6 Month Checkup

Friday was Olive's 6 month check-up. Our big girl can sit up all by herself for a good while before she topples over. This week, her army crawl picked up speed, causing me to frantically vacuum and baby-proof as she scooted around behind me. She is a sweetheart, and I love the fact that just by making eye contact with her she will erupt into a huge open mouth grin. We started rice cereal, and pureed fruits and veggies about a month ago, and she is doing very well. I fear she may have some of Addison's strange taste buds, as she loves green beans and gagged over peaches, though. Funny stuff. Unless she sneezes in the middle of a mouth full of sweet potatoes. Not so funny.

Any worry I had over a possible milk supply issue can be officially put to rest. (Not that I was worried, she is too happy and content for me to have a milk supply issue!) Our little girl is 24.5" long, 16lbs 10oz, and has a 16.1 head circumference. To put this on a chart, she is between the 5th and 10th percentile for both her length and her head size. However, she is between the 50th and 75th for her weight! What does that mean? It means we have a happy little well fed cute little roly poly! I love it!

This week's trip to the pediatrician was the first time I really cried over this move. I had all four kids with me as I sat waiting for Dr. Hill, and I knew it was my last trip in that office. The first time I walked into that office, I was carrying a diaper bag, two carseat carriers with two 4lb babies in them, two heart monitors and, if I remember correctly, an oxygen tank. Dr. Hill has seen us through preemie-hood, Asa's black widow bite at 11 months old, countless trips to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, ambulance rides, throats that lock up with no warning ... you name it. She knows me. She trusts me. I trust her. When she came into the room, we both cried. I know that we will have another pediatrician, and I am sure that I will find one that I will like very much, but there will never ever be another Dr. Hill and I will miss her dearly.