6 Month Checkup for Evelyn

Evelyn had her 6 month check up a couple of weeks ago (it was closer to 7 months for her, but oh well). We got to talk to the doctor about a lot of our concerns. Evelyn’s sleep habits were not good and she’s not really rolling over. The doctor told us not to be too concerned about the rolling over as long as she’s kind of pulling herself up on her stomach (which she is) and she’s also sitting up really well. As for the sleep stuff, I thought for sure I’d be told not to keep feeding her in the middle of the night, but the doctor said it was okay. She thought it would be wiser to work on a better bedtime routine (putting her down to sleep when she was drowsy rather than asleep) before being concerned about her getting up in the middle of the night to eat. So, a few nights later we started doing that and it has worked wonders. She is getting a lot more sleep at night now. (and us too, yippee! – although we are still completely sleep deprived). We finished off the appointment with lots of shots.

We started her eating some baby food and she is starting to gobble it right up. We’ve tried green beans, carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, peaches, pears, bananas. She seems to like the fruit more than the veggies. We also have tried a couple of meat ones which she gagged on and I don’t blame her because I practically gag when I open the jar. Looking forward to giving her finger foods (she’s always trying to pull food off our plates and tried to get some of Isabella’s fruit snacks) but she needs to be crawling before we can do that and she seems quite a ways off from crawling. (does not like the tummy time!)

Here are her 6 month stats

Height: 28 inches (95th percentile)

Weight: 16.5 lbs (45th percentile)

Head: 17 inches (95th percentile)