Poor Baby, Sick Baby

Barely two weeks in to my new assignment and I'm calling in for a sick child.  My poor baby went for her four-month well-child check-up (wow, that's a lot of hyphens) and, as before, did not react well to her vaccinations.  She cried far far far less in the immediate aftermath (THANK GOD because it was so distressing last time) but ran a fever up through this morning.



So, I kept my baby home and have been working through some of her naps.  She's still feverish and keeps spitting out the Tylenol but her mood is good and for that, I'm glad.

I can't believe I'm writing about a four month old baby.  That letter is coming soon.

What else came from this doctor's visit?  Um, we got the green light to start solids but the doc was ok with waiting until 6 months as well.  We had thought to avoid cereals completely but the doctor said lots of babies hate iron supplements and it might be easier to give her fortified-cereal rather than the drops.  Either way, we don't really have to start until closer to her 6 month birthday so we'll see how it goes.

Her weight, which is 11 pounds, 9 ounces, dropped a few more percentile points (from 19% to 13%) but her head circumference and height keep growing (she's now 24 inches tall!)  We'll keep doing periodic weight checks either at the doctor's or at my breastfeeding support group but overall the doctor thinks we just have a skinny minnie and that if I keep offering larger bottles, that's about all we can do right now.  Birdie drinks 3.5oz bottles right now (3 of them during the typical workday) but I'll throw in a 4oz bottle every couple of days - she NEVER has finished it.

So, healthy Birdie, happy parents!