6 months, 7 months and a trip to the booth

I know. I know.  It's been a while.  Back off and catch up with me.   



 

A little over a month ago, Kelson turned 6 months old.  He weighed in at around 12 pounds 4 ounces if my memory serves me.  He was finally on the charts for height but is still lagging behind in the weight category.  We also started him on rice cereal and have slowly been introducing other vegetables.  He's not a big fan.  

The week after Kelson's 6 month check up, we headed to Carle for his LAST post-op appointment with the surgeon.  This time we saw Dr. Bowtie instead of the surgeon that fixed Kelson's hernia.  But, the good news is we're done going back to Peds Specialty!  One less appointment to go to!

Since then we've decorated for Christmas

Celebrated Kelson's first Thanksgiving - not very photogenic that day and not a fan of the mashed taters either.

Let Claire try her hand at feeding him. 

Finished out the football season with an awesome day to tailgate.

Claire learned to eat ice cream from the carton.

Claire got a fancy hairbow from Aunt Kyla & fuzzy boots from Aunt Ria for Halloween. 



And before we knew it Kelson was turning 7 months old!!!

Today we started a new set of appointments that will keep us on the road to Champaign for the next several weeks.  Kelson had his first trip to "the booth".  "The booth" is the soundproof room at Carle ECHO where Kelson will go 2-3 times a week until the audiologist can find just exactly what his level of hearing loss is.  We had a good first appointment today but she determined that his right eardrum was not as flexible as it should be.  He's had a cold for a while so she figured he had some fluid in his ear and suggested that we head to see the doctor just to be on the safe side.  So, off to see Dr. Austman he went.  She said there was some fluid on that ear but it wasn't pink so not much she could do.  Pretty much the answer we expected..  But, if it's still an issue on Monday it could effect his tests.  He goes back in the booth on Monday and again on Wednesday next week.  He weighed 14 pounds 8 ounces today at the dr. 

 

At 7 months old Kelson is:

Rolling back and forth

Smiling up a storm

Getting up at least once, sometimes 2-3 times a night

Wants to be held all-the-time

Chatters and blows raspberries

is not a big fan of baby food

drools a lot

does not like having a wet or dirty diaper