and Eric's
- draw flowers, ants, rainbows, suns, people
- using adverbs (definitely, surely)

She can draw people much better now. She now includes a body and limbs, and she adds hair when applicable. ("Oppa, you don't have hair on top.") I should start scanning her pictures so I can show them to her when she's older.

Eric can hold his head up when he's on his belly! We're trying to get him to roll over, but he can't quite yet. (Maybe because he's so fat!) If he's like his sister, then he probably won't do it for another few months.

He's been smiling and laughing a lot, and his face just lights up when he does. I'll post some more pictures of him--all smiles, of course. He has his four-month physical this afternoon, so I'll find out exactly how fat he is! (He is now wearing 12-month clothes.)

Eric is 100 days old today! Koreans usually mark this day with a huge family celebration, which we will hold this Saturday. See you then!

[edit 07/27/2001] I realize I never posted anything about the party. I also didn't take any pictures, which I had planned to do, but obviously, things got a little busy. Anyway, it was fun all around because so many of my family attended. It was really nice to have everyone here!

Eric spent his first Easter with my family! We went to my cousin's house for dinner. The kids (minus Eric) had a quick egg hunt, a mad dash to see how much chocolate each kid could score. Eric, obviously, didn't do much besides eat, sleep, and be cute. :)

Milestone: Eric 2 months

Weight: 13 lbs. 8 oz.
Length: 22 in.
Head: 16 in.
Chest: 16 in.

Poor Eric had to receive five vaccines today, and he's had a tough go of it. He cried off and on 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m., but he's finally asleep.

Last night, Eric slept from 9:00 p.m. until 4:45 a.m.! Initially, it would seem I also got a lot of uninterrupted sleep, but don't be deceived. I was constantly waking up at the slightest noise, waiting in the dark for Eric to fidget. He ended up just sleeping through the night. Hopefully, this is the start of something good. :)

Today we visited an otolaryngologist to correct Eric's tongue tie (ankyloglossia). Dr. Bhatti recommended we have it corrected right in the office. It was a fairly simple procedure (from an observer's standpoint): clamp on the frenulum, snip with scissors. Of course, Eric cried, as I imagine it must have been painful without any anesthesia. Dr. Bhatti said letting him breastfeed would help the blood clot and put pressure on the wound. To my surprise, Eric actually latched on after a few minutes of anguished crying. He eventually fell asleep. When we got home, he was hungry so we tried breastfeeding again. He kept getting frustrated because he wasn't getting the steady flow of milk he was used to, but he kept at it for about ten minutes. He finally gave up and started to cry because he was hungry. I'm not too worried about the breastfeeding, but I'm glad he has full mobility in his tongue now.