Today Gavin went to see Dr. Copeland for his 6 month well baby visit. He did really great! He was smiling, talking, and moving all over the place. He does not sit still AT ALL anymore:) His nurse weighed him and measured him, then left to get the Doctor. When she left another nurse knocked on the door and said she just wanted to meet Gavin because his nurse said he was SO cute...we thought that was sweet:)
Gavin is right on track with everything he is doing and eating. We decided that we will start a vitamin supplement with fluoride in it because our water has none. We told her that we have yet to start the vitamin because we did not want to introduce anything new when we were having all the dairy issues. Now that everything seems to be under control, we thought it was time for vitamins! Dr. Copeland said "It does not look like he is really missing any nutrition or vitamins!!!" Ha!
We also decided that since Gavin's tummy issues with the dairy are pretty much non-existent (Because I have cut out all dairy from my diet), we will continue to do exactly what we have been doing. We talked about having him see an allergist, but decided that for now we do not need to see one. She said that even if he tests negative for a dairy allergy, it still doesn't mean he is not sensitive to it, and most likely he will outgrow it. We will revisit this allergist idea when Gavin is a year old if we have issues when we introduce dairy to his diet. At this point I have totally excepted the idea that I will stay away from dairy, and honestly it is just fine for me. If it means Gavin is getting the best nutrition possible AND happy with it, then I am all for it. Right now I don't want to spoil a good thing, and Gavin's eating regimen is just perfect. No tummy issues, and that's all we want!
Gavin got one shot (Polio, HIB and DtAP, a combined shot) and he did not even give the nurse a mean look! She gave him the shot very quickly in his thigh and he just looked around at me and Derek. Then Derek was able to distract him by telling him he did a great job:) No cry, no whine, no nothing! Such a good boy at the Doctors!
We will go back in one month for a "Shot only" visit so that he can catch up on his 6 month shots (We have him on a delayed vaccine schedule) and then he will go again at 9 months for a check up with the doctor:)
We feel so blessed to have such a happy and healthy baby:)
Length 27inches 50-75th percentile
Head Circ 43.5cm-40th percentile
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