Today Chase had his 2-month old Dr's appointment. The first time we took him to the doctor (at 6 days old), there was a 2 month old there and I remember thinking how big he was and telling Chase that "one day you'll be there." I can't believe how quickly that day came!
We'd been looking forward to this appointment for a while since we've noticed how much Chase has grown and wanted to find out the official numbers. Well, we were NOT disappointed. Chase gained a whopping 3 lbs 1 oz in 32 days! He's up to 11 lbs, 13oz putting him around the 50th percentile (up from the 25th percentile at 1 month). He's also grown another inch and measures 23 inches long. I could not be prouder.
I've also been dreading this appointment because he got his first round of shots. He was also cranky when the doctor was examining him (he was hungry- the appointment was not timed well with his feeding schedule), so we feared the worst. But our litle guy was a champ, got the shots quickly, and only cried for a few seconds (before we stuck a pacifier in his mouth). He stopped crying quickly, nursed for a few minutes, and then fell asleep. And I didn't cry at all!
[What follows is from AFTER Chase woke up]
These shots are miserable! Chase woke up from his nap and bawled for about 30 minutes! We could not do anything to soothe him- sushing, rocking, pacifier- nothing worked! It was frustrating and heartbreaking. I frantically called the Dr's office to find out what we could give him to make him feel better(generic baby Tylenol- my mom was right). We finally got him calm enough to nurse and that calmed him down even more. He ate and fell asleep on my shoulder. We literally were afraid to move him but traded off on holding him, with hysterics during any movement. After a few hours, he was calm enough to lay on the bed and we gave him a tiny bit of medicine. He nursed again and is now asleep.
Hopefully tomorrow he will return to this:
Feel better, sweet boy!
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