6 Month MD visit...

Rowan was back to the Pediatrician yesterday for her 6 month check up, and things went just fine.

Statistics:
Weight: 16# 6 oz. (60th percentile)
Height: 27 inches (90th percentile)

The only major things we discussed were regarding: spitting up, sleeping, and changing from soy to regular formula.

Rowan does tend to spit up a lot, more than we would like anyway. I was hoping it would get better when she started eating rice and baby food, but not so much, at least yet. If anything, it is worse because it is colored depending on what fruit/veg she ate that day. For example, we are eating carrots now, so it is all orange, so I am afraid things will stain, so far we are safe! Her spitting up doesn't appear to hurt her in any way, therefore we aren't going to try any medication, it is more a nuisance to us and the things around her that get showered in it frequently!

Sleeping: During the night has been nothing to really complain about, but we are still also swaddling her. But she does tend to sleep through the night. Napping is another story. She still cat naps, 30-40 minutes 3-4 times a day. We have had a few random days where she has napped 1 1/2-2 hours, but nothing consistent.

Back to the during the night. The doctor wasn't a fan of the swaddling idea still at 6 months, which neither have we been, but it has worked. So last night, we didn't swaddle, and man was it a rough one. She went to bed at 7pm like usual, and was up at 9:30pm, 10:40pm, 12:30am, 4:40am, 5:30am, 6:30am and finally we got up at 7am. My plan was to let her cry herself back to sleep, but Ed had to be up early for his internship and couldn't sleep through the crying, so he got up and gave her her pacifier more than I would have liked. So let's just say we didn't get much sleep. She did go back to sleep once you gave her her pacifier and put her back on her side. but that is still very interrupted sleep! On the up side, today she napped 2 times for 1 1/2-1 3/4 hours! And another 30 minutes while in the car!

Next week we are going to start the attempt to gradually switch her from soy to milk based formula. We wanted to do it over a few days when I am off, so we are waiting until monday. It will take a week or two until she is actually fully on regular formula, provided we get there, but it will be a very slow process so we can maybe determine if it is a milk protein allergy she has or a lactose allergy. I never tried lactose free formula in the beginning, just went right to soy. But my pediatrician says it isn't ideal to be on soy, so we are going to try the switch. Not to mention soy isn't the cheapest either! We will keep you posted next week as things move along.

Rowan is doing well with Rice cereal and fruits/veggies. She eats about 1/4 cup of rice cereal in the morning and evening, and a tablespoon or two of a fruit or vegetable. I have been doing one fruit/veg at a time for several days, until we determine we aren't allergic to any of the ones we want to feed her. So far so good. She has had applesauce, bananas, pears, sweet potatoes, squash, and is currently on carrots. I think green beans are next! Trying to get more veggies in the mix, the pediatrician says she might spit up more with fruits, not sure why, but we will see.

Otherwise, developmentally she is doing fine. Not behind or ahead on really anything. She should be doing is all by 9 months. (sitting up, crawling, rolling over, etc...) I guess we should consider ourselves lucky and take advantage of the last several weeks of her not moving far from where we put her. She can only move backwards when she gets up on all 4's and rocks. Hasn't figured out forward yet!

Still just has her 2 bottom teeth!

I think that is about all for now. If I think of something else, I will add it later.