That's right, just after the birthday comes the birthday check up. I dread the appointments with shots. I know she needs them, but man are they heartbreaking!
Lila had a blast walking around the doctor's office in her diaper, just free and content to explore the clean floor in the exam room. We saw a new nurse this time, but still our favorite doc, Dr. Lentz.
Lila was 20 lbs (!) which puts her in the 44th percentile for weight. She's chunking up! She was 29.25 inches long, down a little to the 56th percentile. Growing, growing, growing!
This time around, she needed four immunizations, as well as the other half of her flu shot. Before they got down to business, they did her finger prick to test hemoglobin and for lead. All clear! They put five little needles in her legs, which made her HOWL and sob uncontrollably for about 2 minuites. She finally calmed down but boy was she a sad girl.
She did get a free birthday pass to the Children's Museum, and we can't wait to take her when all the birthday hoopla calms down! We got the go-ahead for whole milk (which she is not yet a fan of) and don't go back for three months. Yay!
After her shots, Lila is usually tired and a little whimpery. This time around, she had a pretty high fever and was generally uncomfortable. She had a fever most of the night, so mommy stayed home with her for the day. She slept six solid hours and was back to her old self! I think she just needed to sleep off the medicines and get back on track. She ate and drank well yesterday, and went back to sleeping 12+. Phew!
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