He got his 6 month immunizations on Friday and handled the 2 injections like a trooper. He weighed in at just over 14 pounds (apparently his clothes weighed 2 extra pounds when we had him on the scale last week - so we were a little surprised at his weight at this check-up when he was measured sans clothing - but we're rolling with it). We got the go- ahead to start semi-solids - there is some research literature that suggests that starting food too early in preemies can be hard on the liver, however, Evan has been showing interest in food for weeks now, including snatching a cheesie out of mommy's hand and generally being fascinated by watching grown-ups eat, AND he can also sit supported, so the doc and I are in agreement that he's ready to start. We have a high chair on order that we are hoping will arrive soon because our boy is M-E-S-S-Y (like daddy :) Luckily, Mommy found a bib with SLEEVES to reduce the clean-up!
Evan's reaction to his introduction to rice cereal a few weeks ago was pretty good - Daddy introduced his first vegetable tonight - butternut squash - and this went over pretty good as well.
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