Isaac visited his pediatrician yesterday for his six-month check-up and the doctor says he is doing great!\u00a0 He is very strong, has great reflexes, and is very attentive to his surroundings.\u00a0 Here are some stats:<\/p>\n
Length: 2′ 2.5″ (26.5 in.)
\n44.14%ile (a big jump from 21.65%ile at 4 months!)<\/p>\n
Weight: 18lb. 13 oz.
\n72%ile<\/p>\n
Head Circumference: 17.32 in.
\n67.75 %ile<\/p>\n
Isaac has mastered rolling over in both directions,\u00a0is able to scoot with confidence and is on the edge of a full crawl.\u00a0 He LOVES being tickled.\u00a0 He is most ticklish in the rib area and, of course, just underneath his armpits.\u00a0 He likes to squeal at a very high pitch and does a lot of “raspberries”.\u00a0 He goes in and out of those phases, but when he does do it, he does it all day long.<\/p>\n
Although Isaac’s motor skills are developing faster than the average baby, he has yet to start babbling.\u00a0 At this age, many babies are doing pretend conversations with themselves or with others saying “ba”, “ma”, or “ga”.\u00a0 Here, they are learning language and are mimicking different sounds and intonations they hear from the people around them.\u00a0 The doctor isn’t very concerned that Isaac has not done this yet, but said we should keep an eye out for it.\u00a0 If by 9 months he hasn’t babbled yet, we’ll do some hearing tests as that may be the culprit.\u00a0 However, I forgot to mention to the doctor that Isaac is around family that speaks two languages.\u00a0 Isaac regularly hears Vietnamese and English spoken all day.\u00a0 Studies show that babies who live in a bilingual family tend to start speaking later than their peers.\u00a0 But once they learn how to speak,\u00a0the learning\u00a0ramps up real quickly.\u00a0 I am hoping that is the case with Isaac.<\/p>\n
So far, Isaac has not found any food he doesn’t like yet.\u00a0 Although, he’s not a big fan of eating solids in general\u00a0(he gets tired of it after 5 minutes), he does eat everything that is presented to him.\u00a0 Isaac has had brown rice cereal, oatmeal cereal, apples, bananas, sweet peas, carrots, and sweet potatoes.\u00a0 Today, we are going to see what he thinks about mangoes!<\/p>\n
Dan and I have not taken Isaac’s official six-month photo yet because on the 19th, Dan came home late from work and Isaac was already asleep for the night.\u00a0 And yesterday, the 20th, Isaac got vaccinated and was in a pretty miserable mood.\u00a0 This morning, however, he was back to his happy self and we plan to take a picture of Isaac as soon as Dan comes home from work!\u00a0 In the meantime, here’s a picture of Isaac with Dr. Chapman after getting a clean bill of health!<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
