7 Months Old!

Just a quick update on Emerson's 7 month pediatrician check-up. She weighs 16 lbs and is 24.8" long. She is in the 25th percentile for weight, 10th percentile for height and her head circumference is in the 5th percentile! Quite a little girl :) I'm hoping she might gain a bit of height in the years to come!! I'm sure she won't be tall by any means, but I hope she's at least as tall as her Mommy!!! The appointment went really well. I had a whole two page document written out about her #2 problems!, as well as some other concerns we had. Dr. Radisic was so great, took a lot of time to answer all my questions and then some! He wrote us a prescription for more lactulose and increased her dose. That combined with some prune juice will hopefully get things moving again and her body will adjust to the solid foods and all will be well! I had heard that the baby cereals have a lot of iron in them and can sometimes cause constipation, but Dr. Radisic said they don't have enough iron in them to cause constipation, so don't cut back on the cereal! Which I had done - I started giving her cereal once a day instead of twice a day. So I was happy with what we were told and hopefully everything will straighten out within the next few months. We will wean her off of the lactulose slowly, if everything goes well. I also talked to the Dr. about her lack of rolling and not enjoying her stomach, so he did a few different strength tests and muscle tests and said everything is fine, she's actually very strong! Get this ... she's just stubborn!! Surprise, surprise ... wonder where she gets that from?! She's been stubborn since before she was even born! Dr. Radisic is happy with how she's sitting up and reaching for things and transferring objects from hand to hand, so hopefully when she decides she wants to move she'll figure out she has to be on her stomach to crawl!!! Happy hump day :) Enjoy this above average September weather!!

Tracy