JoElle went to for her 6 month checkup yesterday. She has grown so much! She now weighs 17 lbs 3 oz (bigger than 75% of baby girls her age) and she is tall too, 27 inches long (bigger than 90% of baby girls her age). Yeah for JoElle, maybe she won't take after Mommy and Daddy after all!
Unfortunately, she did get allergies from Mommy and Daddy. She is now on Clarinex for her allergies and she also has eczema, we kept switching soaps b/c right around the time she got pink eye and a bad sinus infection, she started breaking out really bad on her back when she got her bath, esp from the shampoo. So now the Dr. told us to use a special soap and lotion, no more good smelling baby products for her! She gets her skin issues from Mommy, I couldn?t use perfume or anything like that until recently either.
Also, her dr. told us she is eating WAY too much formula a day (around 40-45 ounces a day); babies should only be consuming between 24-32 ounces daily. She is even eating baby food twice a day and still eating this much formula! Her Dr. said to offer her less milk and then she will eat more food.
JoElle has learned to clap, she loves patty cake and peek-a-boo. She also loves to blow raspberries again! Last week she was saying dada all the time, especially when Daddy was nearby! This week she would rather blow raspberries.
Today she was singing like crazy with me to praise and worship songs on the way to school. JoElle is SO close to crawling (and has been so very close for a month now) but instead of going forward, she extends her legs all the way when she is on all fours and sticks her boodie in the air! It looks so funny. Then she sits back and claps for herself. She is so proud of the way she can sit by herself. Last week she perfected getting into a sitting position from her tummy, so now she is a pro.
In the mornings, if she is already awake, I often find her sitting up in front of her aquarium, playing with it. She turns it on and plays around. She also likes to play with her plush turtle we bought for her before she was born from Sea World and her polar bear that Kim and Amy Stepp gave her. JoElle loves to hug the bear.
As soon as my home computer is fixed, I will post pics!! Both our computers aren?t working, so I am posting this from work!
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