6 months old!
Holden was 6 months old on Thursday and had his check up on Friday.  He is now 19lbs and 4 oz and 27 1/2 inches... a big but well proportioned boy.
He also has a double ear infection (one in each ear), which was a surprise to all of us.  He has had a persistent cold, but has generally been his very happy baby self.  Since he is a baby in day care, we honestly did not think twice about the runny nose or mild cough.  There were no signs that he had an infection- no fussiness, ear pulling, fever, etc.  I guess if he is going to be sick this is pretty easy on us- although I am not sure how I will be able to tell if he is feeling better!
This is only the second time in my parenting career that I have had to deal with an ear infection and is very different in circumstances from the first.  Mariel was about 8 or 9 months old and it was the first weekend that she and I were officially living in our house in Richmond- we had just come from staying with Carl and Adella in North Carolina at the end of the semester.  We got there on Friday, I think, and were up all night with her on Saturday night.  I remember just holding her in my bed as she cried, wondering why the minutes were taking so long to tick by until the morning.  We had not set up any doctors in Richmond and with no experience in dealing with such an inconsolable baby we went to the ER at around 6 Sunday morning.  The attending doctors seemed quite disappointed with just how ordinary of an ear infection she had and sent us home with antibiotics.
I am keeping my fingers crossed that I have another 5 years to go until my next ear infection!