Tuesday, August 18, 2009

6 Month Check-Up

Carter had his 6 month check-up and shots last Friday. He now weighs 16.4 lbs and is 26 inches long. Growing like a weed! He's only in the 25th percentile for his weight, but in comparison to his height, his BMI is in the 50th percentile, so he's doing great! This round of shots saw Carter getting poked 3 times instead of 2, but he took it like a champ! He cried for maybe 5 minutes and then he was okay! However, he did run a fever Friday night into Saturday morning. It makes me so mad that something that is supposed to HELP your baby can make them sick! But, I guess this is the lesser of two evils.

Carter went to daycare at Amy's house last Thursday, then started full time yesterday and he's doing GREAT!! He only had one bout with fussiness yesterday and that of course was attributed to our good friend (foe actually) TEETHING! Yes, we're BACK on the teething path again. Poor little man just gnaws on everything in sight! But this time I have a feeling the teeth are close, VERY close to popping through....I sure hope so anyway!

On a crappy note, Carter's poor little head still has a pretty bad flat spot on the back right side. I'm a little pissed at our pediatrician b/c I voiced concern over this at his 4 month check-up and she said he was just fine, that all babies have misshapen heads and that it would eventually even out, nothing to worry about. Ha! On Friday, she decided that maybe there WAS a problem with his poor little head and called us in a referral to a Craniofacial doctor at Children's Mercy in Overland Park. She said there is a possibility that he could have to wear one of those HIDEOUS helmets! God I hope that doesn't happen. I would feel soooo bad for Carter if he had to wear one of those. I'm really worried about the whole thing though. We go to the doctor on September 11, which is a crappy day anyway. In the meantime, Brent and I are ensuring that he sleeps on his left side every night, in hopes that we can get it to even out on it's own. Wish us luck!

Watching the first Chiefs pre-season game Saturday night!
Hanging out in a box at work :()

Getting ready to roll on over!

Look at me scootin around like a big boy!

Hi Mommy!

Who, me?? I didn't do it!

Peek-a-Boo!

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  1. AnonymousAugust 18, 2009 at 7:45 PM

    I totally understand your worries over the flat spot. Junior had that on the right side of the back of his head, and Sully also had it below the crown of his head.
    Junior's was pretty noticeable, and his doc kept a close eye on him in case he needed the helmet. Ends up that by the time he was crawling and such, it grew right out.
    I guess it's very common because of the Back to Sleep campaign.
    Hopefully Carter's will grow out like that, too, because I know how scary that is to worry about!

    He's getting so big, so fast! And look at him, all ready for the Chief's games!

    We sure do make some handsome boys, between your house and mine, don't we?

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