6 Months Old!

Our baby is 6 months old today!!!


Carter had his 6 month checkup and shots today. Here are his measurements:

• Weight: 15 lbs, 6 oz - 16th percentile
• Height: 26 inches - 36th percentile

Carter gained 1 lb, 9 oz and grew 2.25 inches in 2 months. Even though he's dropped on the weight curve, the pediatrician told us not to worry. He mentioned that this often happens before breastfed babies begin eating solids regularly. Also, the curves are based on formula-fed babies so that automatically makes it more likely that Carter will be on the lower part of the curve.

Also, Carter "scored" 7 months on the Denver Developmental Screening Test.

The doctor we saw today wasn't concerned that Carter is still falling asleep on me after his last feeding and that we put him in his crib already asleep a lot of the time. Carter wasn't too happy when the doctor was examining but I think that it was mainly because this doctor had a deeper voice and Carter often gets scared when around a man with a deep voice.

Carter received the same vaccines as at his 2 and 4 month appointments. He had a bit of a fever tonight (100F) so we gave him some Tylenol before bed.