6 Month Check Up

Amelia had her 6 month check up this morning. She is 18lbs 2 oz (75th percentile) and 28 inches (over the 95th percentile) and got 2 shots, including her last hepatitis B vaccination. The pediatrician gave us the green light to feed her any of the stage 1 and stage 2 babyfoods, avoiding only strawberries and citrus, and to work her up to 3 meals a day by eight months. She also pronounced her perfectly on target developmentally.

Charlie, for his part, informed everyone in the office -- from the receptionist to the doctor -- that he was not the one getting the shots. ("It's my sister who's getting shots today, not me! Don't make a mistake, I'm not getting any shots today!" He also was very leary of the fact that Amelia's pediatrician is named Dr Wolf, and would have been hiding under a chair from the "Wolf doctor" when she came in, if I had not very firmly told him that he was being ridiculous and to keep his behind on the chair where it was.

Amelia did actually cry when she got her shots, probably to Charlie's delight -- he was a little too gleeful with his "Oh, poor Amelia!"s But she recovered quickly and I treated us all to lunch afterwards, our reward for surviving a long morning.

So all in all it was a successful trip to the doctor.