hiro turned four months old on monday. yesterday we went to the four months baby check at the public health center. his height and weight were a little low (but well within normal range. they just didn't seem to fit his graph well...) i got a bit worried when the nurse tried to check his hearing. she shook a rattle, but he was much too busy looking at her face and holding her finger (man, this kid has a GRIP!!) she asked me if i had worried about his hearing and i said no. it was true, i hadn't, but he didn't look at that rattle. it was one of those soft music ones and not one of those loud bean ones, but... but i have noticed that if he is concentrating on something, especially a face, it's difficult to get him to notice something else. and, he has turned toward me when he hears my voice, and i have occasionally caught his attention with a rattling toy.

so, today i kept trying to get his attention. i'm sure his hearing is fine, and i'm just being a normal mother freaking out about it....