6 Month Stats

Rhea had her 6 month Dr appt today. If you count in months from her birthday (March 13) to today she is 1 day shy of 6 months but if you count the weeks, she is 26 weeks todate which is about 6 months - That is, if you are like me and like to think there are exactly 4 weeks in a month. Anyways enough said about that…



I as usual could not get off from work so Aji, Mummy and Daddy took her for her appt. They dropped off Sean at school and then proceeded to the Drs office. Dr Suzanne (our favorite Dr in the practice) was very happy with Rhea’s progress and assured us that she is right on target with her developmental skills. She advised that Rhea doesn’t really need her night feeds. She wakes up at 1am and 5:30 am now. She suggested we can start fruits – avoid the citrus ones and mangoes etc (they tend to cause allergies) and stick with the basic apple, banana, pear etc. She also said that we give her a fruit and cereal for breakfast and veggie and cereal for dinner and that should be enough to get her through the night. I think she’s gotten into a habit of getting the mid night feeds. Its going to be difficult to break her out of it. We’ll have to wait and see how she does with the extra solids. Maybe that'll do the trick. i can always keep my fingers crossed and hope right? Its difficult for me to ignore her cries in the middle of the night. I’ll have to figure out a way to teach her to soothe herself back to sleep. Easier said than done…

Here are her 6 month stats,

Height: 26 inches
Weight: 17 lb 15.6oz
Head Circumference: 16 ¾ inches

She also got 3 shots today. Mummy was saying how she was smiling so much at the Dr...poor thing little did she know that its all going to end with her getting the shots. We gave her Tylenol before the appt so hopefully that will help keep the fever at bay. She seems to be her usual self but hasn't napped after the appt(3 hours ago). I'm sure she must be feeling the sting at the shot site. Hopefully the pain will subside soon.

I also have to mention that from the past 2 weeks Rhea has started to extend her arms as if to say ‘Carry me, mamma’ and after she comes to me will squeal in delight. It is soo cute, it warms my heart. Yesterday when I got back from work I extended my arms and called her and she literally jumped into my arms from mummy. She rolls all around the place so we have to keep a constant watch on her these days.

I will post some pictures soon. Hopefully we’ll buy the camera lenses this week. Well, its broken (have no idea when/how it happened) and that explains the ‘Camera fiasco’ at the time of Rhea’s baptism.