At her well check on Wednesday she weighed 11 lbs, 13 oz (57%) and was 23 inches long (67%). Her doctor said she looks perfect and her development is right on track. She got 4 vaccines at her appointment (3 shots) and did pretty well with it only crying for a minute or so. Later Wednesday afternoon though she became inconsolably fussy, spiked a fever, developed a rash on her legs, and was refusing to eat. After a call to the after hours nurse line, we decided to take her to Dell Children's. After a long night in the ER, the doc told us that she was just having an elevated immune response to the vaccines which is a "good" thing. It means her body is reacting to the immunization and developing antibodies as it should. Her body's reaction was a bit more aggressive than what it is typical, but they assured us it was not an allergic or otherwise harmful reaction. Hopefully all of this means she will have a super strong immune system and be healthy as a horse! :)
3 Shots! Poor baby :(
Hiding from the germs in the ER waiting room
This is what Emily thinks about shots
This month she started sleeping through the night! Most nights she sleeps 6-8 uninterrupted hours, although the last few nights have been a little rough. She loves to lay on her playmats and swat at her toys. She can track a toy side to side and up and down with her eyes and will turn her head to follow it. When sitting in her bouncy seat or car seat, she lifts her head and shoulders as if she is trying to sit up! Crazy girl is so strong! We have been trying for several weeks now to get her to take a bottle, and she finally took one without a fight last night. While she is still not too fond of the bouncy seat, she seems to be okay with the swing now and she enjoys going for walks in the stroller. Most of the time she is a very happy girl and now she smiles when we talk to her. She was smiling before, but it wasn't the result of anything we were "doing". She has also started letting us hear her sweet voice... loving her baby coos.
So smiley! She loves to bat at
this little lion over and over.
Super strong baby girl
Tummy time
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Working
those abs... trying to sit up and see the world!
She loves to show off her very pointy
tongue :-P
And she has a SERIOUS pouty
lip!!!
Sweet
sleepy girl
She is a drooling and bubble making
machine!
We are enjoying every moment with her and our routine is starting to fall into place. Ethan now likes to hold his baby sister every night at bedtime, and sometimes he even likes to sing to her.
Our
world <3
Brother's bedtime serenade!
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from Blogger site: http://matusmemoirs.blogspot.com/And finally, here are a few pics of her finished room! I just love it! And thank you Amanda for the bow holder, it matches perfectly!
I've said it a thousand times and I'll say it at least a thousand more... we are blessed! Love to all!
