6 MONTH WELL BABY

So this past Tuesday was Alexander's 6 month check up and all is well. Or to quote our doctor, "He's a good little dude." He weighs in at 18lb 9oz (75th%) and measures 27.5" (90th %). So far it looks like he's going to take after his Uncles and be pretty tall. I guess only time will tell. Other than that he's doing well and progressing on track. I'm not sure if you've been able to tell from the recent pictures, but Alexander has been battling a sore on his cheek near his mouth. It developed around Christmas from a mixture of drool (which he has plenty) and from rubbing his cheek when tired or frustrated. The Doc thought it looked infected so he gave us some oral anti-biotic to give him to help fight the infection. We're still putting ointments on it as well and trying to keep him from rubbing (but that's almost impossible at times). It's starting to look better, but still not great. He also had his 3rd set of shots. He handled the actual shots really well with a minimum of crying. And the side effects were pretty mild as well. Yesterday he seemed to have a low grade fever for a little bit and was pretty sleepy, but that is about the extent of it. Thank goodness. You just never know how they are going to react. I hate to think of him being in pain or feeling poorly from something like that.

Alexander has also been using his highchair this week and it makes it much easier to feed him. Yesterday I was baking cookies so I put him in the chair in the kitchen with me and we chatted while I baked. He really seems to like it.

A couple of weeks ago I signed us up for a babies music class. We attended twice and Alexander loved it. He really enjoys watching other kids and dancing and singing. However, this week the class was canceled due to lack of participation. I'm really disappointed because it was something fun for us to do together, but hopefully we'll be able to try again in the spring.

Today Chris is home for a snow day and we're just planning on hanging around the house in our PJ's all day. And then tomorrow we're supposed to attend a Pancake Feed in the morning. All You Can Eat Pancakes is a very good thing!!!