6 month appt

Gavin had his 6 month checkup yesterday. He's now 17 lbs, 13 oz and 26.5 inches long. I won't gross you with some of the details but let's suffice it to say everything is functioning normally. ;) The best part of his appointment though was the doctor checking his motor skills.

Our daycare person had been saying from the get-go that Gavin's very advanced but it's a whole other story to hear it from your son's doctor. Gavin can, with some assistance, pull himself into a sitting or standing position. Obviously he can't stay standing without help but he can sit for a few minutes on his own without help (then something distracts him and he flops over). He's completely mastered rolling over (special thanks to Grandma Zuzu and Grandpa for working with him on that!!). The look on the doctor's face though when he flipped over and did his little scooting thing though was priceless. :) A week or so ago it became really apparent that Gavin was getting closer to crawling. The problem was he couldn't push himself forward, only backward. In the last few days he's seemed to have gotten the forward motion point and is just mere moments away from figuring out how to use his legs and arms together to crawl. With all this, his doctor says he's at least a month ahead when it comes to his motor skills. :D If that doesn't make a new parent feel great I don't know what else would!

I'm looking forward to Gavin crawling but also realize that we'll be cheering for all of 30 seconds before having an "Oh, fudge" moment that with his increased independent movement comes BABY PROOFING. Monte is going to hate this next level of development because not only will Gavin be able to chase him down but the safety gates will be coming out (Monte fears, and therefore respects the baby gates). Should be interesting. Speaking of the dog, in case anyone is curious Gavin loves the pets. He's fascinated by the dog and lights up when he sees the cats (wants to pet them; we monitor this VERY closely as our cats are not declawed). I'm happy that he clearly love animals. Personally it makes me thrilled that he shouldn't grow up with a fear if dogs or cats because of our animals. :)

That's all I have for now. Before I forget I wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day!! :)

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