On Monday, the 5th, Hadley turned 2 months old. I can't believe how fast time is flying by.
We took her to the doctor today for her 2 month check up and first round of shots from the office. Ugh. Have I mentioned I hate shots?
Hadley weighs 12 lbs now and is 23 inches long. She's in the 75th percentile for both weight and height. Her head is in the 50-75th percentile (even though I think she has a pretty big looking head, she's well rounded I guess!).
Poor baby got some oral medicine (which she first didn't like, then she started sucking hard on it) and she got 3 shots in her thighs. Avery wanted to hold Hadley's hand while she got her shots, so she grabbed a hand and I kinda held the rest of her body. Well, once that first shot was in and Hadley shrieked, Avery was gone and when I looked at her, her lip was quivering and her eyes were full of tears - poor girl couldn't take Hadley getting the shots!
Hadley's face turned bright red and she was barely gasping for air in between her screams. I laughed, but only because I couldn't really do anything else! I fed her to make her feel better and fed her some more when we got home. She was a little fussy, but the nurse let us give her some Triamincin before they started the shots. By the time we got home, I think it had kicked in a little. She was pretty happy for the most part the rest of the night, quiet.
Well, she typically eats between 8 and 9 and then goes down for usually an 8 to 9 hour stretch of sleep (love her). She's a fairly easy baby at night. So I woke her up to feed her about 9 and she did good for most of it. But then she just started screaming and shrieking, very unlike Hadley at all. 45 minutes of this later, I had called the doctor and gave her some more Triminicin, and the Graco SweetPeace swing was my last resort - and it worked! Whew.... so that's why I'm up still, supervising Hadley while she tries to sleep a bit in her swing. The doctor said some babies just react that way, and could cry that hard for 3 hours or so. If it goes longer, we should take her in, but I think she just may have been uncomfortable from those silly shots. :( Here's to hoping tomorrow is a pain-free day for Hadley!
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