Time for a Check Up!

Last Friday, Grady had his six month check up. He was weighed, measured, poked, and prodded. The nurse said he was doing great eating with a spoon and trying new foods, and suggested we start moving him towards more common table food, and that we can put in the food processor to make it more of a baby food texture.

Stats: Weight: 16 lbs 2 oz. (25th percentile)

Height: 27 inches (50th percentile)

Flirting Level with the new nurse: off the charts!!!

He got three shots which always seem to cause a reaction in him. That was the main reason we scheduled his appointment for a Friday - he'd have all weekend to recoop. Well, this time his reaction was downright scary because at 10pm Friday night his fever spiked at 104.4 when I went up to give him his Tylenol dose. We put him in the bathtub with some lukewarm water and called the emergency nurse. She said not to worry unless it got to 1o5. Well, too late - I was freaking out and he was just screaming. About 2 hours and 10 cool washcloths later we finally got him back to sleep, and his fever never got above 103 again.

Monday, however, he came down with a stomach virus. I'm sure he probably caught it at the doctors office. Poor Chelsea was such a good sport when he let it all out first thing Monday morning at daycare. I immediately called the school, and our wonderful secretary found me a sub at a moment's notice. I am so thankful to have such a great team of teachers to support me in surprise emergencies like that! Grady stayed home until Wednesday recovering with Dee Dee - and we learned he loves bubble gum Pedialyte!