6 Month Checkup - Get Mom a Tissue..

Jack had his 6 Month checkup yesterday and was such a good boy!  He was playing away with his little tootsies while waiting for the doctor to come in and see him, happy as could be looking at the clouds and airplanes in the light!! 

He showed off his new trick of sitting up, he let the doctor check out his great head control and also demonstrated how strong those little  short legs are!  He weighed in at 16lbs 9oz which is the 25th % for his age/gender.  I asked the doctor if I should be worried about that and her response was, and I quote, "Have you seen his thighs lately?"  Let's just say that I'm pretty sure Jack didn't get his thighs from his Dad...sigh.  He measured at 28" long which was 90th % for his age/gender and I'm also pretty sure he didn't get his height from his Mom...  Jack also showed off his two pearly whites and the doctor showed me how close his top FOUR teeth are to coming through, ahhh!!  The doctor said he's as healthy as can be and to keep doing what we're doing. 

Jack had to get a number of immunizations/vaccines yesterday, including 3 separate shots.  Shots are tough, maybe more so on Mom than on Jack.  He was laying there innocently babbling away and all of a sudden he gets stuck with this sharp foreign object, his face turned instantly BRIGHT red and he sucked in a deep breath before letting out a big loud cry, looking at me as if he was saying "whyyyyyy????" (This little boy doesn't let out deep cries very often at all, so when he does it triggers something in me so quickly that I can't stop my tears!!!)  Then they stuck him again in the other leg, TWICE.  Poor guy :(  He pulled it together much more quickly than I did!  By the time we got to check out in the front, he was back to showing off his smiles and raising his eyebrows at the receptionist - clearly he was going to be fine so I also had to pull myself together :) 

Our next appointment isn't until 9 Months - I can't imagine how many new things we'll have experienced by then!!