6 Month Doctors Appointment

Today the twins had their 6 month well baby visit with their doctor. The girls are both doing great!! Eleanor is 15lbs!! That's a whole pound heavier than Lily at this age! She's just a hair over 25% in weight. She is 26 inches now too. That's just above 50%. Head circumference was 43cm. Violet is still a peanut at 12lbs 12oz. That keeps her at 5% on the growth chart for weight. For height she is 25 3/4 inches long. That's about 50%! And her head circumference is 40.5 cm, which is also in the 5th percentile. Their doctor is still a little concerned with Violet's weight, but says she's been gaining consistently at her own curve, so she just may be meant to be small. She did jump a percentile in height though! We thought she was looking taller lately!

Their shots went well. Of course there was the usually crying during and after, but they are ok now! As all mothers know it's so hard to watch our little guys get poked, and it's doubly harder to watch 2 of your kids get them one right after the other! Their next appointment will be horrible, because Lily will also be getting a shot then! (though I'm trying to remember...are there shots at 8-9 months? I remember getting a break at one of the first year appointments with Lily...maybe it was that one?)

We got the green light to start meats, and other fun food with the girls! The doctor was even telling us about new research about allergies, and how they are now recommending it better to give those common allergy foods during the first year because at this age their bodies don't recognize it as something they need to fight against. She recommended we start putting a dab of peanut butter next to their lips for a week, and if there was no reaction we could start giving it to them. Now I'm not going to jump right in and start doing this on her recomendation alone...and would never give peanut butter at this age anyways because of choking risks, but this is some interesting new information! I'll definitely be researching this some more! She also laughingly sugested with give Violet ice cream to help her gain more weight. (she was serious about the suggestion...but was laughing I think because it's kind of a silly recommendation!) I won't be giving Violet ice cream this early though! We'll let her get closer to one! haha! I think I will be getting her some avocados to try soon though...lots of good fats in those!