4 month check up......

so molly went for her 4 month peditrician appointment yesterday.......her vitals are: 13lb-14oz, 24.5" tall, 41cm head circumference.......i guess babies this age are supposed to have grown 2lb, 2", and 2cm respectively from their 2 month appointment......molly was perfectly on that track which is fantastic......

she got 2 vaccines, which at the time i thought they went fine, but a couple hours later she was a monster......and that monster-ness lasted a full 24 hours before she turned back into regular chill molly.......the leg they put the shots in was clearly bothering her a lot.......she usually always kicks her legs, and only the leg that didn't get the shots was moving.......she freaked out screaming when we even went near the shots leg - unfortunately you kind of need to do that to pick her up, feed her, change her, etc, etc, so it was a looooong day.......oddly enough she slept straight through until 4am (not uncommon for her) but woke up every 30 min thereafter screaming (very uncommon for her)......needless to say both steve and i were pretty exhausted today.......i was thrilled when she seemed to snap out of it around noontime......

we gave her tylenol every 4 hours during the monster-ness which helped somewhat, but i was hoping i could get a few other helpful hints so i called the peditrician this morning.......the nurse suggested ice and also said a few times to just "give her extra love"......um, ok, does that mean you don't think i love my kid enough when she's healthy??......i'm not sure i could love her more than i do.......and even if i could conjure up this extra love, i don't need a doctor's degree to know that really isn't gonna make that leg feel any better.......that comment just served to aggravate me more than make me feel empowered.......

anyway, pediatrician rant aside, molly seems totally over it now......she was super smiley tonight......poor little girl though.......i hate seeing her in so much pain when i can't explain to her why or just kiss it better like i can with casey.......hopefully her 6 month visit will go a little better......