Six Month Update

Ugh, did you ever notice how job searches are just totally depressing? Especially since I'm confined to one area for the time being and there just aren't many jobs in my field here. Yuck. I literally spent all day searching and emailing yesterday and feel no closer to an actual job.

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In other news Baby Girl's 6 month checkup was Monday the 17th, the same day I was laid off. She weighed 16 lbs. 10 oz. which put her at about 55%. I think her length was 25.75 inches, or about 40%. So that's all fine and good. Oh, she screamed at her appointment. And I'm not even talking about vaccines! Did I tell you she got some teeth? Yep, two teeth turned up the Friday before so I think that is why she was so crabby.

We talked to the doctor about her poop issues. Although, since the day before the teeth showed up she had been going great. It looked like normal baby output and was coming every day. But given her two-month struggles, the doctor suggested we put her on Gerber.GoodStart with comfort.proteins. She says that is what infant GI docs recommend. So we went out and bought it and quit within three days. She started to refuse to eat again, it was affecting her eating of solids, and she was spitting up constantly. The first day back on soy she quit spitting up and drank her formula like it was going out of style. So that settles it I guess. My kid must have a dairy sensitivity. No more switching, we are sticking with soy! I really wonder what this means for switching to milk at 1 year old... But her pooping really has been amazing since the teeth! I don't know if it's a coincidence but I don't care, I'm just so happy! It's the little things. :) (Or large quantities of stinky things, really)

As for BG* development news, she is crawling, sort of. She gets on hands and knees but mostly moves backwards. But she definitely is on the move with a combo of sort-of-crawling, scooting, rolling, and whatever else it is that she does when we're not looking. I swear sometimes she apparates around the living room. And today Grandma reported that she went from laying to sitting up by herself. She would probably be better at independent sitting by now but she is too busy being on the go. She doesn't want to sit still! She has also been playing around with the volume of her voice and has come to the conclusion that maximum volume is ideal for all situations. I can't take her to restaurants anymore! Good thing I can't afford it anymore anyway (ha ha not funny)!

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*Man, I always almost type her real name instead of BG! And it's such a great name, no bias here, really. ;) Maybe some of you know it? I can't remember which readers I sent her birth announcement to. Maybe you read BG and really think of her actual name. :)