Six months, part two
Last week Bekah went in for her 6 month check-up. We’re a few weeks late, but life is busy!
Bekah scored excellently on the 6 month assessment. She is physically doing everything she should be, aside from beginning to crawl. I discussed my slight concern with this fact and the pediatrician took a look at her. His statement was something along the lines of, ‘well no wonder she doesn’t want to crawl, look at her! She’s ready to walk!’. Yikes! She is following in big sister’s foot steps. We also discussed Bekah’s milk issues and he doesn’t think any further testing is necessary. We have ‘tested’ by eliminating dairy from my diet and re-introducing it when I cave and need some cheese or something. We will give it 6 months before we re-introduce it. We also need to be cautious with the introduction of solid foods as kids with intolerances for one food are more likely to have other allergies as well. We’lll follow her lead with solids, and as she becomes more interested we’ll offer her more options. As of right now, she much prefers the spoon to the food on the spoon and that is perfectly fine.
I know you’re itching for her stats– My big girl weighed in at 16lbs 11 0z and measured 26 inches tall. This is a gain of 1 lb and 1 1/2 inches in the past 2 months. This puts her just above the 50th percentile curve for both height and weight, which is where she started. Her head circumference puts her in the 75th percentile, but she comes by that one honestly! LOL
I’ll hold off on her “new tricks” until next week’s 7 month update. This kid is growing up way too fast!