My baby is 2 months old today! I took her to the pediatrician for her checkup, and she grew 1.75 inches in the last month! She's now 23.5 inches long and only 10.2 pounds. She's still in the 75th percentile for height and dropped to the 25th for weight. I asked it it was a problem that she sleeps so much at night - she now consistently sleeps 8-10 hours - and isn't eating sometime in there, but the pediatrician said she's still gaining weight so we shouldn't worry. Believe me, I don't want to wake her up in the middle of the night, but I would if I needed to.
She also got her shots, which was not fun. There were 2 injections and then one oral vaccine. The nurse was great and did it all very quickly, but poor Eleanor screamed and cried real tears for the first time. She wasn't the only one who cried. :( The nurse did the shots first and then the oral vaccine and Tylenol, so those calmed her down a little bit because she got to eat something. They let me stay there and nurse her for a little while too, and I think that really helped. She was asleep in her sling by the time we checked out.
As I mentioned, she is sleeping GREAT! I normally put her down around 8:00 or 9:00 and she usually wakes up sometime between 5:00-7:00 AM. Every once in a while she'll wake up hungry during the night and of course I get up and feed her, but that's only happened maybe three times in the last two weeks. She eats every 2-3 hours during the day though. She is smiling all the time now and, as long as she doesn't get overtired or overstimulated, she's a very easy baby! Now, if only we could get her to nap somewhere besides the swing or my sling...
She also got her shots, which was not fun. There were 2 injections and then one oral vaccine. The nurse was great and did it all very quickly, but poor Eleanor screamed and cried real tears for the first time. She wasn't the only one who cried. :( The nurse did the shots first and then the oral vaccine and Tylenol, so those calmed her down a little bit because she got to eat something. They let me stay there and nurse her for a little while too, and I think that really helped. She was asleep in her sling by the time we checked out.
As I mentioned, she is sleeping GREAT! I normally put her down around 8:00 or 9:00 and she usually wakes up sometime between 5:00-7:00 AM. Every once in a while she'll wake up hungry during the night and of course I get up and feed her, but that's only happened maybe three times in the last two weeks. She eats every 2-3 hours during the day though. She is smiling all the time now and, as long as she doesn't get overtired or overstimulated, she's a very easy baby! Now, if only we could get her to nap somewhere besides the swing or my sling...
