Mihaela had her six-month check up and immunizations yesterday. She is 27.5 inches long/tall (95-97 percentile), 20 lbs 11 oz (off the chart), with a head circumference of 43.2 cm (75 percentile). This makes her a healthy baby.
The doctor also gave us some instructions:
Sleeping
Mihaela has been waking up around 3:00 AM for a middle-of-the-night feeding. The doctor instructed us to not get up and feed her anymore. We are to let her wake up and then let her put herself back to sleep. She is not really hungry then, just experiencing a normal part of the sleep cycle. So we turned off the monitors and let her wake up last night. I never heard her, though Erin did. She never cried...just cooed and babbled.
Eating
We are to start trying to give her a cup, the ones with handles on the side that are NOT spill proof. She has started to grab and hold her bottle so this should not be a problem. We are also told that we could start her on mashed, unseasoned table food. She suggested buying some of those messy cookies to give to Mihaela to eat while at the dinner table with us. This will start training her to eat when we are eating. In a couple months (after she is 8 months old) we can introduce egg yolks as well as orange juice, tomatoes, corn, and dairy products. We are to stay away from egg whites until she is a year.
Motor Skill Development
The doctor was not worried about Mihaela's lack of rolling over. She said that because of Mihaela's size, it takes more work and may take longer for her to learn that skill. The doctor was very encouraged by how well Mihaela sits up, reaches for things, and plays now. We were instructed to make it a point to have Mihaela spend more time on her stomach so that she can start crawling. Mihaela hates being on her stomach. We will see how this works out.
She goes back to the doctor in November for a 9 month evaluation. The doctor does want us to get her in October for her first flu shot. They will then give her a booster flu shot at her November appointment.
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