Today Maddie had her 6 month check-up and the doctor said she is absolutely perfect! (insert image of mommy smiling ear to ear when she heard that!) She grew an inch and is now 25.5" tall and gained about a half pound so she's now weighing 13 lbs, 13 oz. Both of those kept her along the same path she was last time - 50th percentile for height and 25th percentile for weight. Her head measurement was right on track too and kept her in the 50th percentile there. Wahoo!!
When she turns 6 months on the 20th, we get to start introducing her to solids. I am so excited to do this and see her reaction to foods! The last couple of weeks she has been really noticing when David and I eat and watching what we're eating or drinking so I think she's going to love having something of her own to eat! We are supposed to start out with rice cereal and give her that once a day for a week and then introduce her to all the veggies. We try each veggie for three days before introducing another one so that if she has any reaction to the food we can easily pinpoint what caused it. We can give her as much or as little veggies as she likes, as often as she likes. Once we run through all the veggies then we can move on to fruits. I know this is going to be insanely messy, but I'm really looking forward to it!
I was also able to reach my goal of nursing Maddie until she's 6 months. I'm so happy I was able to do that and we've had such special times together while she's feeding. With her 6 month birthday though, we're going to start weaning her from breastmilk and slowly introduce formula to her. We're going to introduce it slowly so that it hopefully doens't upset her tummy and we can make sure she's adjusting to it ok. The plan is to have her completely on formula by mid-November.
So all in all, everything is going great! We couldn't have been blessed with a more wonderful daughter!
Love you all,
Nile, David & Maddie
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Hey! Congrats on your healthy checkup!! I cant believe she's gonna be smearing pureed carrots all over her high chair and have pea mush all over her face so soon!! Messy but awesome is right! She's growing so fast. I cant wait to come out and see all of you and how you've all grown, into bigger kids, into your roles as parents.. so many changes! I love you guys.. I'm so happy to hear of her perfect checkup. You have one happy auntie on your hands. :)
All my love,
Dawn
Happy 6mhs Maddie!
and maddie couldn't have been blessed with more wonderful parents. the Lord knew what He was doing when He placed his beautiful creation into your care. maddie is going to grow up in a loving and secure home. how marvelous is that!!!! papa bob
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