Lillian 2 month well visit

On Thursday January 9th Lillian finally had her 2 month well visit, because of Christmas and being sick she didn't get in until she was already 11 weeks old!  She is doing wonderfully. The doctor was really impressed at her neck strength (she holds her head up really well) and said she was doing great on all measures.

She got her 2 month vaccinations during this visit as well and she was not happy about it. Because she had been to the doctor so many times the week before she remembered not liking lying on the table so as soon as I set her down she started to cry. And not a little whimper cry, a full-throated, I-don't-like-this-one-bit cry. She brought that up to a world-is-ending cry when the shots came. Happily, she soothed pretty quickly once she was in my arms. I unfortunately couldn't easily nurse to comfort her since she was going in about 15 layers and getting wrapped for a walk home. She spits up so frequently and I couldn't have her spit up on us while we were outside in the super cold. When she got settled in the wrap she fell asleep pretty quickly.

With Simon we were hesitant to give him medications when he was that little and so he was pretty sad and almost feverish before we called the doctor and got permission to give him Tylenol. Because of Simon's febrile seizure the doctor told us not to mess around and just dose Lillian with Tylenol if she seemed like she was getting even a little uncomfortable. As a result the evening was a better one for all involved. She cried a bit, but nursing and snuggling settled her down and she just slept really hard and woke up a happy baby!

We will go back for her 4 month visit in about 5 weeks.

Height: 22.75 inches (34%)
Weight: 11 lbs 14 oz (41%)
BMI 16.12 kg/m2
Head circumference: 15.16 inches (34%)

Lillian photos

She is looking so big! 

Tuesday Soccer Class

On Tuesdays Simon still goes to Karmen's house and plays with Karmen and Tyler. Last week they started a soccer class. Here is a quick clip from the first day of soccer class and today's soccer class.

Some Lillian videos

Here are a few more Lillian videos that were taken last week.  Nothing very exciting in these, but it's fun to just see her being happy and alert and wiggly.

Feeding Little Sister

Simon helped me give Lillian a bottle last night.  He's been a great big brother lately.

Monday FUNday

Growing Smiles - Simon's First Dentist Appointment

On Saturday afternoon Simon and I walked to Southport, over mountains of snow and through deep snow-melt puddles to Growing Smiles, the home of Dr Ashley the Dentist. About half way there we had a small slip that resulted in Simon on his back in a big puddle, not hurt, just very very wet and dirty. Happily he didn't care one little bit because I didn't have a spare outfit for him and Alan couldn't easily pack up the baby into the car to drop off a new pair of pants.

When we got to the dentist's office Simon went immediately to the play area to play. I had planned for us to arrive about 20 minutes before our appointment time so he had a chance to get acclimated to the space. He had some time to play, but they pulled us in early to the appointment. They were very efficient and we were out of there, happy and cavity free by 1:15.




Full story after the jump...