6 month check-up

The stats are in! Hannah has been officially weighed and measured. She weighs a whopping 20 lbs 7 oz, has a head measurement of 17.5 in, and length of 26 inches. Her length is above the 50th percentile, but the rest is off the charts. She's happy and healthy with lots of chubby baby folds.


She got her immunizations today, 5 shots and the oral rotateq. The needles they used today looked super vicious, about 2.5-3 inches long and it seemed a millimeter in diameter?! (The nurse probably felt like she had to use longer needles to get through all of Hannah's chubbiness into the muscle.) As usual, it took her a few seconds to register that she got stabbed before she started crying. Though since she's discovered her voice as of the past few weeks, high pitched screaming ensued (instead of the usual light crying that subsides just as quickly as it starts). She still doesn't do well with swallowing oral medications. We have to give them drop by drop or else she spits it all out. I always wonder how much of the rotateq vaccine she really gets down and if it's effective.

As for Dr. A's pediatric practice, the jury is still out. I like the cleanliness of the facilities and the separate well/sick waiting rooms. But the staff took their time, super slow and super laid back. Maybe it's a South TX thing, but at Drs. F&F, we were in and out effectively and efficiently with barely any wait, plus the staff was always bustling with activity. At Dr. A's, not only were we there from 9:30am till 12 noon, with about an hour wait in each room (waiting room & examination room), but it seemed like forever between each sighting of medical personnel. We only met with the nurse that took the stats, later gave the shots, and then the Nurse Practitioner who did the physical. Upon leaving, I asked the receptionist if it normally took this long, and she said Mondays and Fridays are busier than normal. We rescheduled for the 9-month checkup on a Tuesday when Dr. A is present and hopefully when it's less busy and less of a wait.