What to say about this last week... It has been busy! Unpacking and unpacking and more unpacking. You have started to explore your new surroundings, most especially the kitchen. I don't know if that is specifically because that is where your mom spends a lot of time, but you sure do love to crawl in there and grab onto someone's pant legs and stand up. But of course there is so much other space to explore.
You had your 6 month check up. Stats are still about the same percentage wise as they have been. Weight was 15 pounds 4 ounces, 45th percentile. Height was 26 7/8ths inches, 95th percentile. Head circumference was 16 1/4 inches, 20th percentile. Weight is still dropping a little bit percentage wise. But nothing to be concerned about. The doctor says you are a healthy little girl. And she is as impressed as everyone else with your mobility.
Speaking of being healthy and happy, I should probably mention your ear infection. Double ear infection to be precise. It happened the week before we moved and you were still recovering from it after we moved. It started with a cold, or what we assumed was a cold because your mom has been told that teething has the same signs as a cold so we thought it may also have just been teething. But it wasn't teething. It was a cold. How do we know? Well one morning after you were getting over the cold you decided to throw up. Now there is a fine line between baby spit up and puke. You definitely puked. You puked all over. And since your mom had been taking you into our bed during the night to help you sleep (and because she liked it), that all over was all over our bed.
No biggy. We can wash the bed spread and sheets etc. Maybe you gagged yourself as you do on occasion (ie - ALL the TIME). So we kinda wrote it off. Next day, the very next morning. You did it AGAIN! All over the bed! This cause us a little alarm so your mom contacted the doctor's office, scheduled an appointment and got you diagnosed as having an ear infection. A double ear infection. So we got you some medicine to help out. As a note, the meds also made you puke on occasion. For more info on how often "on occasion" is see your mom.
I should also mention that your mom has started to let you cry during the night rather than getting you out of the crib and feeding/soothing you. Not every time. But at least once. She would know more about how she handles it since I sleep like a baby. Except you are a baby and you don't really sleep so I actually sleep better than that. I sleep like a coma patient. And like a coma patient your mom has a hard time waking me up.
It is actually quite the development because, as I noted above, your mom likes having you in bed with us. I don't mind it but, also as noted above, I sleep through all the fun. It is also a big deal because we are working on getting you onto a better sleep schedule and hopefully a better eating schedule. While nutritionists will say eating every two hours is good, your mom would tell you that eating every two hours is annoying and a big hassle. You should be eating way less frequently than that. So the crying yourself to sleep during the night is a big deal.
It started with about 30 minutes worth at 4am. It has gradually decreased every time you have woken up and cried. Hopefully you will soon stop waking up during the night and will resume your awesome sleeping habits of 3 months ago. Those were good times...
I can't think of any other new developments to post this week, so prepare yourself for the pre-Christmas posts in the weeks to come!
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