6 Month Check Up

At the 6 month check up on January 6th I felt terrible for the girls. They each had 5 shots and 1 oral vaccination. Normally it would only be 4 but they received their monthly RSV and their first flu shot. The poor girls screamed and cried and I really can not blame them. Alana did a lot better this round though - not spiking a high fever like she normally does. Kira weighed 14 lbs. 2 ounces and Alana weighed 12 lbs. 12 ounces. They are growing like weeds and Alana is now in the 3 percentile for weight; her head was 17 inches and her height was 23 inches!! The funny thing is though their heads are pretty "big". Kira's head is in the 85 percentile at 17 1/8 inches and her height was 24 1/2 inches. Comparing that to November 22nd when Kira was 11 lbs. 11 oz (6 percentile); 22 1/2 inches tall (2 percentile) and her head was 16 1/4 inches (48 percentile). Alana was 10lbs. 7 oz (1 percentile); 21 1/2 inches tall (less then 1 percentile) and her head was 16 1/8 inches around (39 percentile).

Both girls have had several developmental tests. They did pretty well but as expected they are a little behind the curve with gross motor skills. Their adjusted age is 4 months but in some areas they are only around the 2 or 3 month mark. They need to improve in the areas of reaching up, moving their heads from side to side and Alana needs to stop tilting her head to one side. Both girls will have Physical Therapy and Jim and I have a lot of things we are suppose to do with them each night.

Both girls have been "babbling" for several weeks and Kira on a rare occasion will even laugh and chuckle. Jim told her that she must have picked it up from Jacob (her cousin) over the holiday. Alana still has the beautiful off center smile and Kira smiles wide. Jim and I have our routine down pat. He gets up and makes the bottles while I go and get the girls dressed. There is nothing better then going to get them out of their cribs each morning because they give me the best smiles ever. What a great way to start the day.

The girls have both been playing with their tongues and today they figured out how to blow raspberries. Jim kept asking me what they were doing! How cute and funny. Kira tonight just kept blowing the raspberries and the drool was running down her face. She would then smile - she was so proud of herself. We were proud as well that she has picked up a new trick.
Jim and I could not be happier - we are so thankful this all worked out!