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Sawyer turns five months in one week, but we just had our four-month appointment today. That's what happens when there is only one pediatrician in a 100-mile radius. Oddly, Sawyer seemed to remember the place. No sooner than I put him down on the table, he started crying. And it wasn't an I'm hungry or tired cry. I was an "I-know-what's-coming" sob. He had a look of fear in his eyes that just broke mommy's heart.

So, Sawyer is weighing in at 16.5 pounds these days and he is 26.5 inches long, which puts him in the 50th percentile for weight and the 80th for height . . . or something like that. Point being, he's tall and skinny like his dad (double chin notwithstanding).

On the solid food situation, I was kinda looking forward to the go-ahead to start some rice cereal, but instead Doc said I should wait another six weeks since Sawyer is growing well. She reasons that babies grow better on breast milk up to 9 months of age. I guess I can wait a little while longer, although I am excited to bring some diversity to the menu.

On the sleep situation, he's sleeping from 7 pm to 8 am, only waking up once to eat, which Doc said is normal at this point.

FInally, Doc said she is worried about his lazy left eye and suggested I get it checked out by a specialist because it could lead to blindness. She said he may need a patch, glasses or even surgery. Needless to say, this freaked me out. Both Scott and I had slightly lazy eyes in our youths that corrected themselves and Justin had a slightly lazy eye that required visual therapy to correct. So I really wasn't too worried about it until the Doc made a big deal out of it. Hopefully she is just being overly cautious.

Anyway that's all the news from Hull Creek. Gearing up for Christmas and still working on the house. Looks like we'll be getting the final coat of poly on the floors before coming up to DC for Xmas. Then we'll be back down for a week with Justin over the New Year packing and moving.