Today was Sydney’s 6 month well baby check-up. She weighs 15.6 lbs (49%), is 25.5 in long (26%), and her head measures 45 cm (99% - this is normal for her). The test results came back from her spots and she had a staph infection. The pediatrician said that staph lives basically everywhere (in the nose and on the skin) and it could have been as simple as her helmet rubbed a small spot on her scalp and the bacteria got into the wound and caused the infection. Sounds yucky and scary but she assured us it was fairly “common”. The spots are going away with the prescribed ointment and we will continue that treatment through Saturday to make sure the bumps stay away. I’ll call Cranial Technologies tomorrow and try to schedule Sydney’s imaging appointment for next week.
The pediatrician said Sydney is healthy otherwise but we’ll need to watch her gross motor skill development [these skill aren’t as developed as they should be (she’s not rolling over or sitting up on her own yet) due to her large head and torticollis]. She said now that Sydney is 6 months old we should begin to introduce cereals and stage one foods into her diet. We tried oatmeal tonight (we tried rice cereal a few times before and she wasn’t a big fan of it) and she seemed to like it – she was at least opening her mouth for the spoon J. We’ll try oatmeal a few more times then move on to fruits and veggies. Sydney got a couple of shots today in her chunky thighs – she did not like that one bit! She’ll go back in a month for her Flu booster then we’ll go back in May for her 9 month check-up.
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