6-Month Check-Up

This morning, Sean Patrick had his 6-month check-up. The doctor was running behind so we waited about an hour just to get back to the examination room (we were there 15 minutes early per the doctor's office request...I wish they would start on time if we take the time to be there early but I digress).

When we finally got back to the exam room, the nurse took his stats: 20lbs, 13oz and 28" tall - big boy!

After she left, SP had plenty of time to play since it took the doctor a while to get to us. SP loved the paper on the exam table...maybe he loved it too much:

The doc told us he was perfect in terms of health and development. We'll be continuing one meal a day for one more month then adding a meal at month 7, working our way up to 3 meals a day at month 8. She also encouraged us to slowly try to eliminate his habit of waking up once a night...I'm all for that! We'll see her again at month 9.

By the time the nurse came in to give him his shots, SP had nursed and had fallen asleep. I woke him up and he wasn't happy with me. He took his shots like a champ, again only crying when the each shot was administered and he was smiling at the nurse a few seconds later. These are the vaccines that SP got today:

-Diphtheria, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis (DTaP)

-Injectable Polio Vaccine (IPV)

-Hemophilus Influenza Type B (HiB)

-Pneumococcus (Prevnar)

-Hepatitis B (Hep B)

-Rotavirus (oral vaccine)

Luckly, they combined three of the vaccines into one shot so he only got poked three times plus the oral vaccine.

Here are a handful of cute pics we took while waiting, there are a lot since we waited so long :)