Six-month pediatric appointment

Rose had her 6-month pediatric appointment this morning. Overall she is a happy, healthy girl! We got the go-ahead to start feeding her 3 meals per day, to do baby-led weaning (i.e., "finger foods") in addition to purees, and to start giving her a sippy cup. Yay, Rose!


More importantly, I got reassurance about the thing I've been incredibly worried about: Rose is still not rolling over! (Well, she did it that one time, but that was it.) I was told that many babies roll "late" now that the "Back to Sleep" campaign has been so successfully implemented, and it is absolutely not a problem for their physical or cognitive development. She said that we should just continue to give Rose tummy time, that she should start crawling soon, and not to worry about whether she rolls or not. Whew!

We also got some info about sleep training. Basically, she said that Rose is getting plenty of calories during the day and that she is probably just waking at 4am out of habit. So we're going to "cry it out" ... as soon as I get the nerve to do so ... ... ...

Finally, she said that Rose's top four teeth should be popping through any day now!

Kisses for comfort after all those shots!

Here are her stats:


Two months
weight:  12# 6.4 oz (85th %ile)
height:   23.5"  (86th %ile)
head:    15.5" (66th %ile)

Four months
weight:  15# 10oz (86th %ile)
height:   26"  (95th %ile)
head:    16.75"  (85th %ile)

Six months
weight:  17# 7oz (78th %ile)
height:   27.25"  (93rd %ile)
head:    17"   (72nd %ile)



P.S. We dropped Rose off at school just in time for breakfast! Isn't the kids' table adorable?!?

"Yummy oatmeal!"