We can hardly believe that our little princess is 6 months old. Seriously!! How did that happen?? She is such a joy to have around. Eats, sleeps, plays, hardly fusses...just like Trevor did when he was an infant. We think they are starting to look a bit more different. Well, until they smile then all bets are off except Ashley has huge dimples. Sigh.
Ashley was a trooper at her 6 month appt. She proudly showed off all of her skills - including sitting for a few seconds - to Dr. Engle. She babbled and smiled and laughed and cooed. It really was cute! Stats:
Height: 26.5" 78th percentile
Weight: 14lbs, 14 oz 26th percentile (no the doctor wasn't concerned. Look at her! She's breastfed so the growth curve levels off for them until they start food which will be very soon!)
Head: 44cm 88th percentile
She also showed off her new skill of taking (and liking) a pacifier. She just gets it before naps and bedtime but really we'd give it to her whenever if it makes her happy.
Height: 26.5" 78th percentile
Weight: 14lbs, 14 oz 26th percentile (no the doctor wasn't concerned. Look at her! She's breastfed so the growth curve levels off for them until they start food which will be very soon!)
Head: 44cm 88th percentile
She also showed off her new skill of taking (and liking) a pacifier. She just gets it before naps and bedtime but really we'd give it to her whenever if it makes her happy.
The funny thing is, is that she'll take many different brands of pacifiers. Going from taking none, to being particular and taking only the soothie one to now taking Advent or Mam brands too. Kind of funny. Anyhoo, our precious girl was great at the doctor until the point where we had to wait for the assistant to come in and do her shots. We were warned ahead of time that one of the vaccines that usually combines three of the shots is in a nationwide shortage so instead of three pokes plus an oral vaccine, Ashley would be having 5 pokes and an oral vaccine. Ugh.
She did great though! Smiled through the first three, whimpered through the fourth and screamed at the fifth. The assistant didn't do the oral vaccine at the beginning for some reason but it might have worked to her advantage because Ashley stopped crying in less than 5 seconds to suck that down. Maybe it tastes like sugar? In any case that was that. We fed in the car and ran some errands and then she slept the day away. She didn't really have a fussy period about 4 hours after the shots like she did with her 4 month shots. Thank goodness! We had put the swing away but Mommy got it back out for her to use after her big day. What a brave girl.
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