Sick Time: Use It or Lose It!
So last Thursday, my wife and I took Zoomie/Poopers…okay, our son for this 6 month check up with the doctor. Speaking of the doctor, did I mention we chose him because I liked his last name? Same as my favorite rock band, Rush. It was to be his third in a series of check ups that would include three shots, last time he screamed something fierce! But this time, he took the shots like man, well little man, cried for about 1 minute and then was okay.
The doctor came in and ask his usual series of questions in order to judge how Zachary was doing; was he pooping, how much, eating, how much, taking naps, how long, things of that nature. In terms of motor skills, Zachary has come a long way, he is now reaching for items out of his reach and grabbing, hold and trying to get his binky back into his mouth. While rather inconsequential, big steps in his development.
He got a quick once over, checking his eyes, ears, nose and gums. We thought he had some teeth ready to push though, but that is not the case. There was a small deposit that formed on his lower gum and then fell off, guess this is normal. So the doctor told us that he could not even feel nubs on his gums, but that does not mean he is not teething, as witnessed by all the drool rolling off his lower lip. Especially when he is laughing and having fun watching Elmo!
Zachary is still about 70% above average at this point in development. His weight came in at just over 18 pounds, while he had grown another couple of inches to 26. His head also increased about 2 inches in size, all of which are showing great signs of development. My wife told the doctor of her first word story on Mother’s Day, when he supposedly said, “Hi!’ I still have my doubts.
In the coming months, we will start to see more use of his motor skills and he will start to crawl, possibly stand and even walk. That means we will need to start child proofing the house, in order to keep Zachary safe and out of areas that he does not belong in. We have all the hardware, which was bought new off of Ebay, so it is just a matter of getting some time and installing the hardware to child proof the house.
As mentioned earlier, he digs Elmo. When I get up with him in the mornings, I drop in his Elmocise DVD and play it over and over. We get to hop, bend, twist and work out in a chair. God, I even can sing along with the damn video now. Oh yeah, it also has the 80s star, Cyndi Lauper in it who sings the Twisted Sister’s song. It could be worse, I could be subjected to that stupid purple dinosaur! I was always a Sesame Street fan, so it’s great to watch some of these Muppets I grew up with.
