6 month check-up - now with pictures!

Last Friday, we took Zoe for her 6- month check-up and while she didn't meet any milestones at the Dr's office (as she did at her 2-month and 4-month visits), she's made a few little strides before and after. For instance, late last week, she started stringing together B-b-b-b-b and M-m-m-m-m noises. I think we've even heard some D-d-d-d-ds in there, as well. Man it's so cute to see her twist up her little face to make such big sounds. We've been 'talking' for quite a while, but now it feels like an actual conversation!

Also, the big news is that Zoe finally decided to turn off her back and onto her tummy...and back onto her back again, of course. Despite the fleeting-ness of the moment, we're putting this one down in the history books as a definite milestone achievement. She had made a similar move around the 4th of July, however with much more prodding. At this point, we don't care so much how much she does it as about the fact that she can and will do it. Obviously, this girl has her preferences and isn't easily persuaded to entertain the alternatives. A girl after my own heart ;)

At the Dr's office she weighed in at a whopping 17lbs (70th percentile) and nearly 27" (90th percentile). Who knew that I'd produce such a tall baby!!! Apparently, though, growth trends have more to do with nutrition than genetics at this point, so we've got a few months to go to see if the poor thing will inherit mom's long torso and short legs. Oh well, I guess, if she does - they've served me well enough so far.

The aftermath of her check-up and vaccinations was about par for the course. Aside from some edginess, she fared pretty well Friday evening, but developed a fever overnight. Amazingly, though, she was almost in better spirits with her fever than she was without it! Maybe that's thanks to the good long naps she took Saturday morning while I was at the vet with all three kitties for their check-up. Yes, it was a well-vaccinated weekend and everyone was on watch.

Anyways, she managed to have a lovely visit with Nana and Pepere St. Pierre and even showed off her new 'bouncy bouncy bed' tricks. (I'll try to get Dave to post some video of that at some point...)


(You can't really see them here,but she's wearing the sweetest overalls. Thanks Uncle Skip and Auntie Pauline!)

Come Saturday evening, though, Zoe's abundant rest apparently caught up with her as she really didn't go down to sleep until ONE AM!!! Yowsers. It's almost all a blur right now, but I do remember her stint in the office some time after 11 when Dave and I were at a complete loss on how to convince her that it was time for nuh-nights.

Thankfully, though, Sunday night resembled more normal trends. Not to say that I wasn't secretly panicked though: our pediatrician tends to make self-fulfilling comments and he did mention the perils of up-ended sleeping patterns and how they can sometimes stick and become the norm. Ultimately, I think we'll be ok since Zoe's generally been a truly great sleeper, but we're not quite in the clear just yet: last night, it literally took hours for her to settle down again after her night-time feeding.

I guess this is what they mean when they say that in life with children, every day brings something new.