2 Month Checkup

Today Gwen is actually nine weeks old, but I think the weeks are a thing of the past to be looked upon. Now we will go by her months rather. It all gets confusing if you ask me. You see she was two months old on the 8th, but nine weeks old on the 10th. I think of two months as eight weeks, but it somehow gets mixed up.

Well, it was so nice that Adam could be at the appointment today too. We were there for two hours. The scope is that she's 13 lbs 5 oz (95%), 24" long (90%) and her head is at the 60% mark. This is compared to 100 babies in general that would be her age.

Here Gwen has been measured and weighed. It looks as if she could be saying, "I don't want to get the shots next." Ahhh, what a cutie. We just left her undressed under the blanket instead of redressing her twice. She's not a big fan of the clothing going over her head, and the goal was to keep her happy there. ;)

This is just after the shots have been given. They gave her six different vaccines. One was given orally...a piece of cake for her. Then the rest were in her thighs. You can barely see the bandaids here. She cried just for a couple of seconds as the needles went in, but then when Adam picked her up she stopped. He held her hands while the shots were being given. She handled it very well I think. The doctor said that the four and six month shots will most likely be a little bit harder to handle for her.

While we were in the waiting room she put her pointer finger and middle finger in her pacifier as if she was sucking on those fingers. It was so cute. Also, she's been talking so much to us. She says things like, "ow-aaa, a-baa, a-gaa, a-goo, ba, aah". She also is laughing a bit, grunting of course and smiling at us when we talk to her. She doesn't do it all of the time...only when she's in the mood. ;)

She's sleeping 2,3 and 4-4.5 hour stretches. She's eating pretty much every time she wakes up. Her acne is all gone, and the crying is rare. Usually she cries only when she's hungry.



This is only part of the rose garden at the Deaf and Blind School of New Mexico. I finally took a picture. There's Gwen in the stroller. It's not a very populated place. You see the students walking around every so often, and you see maintenance workers the same amount if not more.

Here are some flowers to brighten your May!