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We just had our 4 month check up, my LO was born the end of July.

Our doctor said no to solids, he said to wait 6 months just in case of food allergies. But I'm sure all doctors say different things so it doesn't hurt to ask. We're already on formula so I don't have any answers to that.

Other than that they just asked normal things, like does she put weight on her legs when she "stands," does she react when you smile and to noises, etc, the doctor looked her over, they weighed and measured her, and she got her shots.

My husband and I always start a list of questions about a week before her apt. so we can keep adding as we think of something... we seem to always come up with a lot!

@Maysprout: he just asked me how long I planned to breastfeed... and if I were planning to introduce formula down the road, now would be a good time to get her used to the taste (with rice cereal). He's seen EBF babies refuse formula the older they are possibly because it tastes so different than breastmilk so thats a problem for some. I myself will likely keep going for a while since I'm a SAHM and my baby barely takes a bottle (which is a separate issue in itself)! But I am open to feeding formula in the future because you never know what can happen with your health/wellbeing/milk supply. I know what you are saying about feedback and supply, but I agree with the practice that solids shouldnt replace feedings... so technically one's milk supply shouldn't drop when babies start to eat, but for some women, it unfortunately does.

ETA: Oh and by mixing formula and cereal, he meant a super small amount of formula (just to make it liquidy a little)... He didn't mean a BOTTLE of it. It's just for taste reasons if one is planning to formula feed for whatever reason. I could also mix it with breastmilk or water... It was just another option.

@Thehistoryofus: how long is your LO at daycare? DS is there 9-10 hours each day, and was taking four 4-oz bottles of breastmilk. He slept through the night most of the time, but I had a lot of people tell me that even that was too much. 1oz per hour. Well with him sleeping through the night he needed the 16 oz each day. There were times he could eat more than that, but we made up for it nursing at home. Sometimes daycare places don't understand that babies getting breast milk instead of formula don't need to increase the size of the bottles because the composition of breast milk changes over time to meet their needs and at 6ish months you add in solids. (DH was very concerned DS wasn't eating enough as he got older, so I researched it some. It was difficult to find hard answers on how exactly it changes and to make sure they were getting enough, but that was the overall consensus.) Do you use a pacifier? DS does and he takes one after nursing for comfort. He just wants to keep sucking, but not necessarily eat more.

At our 4 month appointment we went over milestones, had a physical exam, and had the 4 month immunizations. We talked over starting solids (Dr. said to wait until 6 months - we started about 10 days before he turned 6 months, although he's just lost the tongue thrust reflex in the last week, at 8 months!) It was a pretty standard appointment.