Bottomless Belly Button

My little one's belly button is an innie. In fact, it's so much an innie that I was concerned enough to ask the doctor about it at our checkup today! Whenever I'm digging around in there cleaning with a q-tip I never can find the bottom, and I've always freaked myself out that I would actually touch his insides. So, I asked his doctor, "Kenzo's belly button is really deep, like, does it ever happen that it just doesn't close and remains open to the inside??" Thankfully she didn't laugh at me and just said no that doesn't typically happen. She looked at it, poked around a bit, then scooted off and came back with a q-tip. She dug around for a minute and finally, thankfully, professed that it is closed, just really really deep. PHEW! So now I can clean with gusto and not worry about getting lost in his intestines.

Also regarding today's check up, I one upped myself in helping Kenzo get through his vaccines! Last time, I held him for the first time and his crying was very minimal compared to the other times he got jabbed at on the table. This time, not only did I hold him but I sang to him in his ear his favorite song (Open Shut Them) while doing the movements with his hands and arms. He did not even whimper for the first shot, WELL DONE KENZO!!! The second one he hollered for all of 3 seconds (the doctor said that vaccine's liquid really burns, and there is no baby who wouldn't cry), but recovered in a heart beat and was so 100% fine that he didn't even whimper while I was getting him dressed again! WOW!! My little man is one tough cookie!

I'm a half year old already, can you believe it? I'm a whopping 19lbs (8.6kg), 27.5" long (70cm)- both about 75-85th percentile and my head circumference is 44cm (17") - about 50-75th percentile. As you can see I've already gotten my bottom teeth and love to chew on anything, including my own feet! I can sit up all by myself, usually without tipping over, and can roll over in both directions - watch out world! I love to blow raspberries, giving showers to anyone nearby, and I can't get enough of jumping and playing in my exersaucer! I also love reading books with mommy and can even turn the page (don't tell mommy, really I'm just trying to EAT the page...)

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