Addison's 2-Month Doctor's Appointment

Thursday, July 30

Addison had her 2-month check-up today and all is well!

Weight: 11lbs

That is a weight gain of FOUR pounds since birth! That is incredible to me! But should come as no surprise since she is such a healthy and frequent eater!

She remains in the 50th-percentile for weight.

Much to our joy, over the past several weeks the weight gain has been evident as her once skinny legs now have nice big rolls, same with her arms..and of course her delightful double chin :) She's also got quite a round belly, but still not much in the caboose!

Height: 23"

That is 2 1/2" of growth since birth, an 1 1/2" since her last appt. This puts her in the 75th-percentile, where she was last time.

So this means she is tall and a little thin, which is just fine. Sadly, she is beginning to outgrow clothing. However, the onesies that are too small on her, it is more due to her length as the outfits aren't that tight through her body as much.

Head size: 15"

This puts her in the 40th-percentile, so she is gaining ground in that category!

Vaccinations

Today she received her first round of vaccinations. Thank you to everyone for your advice (Tina, Paula, Kathy, Lorie, Mom). A few minutes before she got the shots, I gave her a small dose of Tylenol.

The nurse first gave her an oral dose of Rotavirus, which will help her fight intestinal flu which causes vomitting and diarrhea over the course of a week. Most children get this before they are 2yrs old. This vaccine was optional.

Then Addison received 4 shots.

1 shot contained the Diphtheria, Tetanus & Pertussis vaccines in one leg. The other three shots were for Hepatitus B, HIB and Polio in her other leg.

Addison was surprised, I think, by the shot at first and let out a big scream. Similar to what she does at home when she is very upset, but louder and she was much more strained - her face even turned a little blue for a moment!! But the nurse gave her the shots very quickly so before I knew it she was done. I held Addison right away for a minute before putting her in the stroller, and she calmed down very quickly.

It is less than a 10-minute drive home from the doctor, and Addison was docile and slept most of the drive. As soon as we got home, I fed her to help soothe her, even though she no longer seemed upset.

She's perfectly normal the rest of the day. I haven't noticed fever symptoms or any fussiness or discomfort from her. She's a tough little lady!

Her next appointment will be for her 4-Month check-up at the end of September!

Addison at 7 Weeks!

July 15: 7 Weeks Old!

In the past few weeks, Addison has seen and met almost her entire family! So since everyone has met her and now know her "personality," here's some updates!

Smiling
Addison has begun to smile! Of course, since the day she was born she'd make little smiles every now and again, but it would be immediately followed by a frown so we figured they were not the real thing.
Well, in the past week or so, we've noticed these smiles appearing as a response to us talking to her or making faces at her or her looking at something. And, instead of these smiles fading into frowns, the smiles stay for a few moments and get even bigger. No laughing yet - but we're anxiously awaiting that new developement!
We haven't figured out a sure-fire way to get her to smile, but once we do - you'll be seeing a ton of smiley Addison pictures!

Sleeping
Against all advice I've ever read, Addison spends more time sleeping in between Tim & I in bed than in the pack 'n play which is next to the bed. She begins her night sleeping on Tim's chest until 11-ish, when he puts her in the pack 'n play.
Sometimes she does stay sleeping for a couple hours until she wakes to feed, but sometimes she wants to eat right away. After she eats, I hold her on my chest to burp her and sometimes I fall asleep holding her there. If I don't, and put her in the pack 'n play she begins to cry almost immediately so I give in and bring her into bed again.
She is not sleeping through the night, but usually she'll sleep for 2-3hrs between feedings - sometimes even 4hrs.
I know, I know, there are dangers and stories all over advising us not to do this. But we are as safe as can be. She sleeps on a pillow so neither of us are going to roll over on her, plus we sleep with our arm over belly/legs so she can't roll away. We are working to remedy this...but the hardest thing other than HER not liking it is that it's just so damn cozy snuggling and sleeping with our Silly Baby!

Eating
She's still a champion eater. She nurses for usually 45min and still sometimes longer and then wants to eat again 2hrs later. Sometimes, if I'm in a time crunch, I do cut her off after 20min or so since she still tends to doze on and off throughout the feeding.
She is good taking pumped breast milk from a bottle as well as formula, the couple times we've had to supplement formula in for her when I'm not around.

The next couple weekends we have nothing on our calendar, followed by a very busy month of August so we are going to enjoy time close to home and the summer weather by taking plenty of walks and relaxing by our pool. They say fresh air is great for a baby AND me so I want to take advantage of that!

Addison's 1-Month Doctor's Appointment

Tuesday, June 30

Addison had her One Month Dr.'s Appointment this week and all checked out well!

Weight: 8lbs. 13oz.
That is a weight gain of 1lb. 13oz. since birth. She is in the 50th percentile for weight.
She feeds about every 2-3 hours usually, the doctor says that's ok but of course that's pretty tiring on my body! So he recommended really trying to spread out her feedings to every 4hrs. So when she starts fussing, we should try to distract her with walks, swings, pacifier, etc. I'm all for that!!!!

Height: 21 3/8"
That is growth of just over an inch! That puts her in the 60th percentile for height!

Head Size: 25th percentile

So to sum up, she's average weight, but one the tall side - so tall and slim with a small head :) The doctor also noted she's got a small little butt too and joked that she won't be able to wear pants until she plumps up down there! If she's got any of my genes in her, that won't be a problem!! Haha!

Her next appointment is on July 30 and she will get her first round of vaccinations!