Wednesday, December 3rd - 6 Month Check-up

Today Kinley had her 6 month check-up with Dr. S. Yes, we are a little behind getting this check-up, but we wanted to wait a few days so that it worked out with my schedule so that I could attend along with Kinley and Kevin.

Dr. S had only good things to say about Kinley's progress. She weighed 15 lbs 8 oz, so not a huge gain since we were in for her RSV shot, but she is staying on her growth curve, so that was good. Kinley is at the 50% for weight, 95% for length and 70% for head circumference. She is maintaining her curve nicely. Dr. S said that we should try and convince the Special Care Clinic at Children's Mercy to let us be a little more aggressive in treating Kinley like a more "normal" baby. He said as far as he is concerned we can start feeding Kinley any baby food that we choose, but to stay away from anything with honey, nuts or shellfish. That is what he tells everyone at first. He also asked if we had considered a trial off the NG tube. We told him that we did actually try it a few days ago and that it didn't really go all that well. He said not to get too concerned and he thought it would be OK to try again in the near future. We will see what Kinley does with her feedings. Overall he said Kinley is doing really well!!

Kinley did need to get 3 shots and an oral vaccine at the appointment. She took it all like a champ and was back to her old self by the time we got home. I did have to give her one dose of Tylenol once we got home, but other than that, Kinley did great. One of the shots that she got was the flu shot since she is now 6 months old. I feel much better now that Kinley has had her flu shot. We will try to get her booster flu shot in a month, but the nurse warned us that they may be out of the flu shot by then. Dr. S said he would try and set a dose aside for Kinley since she is probably the kid that needs the booster most out of all the kids he sees, but that even if she does not get the booster shot at least one shot is better than nothing at this point.

As long as everything continues to go well Kinley will not need another appointment until her 9 month follow-up. She will still go each month to get her RSV shot and hopefully her booster flu shot, but I don't really count those as actual appointments. Kinley has a Special Care Clinic appointment this Friday and I can only hope they will be as positive as Dr. S is with Kinley's progress.