6 Month Appointment

Brody saw Dr. Sammons today at East Louisville Pediatrics. I highly recommend her (any of them really-we've seen almost all of the doctors). We saw Dr. Sammons right before we did genetic testing. We were asking which test to go with to figure out the deafness origin. She was up front and told us how she wasn't sure, but looked into it for us. We've like her ever since! With the Usher's, we want to stick with one pediatrician instead of the whole group like we were doing.

If you have held Brody in the past month, you would swear he's at least 25 pounds! Surprisingly, he only weighed 19.5 pounds and was 28 inches long. It's only the 75-80 percentile. His head on the other hand, is still off the charts! She said he's well proportioned though so she isn't worried. Brody was super happy and talkative the whole appointment. He loves the baby in the mirror.

As soon as the nurse came in for the shots, he burst out in tears. It's like he remembered the last time he was in! He had two shots in one leg and one in the other. He also had one by mouth. We had wanted to have a delayed shot schedule, but since he is having the cochlear implants (brain surgery pretty much), Dr. Sammons wants all of his shots up to date beforehand. I agree! Nothing like having the brain exposed and not all the precautions taken.

Some accomplishments this week for the Brodster!

Trying to feed himself cereal

Brody mastered supported sitting this week! Woohoo!