This time Quinn loved to tear up that crinkly paper on the exam table!! Our affectionate thanks to Marcia (?) who drew the short end of the stick this time & had to give Quinn his shots & take a blood sample (heel poke). Quinn's 6-month vaccination was DPT (Diptheria, Pertussis, Tetanus). The blood sample was for a hematocrit. Quinn weighed in at 20 pounds, 3 ounces, and was 26.5 inches long. That puts him in the 25th percentile for height and the 90th percentile for weight; Sherry (our wonderful FNP) promised us that he'll eventually become more like a rectangle and less like a square. She OK'd Quinn to start eating baby foods; fruits & vegetables. Developmentally he is doing all the things he should be. These days he does any of the following:
- Rolls over
- Babbles
- Smiles, laughs, squeals, makes raspberries & blows bubbles
- Reaches for objects with purpose
- Likes to play peek-a-boo
- Loves his exersaucer; can play for long periods of time by himself
- "Migrates" - combination of rolling & "scooching"
- If on the floor near his exersaucer, he may reach for toys on the exersaucer
- Bearing weight on legs & feet if held upright
- Eating rice cereal happily
- Has 5 teeth, probably more coming (3 on top, 2 on bottom)
- Sits up without help, although he can't get there from a fully prone position yet