Lucy's 6 month appointment went well...until she got her shots!
She's quite the healthy girl!
At her appointment (at just over 6 months):
She weighed 16.78 pounds (59th percentile)
She was 26.25 inches tall (60th percentile)
Her head was 17.5 inches around (90th percentile...dang! No wonder they had to vacuum her out!)
I admitted to the doctor that we always put Lucy to sleep before we lay her down...he suggested we try to put her down when she's still awake or even almost asleep in order to teach her to self-soothe. This one may be difficult just because she's used to things a certain way...and so am I! Luckily, her Monday/Tuesday sitter already does this at nap times so I will start giving it a try, too. When we mentioned the fact that Lucy wakes several times some nights needing her bubby (and, on rare occasions, to be rocked or held), he said that if she were to fall asleep in her bed on her own, it may help at those times when she wakes up - she'll know where she is and will be able to realize it's still night time and go back to sleep...
I also talked about how we still swaddle Lucy...and again, her doctor recommended putting an end to that. He suggested we go "cold turkey" when I asked him what method (one arm out for a week, then both arms out, then no swaddle at all, for example)...I gave it a try last night and it was a bit of a fail...
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