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Justin, Sara and I went to the pediatrician today to visit his reptiles and amphibians (he has ‘em in his office waiting room)… Okay, okay, we also went to take Sara for her dreaded 2-month-old vaccinations. She received one oral vaccine (rotavirus) and three vaccination shots (Shot 1. DTaP: diphtheria, accelular pertussis, tetanus; IPV: polio; Hep B: hepatitus B; Shot 2. Hib: haemophilus influenza type B; Shot 3. pneumococcal).

She did awesome!

Yes, she cried (real tears), but she calmed down as soon as we picked her up, and she slept as we ran errands — refueled the hybrid ($35…. grr! I used to fuel up for $26! But at least we got to confound the gas boycott urban legend folks by refueling today), refueled ourselves (Sonic), and dropped off a prepaid UPS package.

She’s sleeping in her swing right now, and is due for another dose of infant Tylenol in about an hour. So far, so good! She’s got colorful children’s Band-Aids on both legs. Awww…

2 Month Stats

• Weight: 8 lb. 12 oz.
• Length: 21 in.
• Head Circumference: 14 1/2 in.

Compare these stats to her 2 week checkup, and she’s right on track, having gained 2 lbs. in 2 months and nearly 2 inches in length. She’s in the 25% percentile for length and weight, which is what she was at birth, so she’s tracking just fine for her.

Breastfeeding continues to go well (she looooves to eat, and spends a lot of time throughout each day doing just that), though I am slowly trying to pump a small “reserve” so I can resume bicycling with Justin and let Justin do some “food duty” occasionally.

Her next pediatrician visit is at 4 months… my, oh, my how time flies!

Including this here because I still haven’t written anything in Sara’s baby book (‘cuz we didn’t have one until she was 6 weeks or so old!)

Birth (37.5 Weeks):

• Weight: 6 lb. 6.5 oz. (5 lb. 14 oz. at discharge)
• Length: 18.5 in.
• Head Circumference: Unknown

2 Weeks:

• Weight: 6 lb. 12 oz.
• Length: 19 1/4 in.
• Head Circumference: 13 1/4 in.

2 Months (today):

• Weight: 8 lb. 12 oz. (25%)
• Length: 21 in. (25%)
• Head Circumference: 14 1/2 in.