Who's ready for green beans...???

Just got back from Devan's 6 month check-up. He's a happy, HEALTHY boy (but we already knew that, didn't we)...

Some stats first:
weight: 21 lbs (97%)
length: 26 inches (50%)
head circumference: 17.25 inches (50%)

Wonder what percentage his thighs would be in.... ;0)

The doc was impressed with his sitting up skills (especially since the heavier ones tend to have more troubles). Not our man though! He's an expert sitter-upper ;) and has been for a month. (He thinks he'll be running before he walks). Hee hee hee...

He commented several times on his personality. He was a crazy boy in there! Babbling and smiling and laughing and flapping his arms and loving the crinkly paper on the table... Just full of himself and enjoying all the attention.

No teeth yet, but they're in there....

Still yeast problems (to be expected with all his michelin man rolls)

Now on to the best part... FOOD!!! Like he needs any more of that ;)

• Start with green beans or peas. Give him one for 3 days. If there's no reaction then you can add another vegetable (preferred ones: green beans first, peas second, carrots third). Avoid the "sweet" vegetables and all fruit for awhile. Why would he go back to eating peas (yuck!) when you can have bananas???
• Start with one food once a day. Then slowly move into twice a day.
• Use Stage 1 food. Stage 2 is a mixture between 2 and if there's a reaction then you don't know which food it is. But if green beans and carrots both went ok, then you can use stage 2 green beans and carrots mixture.
• Since he doesn't like the cereal you can mix it in with his veggies (to get the iron).
• Serve the food at room temperature. If he doesn't eat it all then put it in the fridge and serve it cold at the next feeding. Don't cater to the "veggies are hot and fruit are cold"
• At 8 months he can start having a little meat (like beef stew stage 2 food, or even a little shredded chicken from our dinner)
• Once he has upper and lower teeth he can munch on Cheerios

And then he got 2 shots in the leg and one oral vaccine. He did pretty good. Got through the first one and then cried after the second one, but only briefly. We made silly faces and he forgot all about it.

Gonna go walk Taylor and then look through the baby food that our neighbor gave us to see if there's any green beans or peas for dinner... :0)