6 months old!

Hey guys! We've had a couple of doctor visits in the last couple of days so here's the reports!

First off we had a bit of an unexpected visit to the Dr yesterday morning when Michael woke up with bloody streaks in his right eye. We figured he had just poked himself or something but we're a little on edge when it comes to things involving his baby blue's so the doctor said to go ahead and bring him in for a quick check. So he put these drops in them real fast then turned on a black light and his eye glowed florescent green! It was awesome, he looked like a superhero! Haha. Turns out he did somehow poke himself... while sleeping swaddled... yeah figure that on out... and its not goopy or anything so its not infected. He's fine and the abrasion will heal we just need to put ointment in there 3-4 times a day (which btw is quite difficult!).

So now onto the scheduled visit, we took Michael in for his 6 month pediatrician check today and he said he's doing excellent! He's a tad bit larger then i thought... 11lbs 11oz and 23 1/2 inches. For his adjusted age he's in the 50th percentile for both height and weight! (of course i know my baby is WAY better then average :)) His doctor likes to chart his growth on adjusted and non adjusted and he said he's even starting to "catch up" on the curve since eventually he'll start being charted with his actual age instead so he does both.

We mostly talked about his feedings and the doc gave us the go ahead to try either food or some rice cereal, just something to get his mouth working and get used to having a spoon in there to tighten up his mouth muscles. We asked about teething because we've thought he might have a tooth coming in for a while now and he said its possible but you can't really tell for sure until its out so he doesnt really check for them... but if he is getting one where we think, it would be totally abnormal for him to be getting a top tooth first. Theres my special boy, doing things differently. Otherwise the only other thing that had to be discussed was his flat spot on his head and the DR thinks its rounding out wonderfully.

After that the nurse came back and he got some blood taken to see if he's still anemic... not sure when we'll get the results from that but hopefully he's not so we can discontinue his iron drops... they are super smelly so i image they can't taste that great! We followed up a finger prick with three shots and by that point the little guy was pretty grumpy! He's a sleepy boy tonight but he's doing fine.

In other news Michael had a fabulous first 4th of July which included a party with Daddys friends, delicious grilled food (chicken, hamburgers, corn on the cob, pasta sald, salad, potatoes, brownies, cake..mmmmmmmmmmmmmm) and fireworks. Everyone loved the food and i'm pretty sure the guests made the food at their own houses the next day!

Next week we have a big week - Michaels hernia surgery is Monday so we'll be sure to update after that and then Thursday we'll be embarking on our first road trip to Ohio to go to Aunt Stephanie and Uncle Jeff's wedding shower! Tata for now folks!