4 months

Grace is four months old today and I truly can't believe it! This recap will be brief, Grace had a rough day and we're all tired. Daddy took Grace to the doctor today and she weighed in at 13lb 6 ozs and 24 inches. She is in the 25-50 percentile for both of those...right on target. She has a huge head though, thanks to the Zier side! She is in the 75 percentile for head circumference. She had four shots today and was alright until later this afternoon. She was really fussy and ran a very small fever. But, no on paniced and I'm sure she'll be fine tomorrow. She is now fast asleep. I'll add more info and pics tomorrow!

Ok, I'm back. Unfortunatley, Gracie had a reaction to her shots. Yesterday she had a fever of 101.7. Despite the high fever, she was very calm and not fussy at all. The doctors advice and some cherry baby tylenol did the trick! Today she stayed with her Mom-Mom and she is doing so much better.

Gracie had a great check-up and we've been given the ok to start a little rice ceral at 5 months and then onto "food" at 6 months. I can't believe she's already eating; well almost. She has been drooling like a champ and putting her fingers in her mouth constantly (note picture below). Dave asked the pedi about it and she said that Gracie is teething! Yippee!!! I'm sure that'll be fun. She continues to sleep through the night (7:30-6:15AM when I have to wake her up) and is getting used to her new morning routine. I wake her up and snuggle, pass her off to her papa who feeds, changes and plays with her and then it's time to hit the road!

Daycare has been a true nightmare. the day before she was to start, my sister and her fiance' brought Grace by to see it and to drop off her stuff. I met them there. There was nothing "wrong" with the center but I didn't get a good feeling about it. When we left, I was in tears saying that I couldn't leave her in that place. My sister calmed me down but I knew I had to start looking for other centers. This one is about 5 minutes from my school but that is honestly the only positive about it. Monday night (8-20) I started calling other centers. Of course, they all had waitlists until December/January. To make a very long story short, we were backed into a corner. Tuesday morning I began making more calls in the car on my way to drop Gracie off. There was one school in particular that I really loved and we were waitlisted with them until December (ridiculous considering we put our name on the list in MARCH people!) but I figured I might as well give them a call and see where we were on the list. My mom had agreed to watch Grace for a couple of months if need be and I was beginning to think that would happen. I called the center and, to my complete surprise, they actually had a baby move and had one space avaliable starting Sept 6. I cried (trust me people, when you have a baby, there is mucho crying involved)! It's about 25 bucks more a week but who cares! Gracie will be so happy there.

So, for the next week, she will go back to the center I hate. I must stress that she is in no danger. The caregivers are following the rules to the letter, I just don't like the place. It's hard to explain, call it mother's intution or something like that.

What you've waiting for...here she is and she's not happy: