Connor is 6 months old today.  He happened to have his 6th month doctor visit today as well.  We have been looking forward to this visit so he can get checked out again for his persistent cough.  I had mentioned in a recent post that his cough had improved, but it actually was not the case, he continues to cough during the day and at night.  He has been coughing for a month now. 

     Today’s visit was an eventful one.  When I was undressing Connor in the exam room, I noticed some hives on his back.  He actually had similar rash on Sunday too which disappeared in a few hours.  The doctor and I were discussing the cause for that.  The major changes recently were the introduction of rice cereal since Saturday and the oatmeal this morning.  Both of these don’t usually cause any problems for babies, so we now just need to re-introduce them back to Connor one at a time slowly to test them out.  Next, the doctor listened to Connor’s lung.  His breathing seems more coarse the past couple of days and now he actually has some wheezing.  The doctor diagnosed him with bronchiolitis.  She ordered RSV and pertussis nasal swabs, and an albuterol nebulizer treatment.  The rest of his physical exam was good.  During the exam, I saw that his first tooth was showing.  I was so surprised by that since Connor has not been showing much teething issue yet.  The last few nights he had been waking up once a night, but I just thought it was due to the cough.  And he would return to sleep without a fight after nursing.  During the nebulizer treatment, Connor was very sad but he tried to stop crying sometime.  The doctor listened to his lungs again afterward, but the wheezing did not go away.  She did say that bronchiolitis does not often respond to albuterol.  We now just need to let the cold take its course.  Hopefully the course will end very soon!  After the treatment, it was time to go get his 6 month vaccinations too.  I felt so bad and guilty to put Connor through all these on one day.  He ended up receiving one oral vaccine and 4 injectable vaccines (one of them was a flu shot).  Connor once again dealt with the pain of the injections as best as he could.  He then quietly fell asleep on the drive to the daycare.  He is my little brave boy!

     Here are the highly anticipated growth stats for Connor.  He is much heavier and taller than Logan was at this age. 

Wt = 21lb 12.5oz (97 percentile)

Ht = 30 inches (100%)

Head = 18.4 inches (99%)

(Logan’s stats at 6th month = 18lb 12oz, 28.7 inches, 18.25 inches)