6 month check up
Fiona's check up went great today. She is 26 1/2 inches (75th percentile!) and 16 lbs 9oz (55th percentile!), alas her poor head is only in the 10th percentile (but hey she finally made it on the chart). Poor thing got my tiny pin head. Oh well, at least she will look great in hats.
We also discussed food. She now will get solids twice a day, and she can have a more varied diet (pretty much we get to keep introducing new foods every 3-5 days). She is nursing every 4 hours or so, we just switched to 4 hours a week ago. It is fabulous having her eat every 4 hours, although now I will be adding more high chair time so all the extra free time I gained by switching to 4 hours will now be spent in the high chair. The Dr said she will eventually cut out one of her feedings, but it won't be for a little while.
She is developing on track for a baby her age, even a little advanced in some aspects. With her being a preemie we had mentally prepared our selves for her to be behind, so its a little weird to hear that she is advanced (for her actual age!). There are some things that she is lagging a bit on, but since all babies hit milestones at different ages her Dr doesn't consider her to be lagging. SO all in all an excellent check up.
She did have to get her blood drawn to check her iron, she was anemic at birth. Before they did the prick on the foot, but now that Fiona is 6 months she gets her blood drawn like a big girl; from the arm. Fiona did NOT like that at all. I'm hoping her iron levels will be good and we won't have to repeat the test at 9 months. If she is still anemic then we will have go back to giving her a supplement (other then the iron fortified cereal). She hates the stuff, and we used to get face fulls of it when she spit it out, so obviously we aren't a fan of it either. Fingers crossed that her levels have come up.
We also discussed food. She now will get solids twice a day, and she can have a more varied diet (pretty much we get to keep introducing new foods every 3-5 days). She is nursing every 4 hours or so, we just switched to 4 hours a week ago. It is fabulous having her eat every 4 hours, although now I will be adding more high chair time so all the extra free time I gained by switching to 4 hours will now be spent in the high chair. The Dr said she will eventually cut out one of her feedings, but it won't be for a little while.
She is developing on track for a baby her age, even a little advanced in some aspects. With her being a preemie we had mentally prepared our selves for her to be behind, so its a little weird to hear that she is advanced (for her actual age!). There are some things that she is lagging a bit on, but since all babies hit milestones at different ages her Dr doesn't consider her to be lagging. SO all in all an excellent check up.
She did have to get her blood drawn to check her iron, she was anemic at birth. Before they did the prick on the foot, but now that Fiona is 6 months she gets her blood drawn like a big girl; from the arm. Fiona did NOT like that at all. I'm hoping her iron levels will be good and we won't have to repeat the test at 9 months. If she is still anemic then we will have go back to giving her a supplement (other then the iron fortified cereal). She hates the stuff, and we used to get face fulls of it when she spit it out, so obviously we aren't a fan of it either. Fingers crossed that her levels have come up.