Thursday, February 4, 2010

Survival of the 2-month visit

Well, it wasn't fun, but we did it.  The first series of vaccinations is now behind us.  One oral vaccine (that was easy -- Evey was obviously intrigued by the fruity flavor -- lots of lip smacking and drooling), one shot in the left leg (took Evey by suprise and she immediately started crying while I let her grip my fingertips in her tightly fisted little hands), and two shots in the right leg (by which time she was simply beyond comforting and cried huge crocodile tears, dissolving her momma into tears as well). Awful awful awful. I held her and rocked her in my arms, softly shooshing her crying away, and she calmed down with hiccuping breaths.  The nurse had allowed me time to nurse her prior to the assault of shots, and I was able to calm her down enough to nurse her afterward.  That seemed to help tremendously, and she gladly succumbed to sleep, not waking even when I tucked her into the car seat.  Poor baby girl.

At least the first part of the visit was fun for her -- she loves Dr. Ziebarth and the friendly nurses.  Right smack dab in the middle of the growth curve, at 9 weeks she measures 11 lbs 4 oz, is 23 inches long, and has a "normal" size melon.  Scored high marks yet again -- good head control and neck strength, and wonderful interactiveness (she's a charmer).

We're home now, and she seems to have fully recovered.  Even smiling and laughing at me -- all is forgiven. It will be a quiet, restful day.  Need to dose her with Tylenol every 4 hours and monitor her temperature to be sure she isn't reacting badly to any of the (6!!) vaccines.  It's a cold, rainy day anyhow, so it's nice to hole up and just have a cozy afternoon at home.

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