6 Month Check Up:

Got her vaccinations. She didn't like it one bit. No real reaction, but she's been fussier this week than normal. No teeth yet. The one we thought was a tooth was actually another cyst, and it must have popped because by the time we got her to the pediatrician for her check up, it was already gone. She is teething though. We got that confirmed. We just need to wait for the actual teeth. But that could happen at any time. Here I thought she was cutting teeth at 2 months...I'm an idiot.

15 lbs 12 oz, 16.75 inch head circumference, 25.5 inches long. She's still in the 50th percentile and growing well. She can also sit up beautifully all by herself (this is a big deal apparently, both nurses made a huge thing about it and I was just happy because I can set her on the ground when I'm in the bathroom and not worry about her falling over) and drinks water from small cups that she will help lift to her own mouth. She says "Ah" after drinking and slips her little tongue out to lick her lips. It's too cute for words.

Beanie is like the opera star in her own beautiful show. What I mean by that is, she's apparently a virtuoso coloratura soprano, and there's no warning for when she wants to hit the high notes.

It's like a quiet little sweet voice singing "da da ba AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" shrieking and my ears ring for a few seconds. Just thinking about it hurts a little.

While painfully cute, it's also actually adorable on the phone. She's responding to voices when you put the phone up instead of breathing and snuffling and trying to lick the mouthpiece. I said "Beanie! It's Mommy! Mommy loves you!" and she said "ohhhh ahh! {shriek!!!}" And I need to record these things because it just doesn't translate...

In any case, I'm still pumping like mad (on Friday I got orca milk (thank you mel for that term) because I think I was getting sick) at work and having my boobs get milk shy when people wander in and out of the office without knocking.

My boss said we were probably moving to Folsom, which would be a long hellish drive for me, but nicer because I'll have my own office. I'd be by my mom and dad too. So if they get their house cleaned up, maybe PF would let my mom watch her granddaughter. My parents would love that, but they are the laziest most arthritic, sleepy people I've ever met in my life. Which would mean while Beanie would get loved and cuddled and fed well, she couldn't be put down on the floor. Nor would she get Walks in the Fresh Air very often, simply because, well, my parents do not walk. It's probably a pipe dream that they'd ever get it together enough to have her at their house, but I'll smoke that pipe if it's passed to me. I should start looking into day care options out by where my work is moving. That would be the smart thing to do.

I also mentioned that we should probably think about moving back towards that area of the county, to lessen my commute time, and PF nearly blew a gasket, which is understandable. We're stuck where we are for the time being, so I don't mind doing it until our lease is up, but I certainly would need to move closer. I need to be close to my baby in an emergency.

I've been sickly lately. Luckily, I know it's not the flu, so I'm not worried about Beanie. Although her ear smelled off, like the fragrance of a dog's ear that is sour and about to get infected, so I dripped breastmilk down it (she's been crying desperately as well, so I decided it must be the start of an ear infection) because it's the miracle cure. And I also had PF give her tylenol. She passed out and I cuddled her for hours on end.

I love my sweet little darling girl. I get tears in my eyes thinking about how special she is and how lucky I am.




~A Little Beanie's Mommy