Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Henry is 6 months old!!!!


It is amazing to think that half a year has gone by already. It is true that time moves very quickly with a baby (and, we must admit, sometimes it goes VERY slowly!!) - the difference of Henry today and Henry back in April is astounding.

We had Henry's 6 month appointment at the pediatrician today. He was a trooper and took all of his shots very bravely with much less crying than with his previous shots (we will see what tonight holds!). He has to go back in 4 weeks for his flu booster, then no more shots until his 9 month appointment!

His current stats:

Weight - 18 pounds, 6 ounces (75th percentile)
Height - 29.5 inches (97th percentile)

His percentiles have been the same from the beginning - he is right on track (and looks like he will be tall)!

The pedi gave us the OK to start him on fruits and veggies in addition to the oatmeal cereal he has been enjoying, and to start giving him solids twice a day. He can start on pureed meats (mmm...sounds delicious!) in a month or so, and "finger foods" at 9 months. Everything else looks good. The nurse practitioner who weighed him made the comment that he was "the most active baby she had seen in a long time" (this is after it took about 10 minutes to weigh him since he kept trying to roll off the scale, kept grabbing all the medical equipment around him, etc). At least this time he didn't pee on anyone (as he has been known to do at the Dr.)!

In terms of what Henry has been up to lately - his newest "trick" is getting up on hands and knees and rocking back and forth a bit. This is a precursor to crawling, but it still could be months before he actually crawls. He managed to stay up on hands and knees for over a minute yesterday, and did it at his baby playgroup - he was a big show-off! He looks VERY pleased with himself when he does this. I have yet to have my camera handy to capture this, but hopefully soon.

In other news, Henry's "nanny" (she watches him one day a week and one night a week) is leaving us - the other family she works for now needs her full time. So, the Powells are on the search for a new sitter - hopefully one Henry enjoys as much as he did Wilma. We are lucky that there are so many colleges and universities nearby, so there are a lot of people to choose from, but it is always a stressful experience to find someone to watch your child - wish us luck!

Finally, Henry is THRILLED that the Red Sox have made it to the World Series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He promises to sleep in later than 5:30 AM on those mornings after mom and dad have stayed up to watch the game. The Red Sox did win the World Series last the year we were married - maybe we will be lucky enough to have them win again the year Henry was born. Go Sox!!!!!!!!!!

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