I'm Healthy

Aoife went for her "6 month" check up today at Kiwi. I picked her up from Maria's and we strolled through the rain to the office. I was excited to find out how much she weighs now and how long she is. After I got her undressed, she peed right on the table! I felt a little embarrassed, but the nurse cleaned it up quickly enough for me. Aoife now weighs 17lbs and 1 oz! That's three more pounds than last time. She now is 27.5 inches long which is one and a half inches longer. So, her weight has actually caught up with her height and she is an average size for a boy her age and very large for a girl! It took us a long time to see the doctor but Aoife kept herself busy with books and with looking around. The doctor said she is in great health just a little too much wax in the ears, but that's actually not a bad thing for her. The doctor said she was a very curious baby compared to other....which on one hand right now makes me feel good, but maybe I'll be feeling differently when she's crawling around. The nurse came in after the doctor and gave Aoife her shots. Aoife did NOT like that one bit. Her cry was of shock and dismay which broke my heart, but she got over it pretty fast. Aoife fell asleep in her carrier on the way home.

Sick-bun=broken hearted mommy

Aoife went to the pediatrician today for her shots. We got there early and the nurse took her to a room to weigh her and measure her. Her head circumference was 14 inches. Her length was 24inches; she's grown 4 inches since birth! Her weight was 11lbs 5oz. She must have been going through a growth spurt while we were in Wisconsin; no wonder I was eating so much food! Liz, her doctor then came and took a look at her and said everything looked great and asked me if I was feeding her at MacDonalds. For those that are interested, she's in the 75th percentile. Then the nurse came in with the shots. I was so scared, and sadly i think Aoife sensed it because she started to wail before she even got them. The nurse gave her her oral one and ten two shots on one thigh and a third on the other. Aoife was not happy about it, and let everyone on the block know about it. I felt horrible, but knowing that she won't get a terrible life threatening disease is well worth it. That evening I took great care in comforting her by reading books and rocking and singing. She was drowsy at around 6pm and had a strange cry that i had never heard before. I carried gentle her around the room and we cuddled. She fell asleep in my arms upright which has never happened before. I put her to bed and Tim and I hung out for a while. Then she stirred around 9:30pm, and when I went to check her, I noticed that she was very very hot. I took her temperature and it was 99.7. I was so scared and so I called my mom. She was good at getting me to calm down saying that babies will sometimes get a fever after getting shots, so I felt better. I prepared her some sugar water in case she wouldn't drink my milk, and after Tim settled her to bed, we drifted off ourselves. She ate through the night and seemed hot and drowsy, but okay.

Aoife's Growing

Aoife's cord clamp came off today while Gramma was cleaning it! Life is so much better for the both of us. I don't have to worry about getting it caught in her clothing, and she doesn't have to worry about hurting it when she's lying on her belly.

Today was her first trip to the pediatrician. First of all they weighed her and measured her. Her weight is now 8lbs and 1.5oz! She's gained a lot of weight in two weeks. She is also 21inches long now. Her doctor, Liz, is very nice and slightly crazy. Liz spent at least fifteen minutes trying to figure out which town in Ireland she had visited in August. She called all of her relatives; all of whom were at lunch. Anyways, it was somewhere in County Mayo where St. Patrick climbed a mountain. I personally think she had way too much Guinness if she can't remember. Liz said Aoife was perfectly healthy and was surprised that we didn't get a home visit from the nurse a couple of days after we went home, and she was also surprised that the nurses didn't cut off Aoife's cord clamp at the hospital. Aparently, Liz was in Ireland for the Rose of Tralee, and we now have a joking fantasy of keeping her healthy enough to enter her into the competition when she is older!