2 month Doc Appointment

I brought little T in yesterday (Monday, Feb 1) for her 2 month doctors appointment. I was not looking forward to this one, because she gets her shots!! I had 2 concerns going in, her voice has been a little raspy for a few days. Chris says it was just from crying from us trying to let her "cry it out", but she never cried for more than 15, 20 minutes before she would fall asleep. The other concern was that she had this little white thing on her left nipple. As far as the raspyness the doc asked me if either of us were sick and I said no. She told me to come in in a week if it doesnt get any better. I guess Chris has had a soar throat for a few days now and didn't tell me... So we are going to get a humidifier for her room and see if that helps at all. As far as the nipple thing goes, I guess it is just possibly a blocked duct and should go away on its own. Who would have guessed, babies have milk in their boobs!! She said it was probably from hormones. I also have to give her vitamin D every day since I am still exclusively breast feeding. Breast fed babies don't get any vitamin D from breast milk and here in good old Wisconsin we don't get enough direct sunlight to supplement enough for her. She doesnt seem to mind it. It is just an eyedropper thing that I have to give her once a day.

Teagan is growing very well. She measured in at 24 inches, which puts her in the 90%!!! Never would have guessed with a mother that is barely 5 foot 3 and a father that is 5' 11". She is now 11.bs 7.5 oz, putting her in the 50% for weight. The doc said this doesn't necessarily mean much at this point. It changes so much as they grow. But she is healthy! The worst part was next....

3 SHOTS!!! and an oral vaccine. I was so scared for this part. They made me sign a bunch of stuff and while i was doing that the nurse gave Teagan her oral med which she took fine. Then i had to hold her little hands and comfort her while the nurse stuck her left thigh with her first vaccine!!! Teagan did really good until she was taking it out, then the screams came. Her poor little face turned bright red. Then the second shot came in the same leg. I almost cried!! She still had one more to go. After she moved over to the other leg and did that shot that one started bleeding! That was when I almost lost control of my emotions! The nurse quick put on snoopy band aids and she was done. Teagan was a brave little baby, she stopped crying shortly afterwards. I was scared to put her clothes back in in fear of hurting her poor little legs with these giant band aids. But I got her dressed and got out of there.

After leaving the doctors office we drove to Aunt Andi's pharmacy to get some baby Tylenol and her vitamin D. The doc said she may need some Tylenol for the pain and could get a little fever from the shots. Teagan slept in the car on the way to the pharmacy and all while everyone oohed and awwed over her. She did good last night. She was a little more crabby than usual, but that could be expected. She is still doing well with the sleeping through the night. I was anticipating her waking up because of what she had been through yesterday but she did well.

This morning one of her band aids were coming off so I tried to slowly peel it off but she told me otherwise... So I stopped. I didn't want her to be in any more pain, but then when i was done changing her diaper and clothes it came off pretty easily after that. The other two band aids are still on her left leg. I think I will give her a bath and try to see if they fall off in the water. Well it is 10:00 and time for Teagan to eat. Don't want to mess up her wonderful schedule that is keeping me sane at night!