Elsie's 6 Month Dr. Visit

Today Elsie went for her 6 Month visit to the doctor.  All in all Elsie is still a very happy, healthy little girl.

Here are her stats:
Length:  26.5inches (79%)
Weight:  15 lbs 6 oz (39%)
Head:  43 cm (68%)

Her head percentile did not change at all, her length went down 1% and her weight down 7% but he was in no way concerned about her weight change.  She of course had her standard 6 month shots-rotovirus in the mouth and then one in each leg.  She cried right away but was smiling at the receptionist as we made her next appointment just a few minutes later.

Here were someone my questions for the doctor this month:

Q:  Should we be having Elsie drink water now?
A:  Yes, up to six ounces a day (3 x day, 2 oz each) in a cup/sippy cup.

Q.  Elsie's pupils in her eyes are different sizes.  Her left is bigger than her right most of the time.  Is this something to be concerned about?
A.  No, after checking her eyes everything looks good.  They both respond to light.  This is normal but if it continues up past a year it would be a good idea to see a pediatric opthamologist.

Q.  We had quite a few questions about Elsie's sleeping issues.  She hasn't been taking very good naps in the past couple weeks and she will sleep in our arms and when we lay her down she will wake up and cry.  Also the past few nights she has also begun to fall asleep at night and then wake up an hour or so later and cry. What should we do or be doing differently.  (There will be a whole post of this to come)
A.  Let her figure out her naps on her own.  She will sleep when she is tired. Also, try to tire her out, going to daycare will help this.  He believes that her change in night time habits is just a phase.  She is most likely teething and once her teeth cut she will go back to sleeping through again.  Since she is still getting about 10 hours of continuous sleep it isn't concerning yet.  She will put herself into a nap routine.  He also said that if we want to while she is teething we can give her benedryl once a day.  (I don't think we will be doing that :) He said that is she wakes up and cries to let her fuss for 5-10 minutes on her own to help with self-soothing.

All in all a wonderful appointment!

Q.