What happened this week...
Ed had done the 2 month appt with Lily's shots. Our appt was the second day of our school year so I was unable to take it off. So I told Ed I would take the day off to take her to the doctor since he had a test for one of his classes that Monday for her 4 month wellness appointment.
-So for her 4 month appointment we had lots of concerns. I had a whole list of them. For starters her sleeping schedule...wait...what schedule? I told the doctor that this kid seems to not like to sleep more than 2 hours at a time. I also asked him what "sleep through the night" meant since I had to answer that question in the questionnaire they gave us. He said that some kids manage to "sleep through the night" and others don't. I happen to have the kid that doesn't. Other things on my list were regarding her formula, the ear tugging, having lots of gas (farts) and waking herself in the middle of the night with them, taking about 20 minutes to finish a 4 oz bottle...Looked like everything I was asking about was "normal" or "common" except for the finishing a bottle in 20 minutes. He stated that she should be finishing up a bottle in 5 minutes. So I asked if I should change her nipples to the next size up and he said yes but we had to watch her reflux since the flow would come out faster than before. I asked about teething and he said that it was too early for a tooth to be breaking through the gum so her fussiness was probably not that.
After all my concerns were addressed, it was immunization time. the nurse showed me how to hold her on the table while she poked her little thighs. Boy, was it a painful experience! Poor baby! The look of pain on her face is somehting I'm not going to forget. All I could do was hope that it would be over soon so I could hold her and comfort her. :( sad day...
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