Thursday, May 29, 2008

6 month well-child

So, six months have passed and the closest to sick Q has been was when I was miserable with spring blossoms allergies.

The doctor was happy to see Q's growth and progress over the past two months. Our Q is up to 18.6#, 96th percentile. She is 28", 99th+ percentile. Her HC is 42 cm, average percentile at 50th. She has increased by 3 in every category, except age as she's only 2 months older/not 3.

He was happy she has been tolerating solids well and was pleased to see her attempts at rolling off the exam table. She was showing her flexibility and love of her toes. She was also singing him a song and showed her gums with teeth trying to poke through. Then she exemplified her full lung capacity as she got her next two immunizations!

He told us we can start stage 2 foods in a week or two and to introduce new foods every few days. I am feeding her cereal with fruit in the morning and either veggies at lunch or cereal with fruit at dinner. She also has slept "through the night" a few nights the past week. Granted it's been from about 11pm to 7am, but I'll take what I can and I'm not entirely convinced that the tylenol didn't take part in the sleep!

Her new routines and feeding schedule is slowly changing, but is starting to free up my day to enjoy her growing so quickly before our eyes. We have our next appointment in 6 weeks for more shots and developmental updates!

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