4 months stats...and then some

Morgan had her 4 month doctor appointment today and it went alright. She was a very happy baby at the beginning. She smiled at anyone that remotely looked in her direction. I saw one of my high school students (who I just dismissed) and Morgan smiled her face off at him and his family. (proud momma) Then we measured her and here's what we have:

• Length: 24.75" (66th percentile)
  
• Weight: 14.5 lbs. (also 66th percentile)
  
• Head circumference: 42cm? I can't remember if it was 42 or 32. I'm guessing it was 42. (76th percentile)
  

She did great for the most part. She didn't like Dr. Galoso looking in her ears and cried. Thankfully everything checked out and she looked great. Her cradle cap is almost gone and you really have to look for it to find it. The magic shampoo Dr. Galoso prescribed did its work. Morgan has several spots of rather dry skin that I've been trying to get lotion on but haven't been enough; thankfully it's not developed into eczema yet so we should be able to curb that one. We got more free containers of our formula so now (and I did already) I have enough formula to feed Morgan in a supplement fashion until she's 20. Woops. Thankful though! Very thankful as it's SO expensive.

Speaking of expensive, Dr. Galoso asked us if we had started Morgan on solids yet. I reported that we had started cereal the week before and have gradually been thickening it with much success. She nodded and said that we could start giving Morgan 1st stage baby food now. As in tonight if we wanted to. And three times a day. What!? When did my baby go from EBF to supplementing and now able to eat 3 meals a day? I don't think we're ready for that on several levels so I think we're going to hang out with cereal for a week or two yet before we introduce anything else into her diet. Last night she went until 4am before needing to be nursed. I wonder if regular meals will extend that. Either way, she'll get there but we're not in any terrible rush. I'd also like to make her foods instead of buy all that formula but Dr. Galoso said that to do it the right/best way, we'd have to buy all organic foods for Morgan to avoid any pesticides. I'm down with that...but have to do my research. I didn't think she'd be ready for that so soon. I thought I had another 2 months or so! One day at a time and we'll get her there. She's clearly big enough so there's no concern that she's not well fed. :)

Then it came time for shots. I started to tear up as the nurse got her "into position" to poke her. First, Morgan had an oral vaccination and hated it. She cried and hacked her way through it. Then I started to cry/tear up b/c I knew what was coming and knew she would hurt...and boy did she scream. Red face, sad cry...and then it was over and I was glad Adam was there to help us pull it together. Morgan actually stopped crying soon after I picked her up but was still pretty sad while getting dressed. She slept the whole way home and then for a while upon arrival. I've got pictures of this round of bandaids too...but for some reason my motivation is low to post and I haven't put them up yet. By this weekend, I swear... ;-)

Few other quick things...I've got another cold which sucks even worse than the last one I think. It's the kind where you cough and you feel like there's a hole in your lung where the junk came from...gross, I know. Sorry.

I tried putting Morgan in a swaddle tonight that would allow for one arm to come out...thus maybe starting the weaning process from the swaddle...except Morgan wasn't having it. She lasted about 1.5 hours before she started fussing that BOTH arms came out and in turn she knocked her nuk out and rubbed her eyes to pieces. After attempting a "one-armed tuck" with no success, I reswaddled her in her old swaddle and watched her almost instantly become still and sleeping. My guess is that she'll be swaddled until she's 11. :)

Adam is traveling every other week now until the end of March. Ugh. His assignment is only supposed to be 25% (as far as I know...that might have changed recently) so that kind of stinks. I know he's doing well though so he needs to keep rolling with it. It's just hard for all involved when he's away. Happily I can report this is a "home" week. :)

For now that's it. I'm seriously considering lying down on the couch until Adam gets home from class in about 20 minutes. Yup, check ya later, as I'm heading to the couch. :)

PS. I made these cookies called cake batter cookies yesterday after tasting Denise's (SLP friend from work) and listening to her and Abbie talk about them Saturday night...and wow, they are SO good. These darn things will NOT help me in my quest for pre-pregnancy weight...come ON nice weather!! I wanna get outside and walk!!