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Sunday, August 3, 2008

2 Month Checkup and Shots!

So on Friday we had her 2 month well baby checkup.
Casey's Stats:

Weight: 11.05
Head: 38.5
Body Length: 23 1/2

Dr Addy says her weight is good, and she will have a long and lean build. She needs to be around 13 pounds for her next appt on Oct 2, so an average weight gain of about a pound a month.
She was very good during the whole appt, didnt cry at all during the checkup, and Dr Addy said she had very good head control, and next step is pushing up with her arms and eventually rolling over.

She had 5 shots, 3 in the left leg and 2 in the right, and an oral rotovirus (stomach flu). I think she sensed what was happening when she got the oral, because the nurse started pressing up against her legs to prepare for the injections. OF course she screamed and cried....poor thing. We got her calmed down pretty quickly after that, it's funny she actually fell asleep...or "went to her happy place" as Kris calls it BEFORE we got in the car to go home. She slept the whole way and was groggy during dinner. She took it all pretty well, I think. I preemptively gave her tylenol before and 4 hours after the appt as well.

Understandibly before bedtime was rough, it took us about an hour to get her down. She wound up falling asleep around 9, getting up at 2 for a 15 minute feeding then back down till 7am. I was worried the shots would mess up the routine we have been building for the last several days but it didnt!

So for about 5 days or so she is getting about 10 hours of sleep a night, with one very short nighttime feeding. She is a very good girl.

I haven't tried the whole putting her down drowsy but awake yet, but the books say around 3 months. So we have time. :)

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