2 Month Check-Up

Madelyn had her 2 month check-up with Dr. Schmidt yesterday.  She is doing well!  She is growing and developing as she should be, so we are able to expand her feeding times.  We are still feeding on demand but at least every 4 1/2 - 5 hours during the day. 

Dr. Schmidt started her on a vitamin D supplement drop, as that is the only vitamin that breastmilk lacks.  She can also get vitamin D by being out in the sunshine, but it's just too cold right now to be outside for long.  Once the weather gets warmer where we are able to be outside longer and once we start her on solid foods, we should be able to stop the vitamin D supplement.

She had to get 2 shots (one was a combo shot of multiple vaccines) and an oral vaccine.  She of course cried when she was getting the shots, but was back to her happy self soon afterwards.  The vaccines made her sleepy and, eventually, somewhat irritable.  She woke up crying after her nap, and I couldn't get her to calm down.  We tried walking, singing, rocking, swinging, eating--nothing worked.  I think she was sore from her shots, so I gave her some tylenol.  You could tell the tylenol started to work in about 15 minutes, because she calmed down and drifted off to sleep again. She was a happy baby again throughout the night and today!

Here are her 2 months stats:
Weight:  10 lbs. 8 oz.
Length:  23 inches