7 months old!

Well, they had their 6 month checkup at 7 months one week!

Lucas measured 27 3/4 inches and weighed 16 pounds 7 ounces.
Tilly measured at 28 inches and weighed 17 pounds.

Lucas remains in the tenth percentile for weight, but 50th for height.
Tilly is in the 90th percentile for height, and 50th for weight- which
is good, it means she lost some of her "baby fat" that made her look
obese on the charts in December!

They both are sitting up without support, but the thing that impressed
the pediatrician was that Tilly now holds her own bottles and feeds
herself. Apparently she has made this milestone very early. I don't
think it means anymore than she inherited my hand eye coordination. I
probably never mentioned it here since its not very relevant, but, I
can juggle- I used to be able to juggle as well as a circus performer,
LOL. I still can pick up tennis balls and juggle them without any
practice. Makes for fun at parties, anyhow.

I think I posted part of their weights last week when they were sik,
but this was their actual exam.

How funny that we are all getting asked to add more baby foods! I was
told to add more baby food because mine still drink up to 12 ounces at
a feeding. They normally eat 8-10 at every meal, and sometimes Lucas
wants more. She said by 6 months I should have seen a drop off in
interest in formula, and that if they still drink this hardily, they
need more baby food. We had been putting off adding more babyfood
because everything *I* have read says that the bottle is the most
important nutrition the first year, and food introduction is mainly to
teach them textures and tastes- not for calories.

I finally introduced oatmeal. I postponed it as long as possible, but,
they are past the 6 month mark. They never ate rice, so atleast now
they do get a grain.