I took Mia to see Dr. White this morning for a follow-up appointment. At her six month well-baby check-up, Dr. White noticed she had extra fluid in her ears. Since she not started babbling with consonant sounds at all, she was a little concerned the fluid was affecting her hearing and in turn, her speech. She prescribed a short round of amoxicillian to see if it would help, and asked that we return in six weeks for a follow-up.
After examining her (Mia did pretty well with her poking around in her ears), Dr. White said she was still above normal fluid levels, but since she was starting to babble some (we have heard "bababa" and "mamama" a few times in the last couple of weeks) and the fluid wasn't infected or bothering her, we will just continue to keep an eye on it. We'll see Dr. White again in about 6 more weeks for Mia's 9 month check-up (can you believe it?!) to see if the fluid level continues to creep towards normal.
This is really good news. If the fluid level had come back as high as before, or we had not heard any babbling yet, Dr. White might have referred us to an ENT specialist to consider getting tubes put in her ears. I know this is a very common procedure for kids, but I don't want my baby to go through it if it is not absolutely necessary.
On another note, they weighed her, and she is now 18 pounds, 7 ounces. They didn't say what percentage this is (they only do that at well-baby appointments), but I can see that her 9-month pajamas are getting a little tight around the toes! Her other 9-month clothes fit fine (maybe because Lily stretched them out for her when she wore them), but I think I might have to go ahead and move her up to 12-month pajamas. How can she grow up so fast?!
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