Today was Jenna's check-up. She weighs 9 lbs 10 oz, is 23 inches long, and has a 39.5 cm circumference head. Her length and head size are above average and tracking well, but her weight is still low in ratio to her length. :( The doctor is going to have us feed her two bottles of formula a day and we will go back for another weight check at the end of the month. I asked if we should be waking her up during the night and he said that we may need to consider it if she doesn't gain as much as he would expect with the supplements, but for now he thinks we should let her sleep.
She had to get 3 shots and one oral vaccine. She did so great! She made a funny face at the first prick, but calmed down and started sucking on the binky. She did fine with the initial prick of the 2nd shot, but as the nurse started administering the medication, she got so upset. It was so sad! She screamed through it and the 3rd shot, but calmed down fairly quickly afterwards. When we were leaving there was a woman in the waiting room who asked if she was the baby that was crying and jokingly told me that it made her wonder if Dr. Widman is mean and that she thought about leaving!
After her appointment we went to Chapala's for lunch with Heather. She was treating me to a late birthday lunch. As usual, it was delicious and Jenna was fabulous. She usually does great at restaurants, but I was worried that she wouldn't be in a good mood after getting the shots, but she had a bottle and zonked out. She's been pretty tired the rest of this afternoon and evening.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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