We met in 2002 while we were both working at BookPeople in Austin, Texas. We got married on June 18, 2005 and now live in a small house in North Austin with our two dogs, Coltrane and Miles, and our three cats - Gnosis, Nona, and Kali. Brian works as an Editorial Assistant at the University of Texas Press and Elizabeth still works at BookPeople as a buyer and the Inventory Operations Manager.

On April 12, 2009 we welcome our first child, Oliver Mott, into our family and on February 12, 2013, his little brother, Henry Charles, joined us three weeks before his expected due date.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Four Month Wellness Visit


We took Oliver for his four month wellness visit today. Here are the vital stats:

Weight: 16 pounds, 13 ounces (80th percentile)
Height: 25.5 inches (75th percentile)
Head Circumference: 17 inches (90th percentile)

He weighs about a pound more than Brian and I thought he did. 

He got two vaccinations and they have made him pretty cranky. He is asleep for the night now (he went to bed around 8:00) but I’m afraid it might be a long night for me. I don’t think he’ll sleep long.

The doctor says he’s doing great - growing strong and super social. She gave us some handouts on starting solids but said there’s no pressure to start before he’s six months. We might start him on some rice cereal next month but that will be mostly for pure entertainment value (I just want to get the pictures of him spitting it all out). We talked to her about our sleep struggles and she gave us the go-ahead to start some sleep training. We are going to start on Friday night (I spent most of our vacation reading Dr. Ferber’s book). Wish us luck! I’m really hoping it works out and we can all start getting more sleep.


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