Kennedy and I have been SO busy lately. She had her 6 month appointment the other day (yeah I know she is almost 7 months old now… we’re slow). Health wise she checked out great; however, there were some concerns Dr. D had that we will get to later.
Weight: 14 3/4 lbs – 17th percentile
Length: 25 1/2 inches 1 29th percentile
She had all of her typical 6 month vaccines and also the H1N1 and Seasonal flu shots. Now my entire family has had the flu shots and we hope this is something more families do. I have seen several very sick children at school due to different flus, and I really don’t want my baby to be one of those.
Kennedy spent her first night away from me and did great the other night! Dori on the other hand was up all night checking on my face sleeping little girl. Guess Jay and I have become accustomed to her face sleeping. Jay, Dr. B, and I woke up early last Saturday and drove to Tampa. We had a great time at the game (even though we lost) then left early the next morning to drive home. Kennedy stayed in Beaufort with Dori which she loved. Dori and Doc gave Kennedy an early Christmas present of a new car seat and she loves it. She falls asleep immediately, No fighting. No trying to sit up. Nothing… just sleep!
Thursday morning Jay and I left at 5:00 a.m. (yeah in the morning!) and drove to a doctor appointment for Kennedy. She went to the cranial experts about the shape of her head. We had noticed in the past that it was a little asymmetric, but thought the she is beautiful anyway and weren’t too worried about it. Well, Dr. D was a little bit more worried and referred us to the specialist. After meeting with them, Kennedy have pictures taken of her head, and talking with each other and other people who have been in these situations, we have decided that Kennedy needs a Doc Band. They are actually cute on some kids and moms are allowed to paint them and do arts and crafts on them. I have already decorated Kennedy’s in my head. She will be beautiful even in a helmet!
Kennedy now eats real food at least once a day. She has eaten banana, apple, carrot, sweet potato, peas, broccoli (her favorite), and squash. I have yet to give her anything from a jar (go me!). She loves to eat and if you are eating and not giving it to her get ready for the “yah, aaaaa, AAAAAA” to start! Mrs. S has experienced Kennedy’s persistent ways for getting real food as well. I want to teach her sign, but Jay doesn’t. She is also loving nursing and her bottle as much now as ever. I have been trying to work hard on introducing the sippy cup too. Sometimes she will drink out of it really well and other times she won’t. I am giving her a sippy cup with a straw for Christmas and hoping she will take well to that.
Christmas is coming and I am so excited to do all the fun traditions with Kennedy like my parents did with me. We started on Friday night. Eat a yummy warm dinner then ride around and look at Christmas decorations. Kennedy made it about 5 minutes into the ride and she was fast asleep. Oh well! I’ll post some pictures of her a little later. The camera is in the car and BRRR I’m not going out there to get it!
