I cannot believe Dylan is seven months old already!
We visited Dr. Dickerson when Dylan turned six months old, for his check-up. At that time, he had only gained a few ounces since his previous check-up at four months. (His weight at 6 months was 15 lbs 1 oz.) I had been nursing him every four hours at the time, so we decided to go back to nursing every three hours as well as increasing his solid food intake for a couple of weeks and then do a weight-check. After two weeks of eating a whole bunch of baby oatmeal and nursing a whole bunch, Dylan had gained a little over a pound (6 1/2months -- 16 lbs 2 oz). That was a big jump after only gaining a few ounces in two whole months. So it seemed like he had just had a growth spurt and everything was fine. I gradually shifted back to feeding him only every four hours, and Dylan was perfectly happy with that. We continued to introduce new solid foods over the next two weeks, which he loved. A little too much! He started eating three stage 2 jars of baby food at each meal, immediately after I had just nursed him. There was just no way that he should be that hungry after I had just fed him, so I decided to pump at his feeding times to see approximately how much milk he was getting. Lo and behold, it wasn't really very much, considering Dylan's age and size. So I continued pumping, supplementing the pumped breastmilk with formula. Over about a week, I pumped less and offered a little more formula, making a gradual transition. Dylan now drinks 2-3 times as much formula in a day as the amount of breastmilk I was producing for him. He isn't any happier or less fussy, as he was never fussy or acting hungry to begin with. But he's growing like a weed - 17 lbs 9 oz about two weeks after introducing formula. There are many possible reasons why I wasn't producing quite enough milk for him, but the important part is that he's getting enough nutrition keep him growing.
In other news, Dylan's first sharp little tooth (lower right) broke through the gum on April 29th. The second one (lower left) broke through on May 2nd. And now he seems to be working on the next ones, although I'm not sure yet which ones they'll be. I just know there's a lot of drooling and chewing going on again.
He rolls all over the place and is starting to scoot forward a little bit. He's a very efficient roller, though, so he doesn't really care about trying to get up on his knees to go forward.
Dylan is a very happy, healthy, chunky little baby, and I can't get enough of his cuddles! This picture was taken April 28th, when he was exactly seven months old.
We visited Dr. Dickerson when Dylan turned six months old, for his check-up. At that time, he had only gained a few ounces since his previous check-up at four months. (His weight at 6 months was 15 lbs 1 oz.) I had been nursing him every four hours at the time, so we decided to go back to nursing every three hours as well as increasing his solid food intake for a couple of weeks and then do a weight-check. After two weeks of eating a whole bunch of baby oatmeal and nursing a whole bunch, Dylan had gained a little over a pound (6 1/2months -- 16 lbs 2 oz). That was a big jump after only gaining a few ounces in two whole months. So it seemed like he had just had a growth spurt and everything was fine. I gradually shifted back to feeding him only every four hours, and Dylan was perfectly happy with that. We continued to introduce new solid foods over the next two weeks, which he loved. A little too much! He started eating three stage 2 jars of baby food at each meal, immediately after I had just nursed him. There was just no way that he should be that hungry after I had just fed him, so I decided to pump at his feeding times to see approximately how much milk he was getting. Lo and behold, it wasn't really very much, considering Dylan's age and size. So I continued pumping, supplementing the pumped breastmilk with formula. Over about a week, I pumped less and offered a little more formula, making a gradual transition. Dylan now drinks 2-3 times as much formula in a day as the amount of breastmilk I was producing for him. He isn't any happier or less fussy, as he was never fussy or acting hungry to begin with. But he's growing like a weed - 17 lbs 9 oz about two weeks after introducing formula. There are many possible reasons why I wasn't producing quite enough milk for him, but the important part is that he's getting enough nutrition keep him growing.
In other news, Dylan's first sharp little tooth (lower right) broke through the gum on April 29th. The second one (lower left) broke through on May 2nd. And now he seems to be working on the next ones, although I'm not sure yet which ones they'll be. I just know there's a lot of drooling and chewing going on again.
He rolls all over the place and is starting to scoot forward a little bit. He's a very efficient roller, though, so he doesn't really care about trying to get up on his knees to go forward.
Dylan is a very happy, healthy, chunky little baby, and I can't get enough of his cuddles! This picture was taken April 28th, when he was exactly seven months old.
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