6 Month Checkup

Cael had his 6 month checkup on Wednesday. He is now 27 inches tall (70th percentile) and weighs 16 lbs 6 oz. (28th percentile). He has moved up in both growth percentiles since his 4 month appointment and has gained almost 3 pounds. I compared Ayden's height and weight at 6 months with Cael's, and Cael weighs almost 3 pounds more than Ayden did at 6 months and is 3/4 inch taller. The doctor said he looks great and to start feeding him solids, which we have already been doing for a few weeks. He got a couple shots and didn't cry for the first one, and then only cried for a few seconds after the second shot. Unfortunately, they were out of flu shots so we will have to go back for that, but Ayden was able to get the flu mist. He did great with it. He held still for the nurse and didn't move or cry afterwards.

Ayden was also great during the appointment and sat in the chair and looked at books and then stood next to me when the doctor was examining Cael. The doctor told Ayden "I know I've told you this before, but you have the coolest eyes." The doctor always comments on how cool his eyes are whenever Ayden is there. He gets compliments on his eyes everywhere we go. One of the weirdest ones was when a teenage girl working at the movie theater said she could just go swimming in them. Yep, that was weird.

It was a pretty short appointment since I didn't have many questions for the doctor. I've been through it all before and it's easier then second time around :) We've started letting Cael "cry it out" and he has been doing great. It's much easier with Cael than it was with Ayden. The past few nights he has been sleeping all night long from 7:30 pm -6:00 am. YAY!!