We went for Mathew's 6 month well baby visit today. I really liked his new pediatrician. She is also a neonatologist in the local NICU so she was very familiar with Mathew's history which made it quite nice. I loved our pediatrician back in Lakeland and was really nervous about finding a new one...especially without any local referrals, but I think we lucked out with her!
Our boy was in the 50th percentile straight across the boards. He is 17lbs. 5 oz., and 27.5 inches long. It seems like his super speedy growth has finally tapered off.
He seems to be doing great and she doesn't see the need to see a pulmonologist just yet. She suggested seeing how he does this winter and how his lungs respond to common colds, etc. A wonderful piece of news is that he'll be able to receive the Synagis shots (during RSV season) right there in the clinic. We were fully expecting to have to travel to Iowa City, a hour and a half away, for them so it was quite a pleasant surprise. He'll begin those late October or early November and continue for 5 months. She recommended a follow up hearing screening at one year due to all his exposure to antibiotics in the NICU. Sounds like standard protocol just to be safe.
We were also given a referral to the local early intervention group here. In Florida, Winnie Palmer Hospital had set us up with Early Steps, but since we moved we weren't ever able to follow up. I was able to get in touch with the "Early Access" people here and they are supposed to be contacting me in the next 2 days to set up a time to come to our home and do a screening with MJ. It's completely free of charge and they do initial screenings and in depth evaluations to determine if your child needs early access to any resources, specialists, etc. I really feel like he's doing just fine developmentally thus far, but it never hurts to check with the experts I suppose.
Oh, and get this. The ped. suggested trying a sippy cup and introducing water! Woah, is he growing up too fast or what?! I was just getting used to the whole idea of a bottle. ha! ;)
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Woohoo - water! Chris' niece did the sippy cup at 6 months w/ a little bit of water. Just fyi - if they allowed her to play w/ the cup, she seemed to get too much air & had a lot of gas issues & woke a lot during the night. Just a cautionary tale! x, Mindy
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