Well check that out

The Little Sis went in for her 6-month well check and came out of it with an RSV diagnosis.

Well, hrm, that’s not how it’s supposed to go.

She started with some very slight congestion and a very slight cough earlier in the week, but it wasn’t enough to even consider keeping her home from daycare and certainly not enough to consider taking her to the doctor for it. However, two of her classmates had been confirmed with RSV in the past week, so when I took The Little Sis for her 6-month checkup this morning, I requested an RSV test. Not too surprisingly, it did come back positive, so she was home today and will be home tomorrow.

So far it’s been mild, so hopefully that’ll continue to be the case, as I know this can get very serious in babies. (The Big Sis dealt with it twice, worse than this though thankfully not bad enough to have to be admitted to the hospital.) Good news is that The Little Sis’ ears looked great, and I hope that continues as well.

They still did the well check while we were there, and The Little Sis is looking great. She was 25 3/4 inches long (25th to 50th percentile) and 16 pounds and 9 ounces (50th to 75th percentile), and her head circumference was 16 3/4 inches (50th to 75th percentile).

She met all of her developmental milestone questions, which included:

*Can your baby roll over?
*Does your baby reach for objects?
*Does your baby turn his/her head to sound?
*Will your baby try to move a toy?
*Does your baby make vowel sounds?
*Does your baby recognize you?

We decided to postpone shots until she’s feeling better, so we’ll go back in two weeks for that.

She sure doesn’t look like she’s too sick, does she? This pic was taken right before we left for the doctor this morning.