Gus's 6 month checkup

I haven't taken many pictures lately, but I figure a blog post without a picture is just no fun. So here is Gus eating peas for the first time last night.

Yesterday was Gus's 6 month check up at the doctor. He is weighing in at 19 lb 10 oz, which was either 80th or 85th percentile. Kevin was concerned that he wasn't gaining enough weight, since he was in the 90th percentile for his last visit......oh Kevin. He is 26.5 inches long too. So all in all a pretty big kid. For me, the most important part of this doctor's visit was talking about all the food sensitivities Gus seems to have. I may or may not have written about how I thought he had a reaction to formula when I mixed it with cereal? And also, some vegetables - squash for sure and maybe sweet potatoes and carrots, give him a rash. Anyway, she generally thought we should wait another month before trying the yellow veggies again...so now we're sticking to peas and green beans. We're also supposed to start him on meat, which I think seems weird.

In other news, the class I was supposed to teach as part of Wash U's University College is officially canceled. No one was registered for it, so they cut it completely. I'm both sad and relieved. I expect I'll still get the opportunity to teach sooner or later, but I was looking forward to getting it sooner. Although I was indeed anxious about how I was going to do that, my regular job, and take care of Gus without losing my mind. So I guess I'll have awhile til I'll need to figure out how to do all those things.

Kevin has been back to work a week and a half now. He's been a working fool - leaving the house before 7am and not coming back til after 8. Last night he didn't even get to see Gus before he went to bed. Maybe that will teach him to come home at a decent time.....