6 Month Well Baby Checkup

Practicing her exercises before she sees the doctor
Amelia and Dr. Winters

Amelia had her 6 month checkup this morning, with Dr. Winters, who is the best pediatrician in the world. She first met Amelia a few days after she was born and she has been her doctor since then. She said Amelia was "great!" and said she is a little ahead of the game with her motor skills, like sitting and raising her chest and stomach off the ground. Dr. Winters said Amelia is growing really well, and at 27.5 inches and 17 lb 7 oz , she is in the 90th percentile for height, and just above the 75th percentile for weight. Remember, this was our tiny, tiny baby who was 19.5 inches and 6 lb 5 oz when she was born and wore newborn sizes for the first 3 months. Unfortunately, Amelia also got 3 shots and an oral rotavirus dose at this appointment, but she took it like a champ, smiling at the nurse right before, then crying a little, and then smiling at her again within a minute of the shots. She stopped crying even before I did...it's still hard to watch my sweet girl get shots because it hurts her so much. Her next appointment is in 3 months, and Dr. Winters predicted she will be talking, standing, and crawling by then.