4 month appt topics?

Crequito

So here's what I'm planning to ask the pediatrician about next Friday:
Teething - signs, remedies, etc
Gunky eye - her left eye gets gunky every now and then, I'm thinking just a clogged duct but want to make sure
Flat head - I know, stupid, but I worry she has a flat spot
Solids - we're not going to start until 6 months but want to get a headstart on research and see what pedi thinks are best starter foods

What else should I ask about?? Obviously when they weigh/measure her I'm going to make sure she's in a healthy range but anything else I should mention/ask??

CrazyMary77

Not sure if this will help. I asked my pedi to verify how much formula LO should be drinking in a day. The pedi also asked me about if LO is rolling over and STTN yet, and gave me some pointers specifically about STTN.

bibby32714

Thanks for the reminders...we are going this afternoon and i forget what I want to ask. 

Devbo18

Curious- what pointers did they have for STTN? I'm so ready for my little guy to STTN but I feel like its never going to happen. My ped just told me "when he's ready", well, obviously, but if there's a little something I could be doing to help, I'd love to know!!

pinkpinot

Devbo18 said:

Curious- what pointers did they have for STTN? I'm so ready for my little guy to STTN but I feel like its never going to happen. My ped just told me "when he's ready", well, obviously, but if there's a little something I could be doing to help, I'd love to know!!

I feel the same way!  At 3 months my baby's sleep went to crap...I thought we hit the dreaded 4 month wakeful early but it's still going strong 4 weeks later.  I EBF so my mom kept telling me he was hungry and I got anxiety thinking he wasn't getting enough and I ended up starting him on organic baby oatmeal.  It did nothing.  He was awake 3 hours later and I KNEW he wasn't hungry since he had cereal with 2oz of breast milk and then he nursed before bed.  When he was 7 weeks old he was going 6, 7 hour stretches before a feed.  Every family has to do what works for them and I figured out that W doesn't know how to put himself back to sleep on his own and I had created a pacifier monster who woke up every 45 minutes to an hour when it fell out of his mouth.  What was once a life and sanity saver for me was becoming hell.  I decided to quit the pacifier cold turkey.  So far it's been 48 hours and there has been less crying than I anticipated, which is nice although it's still hard.  I have to say, we've had our best night's sleep these past 2 nights.  I was shocked when after I nursed him, I was able to lay him in his crib DROWSY BUT AWAKE and he put himself to sleep with no fussing!  He still fusses and cries a bit for naps and when I first put him down at night but after MOTN feedings, he doesn't fuss at all and has been doing 3 hour stretches in between his initial long stretch and started sleeping until 6AM rather than waking up 4:30-5AM like he has been for the past 5 weeks.  So, I don't know if you're finding yourself replacing a pacifier all the time but this is what seems to be fixing our problem with 5-6 night wakings.  I hope it continues to get better (until he starts teething!) because I'm TIRED.