3.16.09

Happy 6 months baby girl. You are just th elove of my life. I can't beleive that you are already 6 months old. You are so big. Iy males me quite sad to think how quickly time is flying by and how quickly you are growing up. You still come to work with me everyday and I am wanting that to last as long as possible. I love having you with me so much. Today you had your 6 month check up and I think you weighed 13.3 pounds. At your last appt they were worried that you were only in the second percentile. (I wasn;t too worried about it...you are a healthy happy baby). Well when the Dr. walked into the room today and you didn't have anything but your diaper on she asked "how is he doing?". I corrected her and said "SHE is doing good." She looekd back at her chart..obviously feeling very embarrased and said we have her on the growth chart as a boy..that's not right. I said well then you won't be so worried about her becasue she'll probably be a little higher on the girl chart than the boy chart. Sure enough...they ahd you wrong at our last visit too. So today we got a new growth chart and you are in the 7th percentiel for your weight. I knew you were growing just fine and right on. We started you on oatmeal alst week and today you had your first serivng of peas. The chnage really didn't phase you, except the texture was a little thicker than you were used to and you gagged a few times. At least I think it was the texture, who knows it could have been the peas. You also had shots today. Evertiem you get shots you are so fussy the rest of the day and the next day. Today was no excpetion. A bit fussy and wanting to just nurse and be held. My milk supply has really dropped and a keep getting a clogged duct so I am not sure how much longer I'm going to be able to nurse you. I want to keep you healthy and it's quite convient so I'd like to hold on as long as possible. So I guess I better start taking care of myself a little better and drink more water, eat more frequently, and go back to taking my vitamins. I asked the Dr. about the little hematoma on your back. She said that it will continue to grow up to a year or so and then it will start to shrink and fade by the time you are 7 and gone by the time you are 9. It's small now, I am just hoping it stays that way. She's not at all worried about it. It makes me a little nervous, but I'll trust her and well just go on living with it. but you do have a little birthmark on the inside of your left thigh...it just this little faint mark that looks like your diaper has rubbed and made a little scab or something, but it's smooth and is becoming mroe prevelent as a birthmark. I love you and your sweet little personality. I feel so blessed to have you. You are what bring me joy every single day!