Current mood: anxious
My poor little baby got her 6 months shots today Poor little one... it broke our hearts to see her cry out all tomato faced in pain... but its part of growing up. Overall, the check up went very well.
The day started off ok, even though, for some odd reason Mia has been really fussy today. I think she knew something was up.. maybe she was feeding off my feelings. Though I put on a happy face.. deep down I was all worried and concerned about her upcoming shots. She normally plays happily in her jump-a-roo and/or floor with her toys but today she didn't want to be left alone and wanted to be held. Whenever I would walk away she would scream and cry. I would put her on the ground and she would squirm her way back to me so I could pick her up and console her. I didn't mind giving her some extra love and attention but I did find it kind of odd. It didn't stop here at home... she continued to do this at the doctor's office even! Oh and before that, I made a quick phone call to my sis-in law to see how things were and this made Mia MAD!!! I think it was because I didn't have my full attention on her but she kept whining and fussing until eventually she just blew up! As soon as hung up the phone, literally just closing my cell phone, she instantly stopped and started playing haha.
Anyways, at the doctor's office she refused to play with the paper. She usually enjoys kicking and tearing it up, but today she just laid there. Then she started turning BEAT red again and whining so I had to pick her up again and console her. (Basically holding her close to me, talking softly to her, and rubbing her back) until the doctor came in. They weighed her and she’s 15 lbs 10oz. She's not gaining to much weight but the doc says its ok, she’s still gaining a little and looks very healthy. He said she is slightly below average in her weight (40% percentile) but she is above average in her height (95% percentile) (2 feet 3.5 inches) and her head is also a little above average. He says due to those two things it makes her over all body look slimmer. But he didn't think she was "under weight" and looked just fine to him. I love her doc, no matter how many questions I have (and you better believe I have a TON of them saved up) he always takes the time to answer them all and never makes us feel like we are being over paranoid or dumb. So I asked my huge list of questions and got pretty good answers for all of them. I asked about her eczema but he said that she will never be rid of it completely and he has yet ever see a kid "grow" out of it as a kid He also said we are doing good with keeping it in check as best as we can and that’s pretty much all we can do. She still has some break outs but I have most of it under control with her lotions and creams. I also told him about her continuing battle with constipation. He said I needed to up her dosage of prune juice and to really stay on top of giving it to her every day. (I haven't been doing that but now I am committed to start giving it to her more regularly now). He also let us know it is ok to give her multiple (up to 5) semi-solids a day and if she is still hungry after one serving we can give her two! There were a few little questions here and there but that was basically it. He checked her all over and her reflexes and gave her and us a thumbs up! We are doing an awesome job with her and he won't need to see her for another 6 months! YAY! Then the nurse came in armed with those darn needles! They gave her the oral vaccine first and she took it like a champ. She didn't spit it out this time and drank it all like a good girl. Then came the shots.... I couldn't look. Luckily Adrian was there to hold her and caress her head while she got the shots. I heard that horrible cry, the type of cry that she cries so hard no sound is coming out. Adrian said she turned beat red and had tears! It was all over soon and Adrian quickly picked her up and cuddled her. She calmed down in about a min. and was fine. We got her clothes back on and we got the heck out of there! Haha
After the doctor's we stopped off at the store to pick up more prune juice, baby food carrots, and formula. We didn't want to hassle with the stroller so we just put her car seat in the basket. She soon fell asleep and stayed that way all the way home. We got her off the car and I prepared her room for a nap, I put her down but she had other plans... no she didn't want to cry she wanted to play!!! She was talking to herself and playing with her toys and kicking like crazy. So I got her up and right now she’s with Daddy, I can hear her laughing. Adrian said he is tickling her arm. I think she will be ok.. hopefully she won't have any bad reactions to the shots the next few days.
Thank goodness that’s over with... now we get that 6 month break YAY!
My poor little baby got her 6 months shots today Poor little one... it broke our hearts to see her cry out all tomato faced in pain... but its part of growing up. Overall, the check up went very well.
The day started off ok, even though, for some odd reason Mia has been really fussy today. I think she knew something was up.. maybe she was feeding off my feelings. Though I put on a happy face.. deep down I was all worried and concerned about her upcoming shots. She normally plays happily in her jump-a-roo and/or floor with her toys but today she didn't want to be left alone and wanted to be held. Whenever I would walk away she would scream and cry. I would put her on the ground and she would squirm her way back to me so I could pick her up and console her. I didn't mind giving her some extra love and attention but I did find it kind of odd. It didn't stop here at home... she continued to do this at the doctor's office even! Oh and before that, I made a quick phone call to my sis-in law to see how things were and this made Mia MAD!!! I think it was because I didn't have my full attention on her but she kept whining and fussing until eventually she just blew up! As soon as hung up the phone, literally just closing my cell phone, she instantly stopped and started playing haha.
Anyways, at the doctor's office she refused to play with the paper. She usually enjoys kicking and tearing it up, but today she just laid there. Then she started turning BEAT red again and whining so I had to pick her up again and console her. (Basically holding her close to me, talking softly to her, and rubbing her back) until the doctor came in. They weighed her and she’s 15 lbs 10oz. She's not gaining to much weight but the doc says its ok, she’s still gaining a little and looks very healthy. He said she is slightly below average in her weight (40% percentile) but she is above average in her height (95% percentile) (2 feet 3.5 inches) and her head is also a little above average. He says due to those two things it makes her over all body look slimmer. But he didn't think she was "under weight" and looked just fine to him. I love her doc, no matter how many questions I have (and you better believe I have a TON of them saved up) he always takes the time to answer them all and never makes us feel like we are being over paranoid or dumb. So I asked my huge list of questions and got pretty good answers for all of them. I asked about her eczema but he said that she will never be rid of it completely and he has yet ever see a kid "grow" out of it as a kid He also said we are doing good with keeping it in check as best as we can and that’s pretty much all we can do. She still has some break outs but I have most of it under control with her lotions and creams. I also told him about her continuing battle with constipation. He said I needed to up her dosage of prune juice and to really stay on top of giving it to her every day. (I haven't been doing that but now I am committed to start giving it to her more regularly now). He also let us know it is ok to give her multiple (up to 5) semi-solids a day and if she is still hungry after one serving we can give her two! There were a few little questions here and there but that was basically it. He checked her all over and her reflexes and gave her and us a thumbs up! We are doing an awesome job with her and he won't need to see her for another 6 months! YAY! Then the nurse came in armed with those darn needles! They gave her the oral vaccine first and she took it like a champ. She didn't spit it out this time and drank it all like a good girl. Then came the shots.... I couldn't look. Luckily Adrian was there to hold her and caress her head while she got the shots. I heard that horrible cry, the type of cry that she cries so hard no sound is coming out. Adrian said she turned beat red and had tears! It was all over soon and Adrian quickly picked her up and cuddled her. She calmed down in about a min. and was fine. We got her clothes back on and we got the heck out of there! Haha
After the doctor's we stopped off at the store to pick up more prune juice, baby food carrots, and formula. We didn't want to hassle with the stroller so we just put her car seat in the basket. She soon fell asleep and stayed that way all the way home. We got her off the car and I prepared her room for a nap, I put her down but she had other plans... no she didn't want to cry she wanted to play!!! She was talking to herself and playing with her toys and kicking like crazy. So I got her up and right now she’s with Daddy, I can hear her laughing. Adrian said he is tickling her arm. I think she will be ok.. hopefully she won't have any bad reactions to the shots the next few days.
Thank goodness that’s over with... now we get that 6 month break YAY!
