I can’t believe Rachel is 4 months old already.  Time is flying by and she’s growing up so quickly.  We went for her 4 months well check on Friday and she is doing excellent.  She weighs 13.5 pounds and is 25.5 inches lond, which are the 56th percentile and 88th percentile, respectively.  We can now officially start her on solid foods, but we’ve been giving her cereal for a few weeks now anyway.  We’ve also made the decision to get her casted to wear a DOC Band (also known as a helmet).  She has a flat spot on the back of her head which has caused her head to be the smallest bit misshapen.  As a result, one ear is higher and further back than the other.  No one would ever be able to tell unless they’re looking for it, but we feel that as she gets older, she will know that her head is not shaped right and will be very self-conscious about it.  This is a really difficult decision to make.  She’s such a beautiful little girl that I can’t bear the thought of her having to wear a helmet for 23 hours out of every day.  But, in the long run, this makes the most sense.  We will be bringing her to the clinic to get casted on June 19th and she will begin treatment (wearing her brand new, custom made helmet) on June 29th.  I’m really sad that she has to go through this, but Josh is super excited about having her helmet painted – he is insisting that we have it painted like Tron!  For more info about the DOC Band, please check out the website of the clinic that we’re taking her to:  http://www.cranialtech.com/

 Hopefully, one day we’ll be able to look back at pictures of her wearing her helmet and laugh at how silly she looks!