6 Month Appointment

Last night I asked Josh what he thought Ella was going to weigh...(she was having her 6 month appointment on Wednesday)...he thought about it for a minute and said....14lbs and 8oz...so imagine how surprised I was when I took Ella in for her appointment today and as I set her on the scale and stepped back only to see the scale numbers light up...14lbs and 8oz...I laughed...the nurse probably thought I was nuts! Although she was Miss NON-personality (worst nurse I have ever seen there). So yes 14lbs and 8oz...and 25inches long. So she has put on 8.5lbs and has grown 6 inches in 6 months...not bad! She has a variety of sizes that she wears...almost all her clothes are still 3-6 months...but her pajamas are 6-9 months as she is long and needs that extra length.

I talked to the Doctor mainly about baby food...she wrote out a guide for me to follow...I didn't even know where to begin...I told her that I had done some research online and one site would say one thing and another site another thing...so she gave me a good idea of what and how much Ella should be eating. I talked to her about organic vs. regular baby food...I told her I wanted to make as much of it as I could...but some things I wasn't going to tackle (such as meats!) she said research shows that right now there isn't a difference in the product...organic vs. non...she said however research may say differently 10 years from now...I already knew that any baby food I bought was going to be organic but I was curious to hear the Doctors perspective...she said personally she has bought both.

Ella finished up her 4 month baby shots today...and over the next couple of months I will take her back a few times to finish up her 6 month shots...and then she will be ready for her 9 month appointment. The Doctor really wanted the flu shot to be given...Josh and I had talked about it before and he didn't want her to have it...he has never had the flu shot, and the only flu shot I have ever had was last year when I was pregnant...so Ella will return for her immunizations but we are going to forgo the flu shot.

Poor little Ella did cry and cry today at the Doctor's office...she cried when getting weighed, she cried when getting measured...she cried when the nurse just looked at her...she cried when the Doctor entered the room, and she REALLY cried at the shots...I think she knows what the Doctor's office consists of now :) Poor little thing...she was wiped out...she had an extra early bed time tonight...6:30 came and she was rubbing her eyes! So we read a few books and in to bed she went!