Slow Weight Gain and Immunization Shots.
At her 2 month check up she gained a lot less weight than I thought. The doctor is not concerned at all. Says she is climbing up the chart appropriately. I, on the other hand, am totally worried - mainly about nursing. Is she getting enough? Is my supply low? What should I do? Then, we nurse this morning and she is only on for like 5 minutes and she is done. Both feedings.
She had her first shots yesterday. She cried so loud and for so long. At first she was inconsolable. We left the doctors with her almost asleep in her stroller. So we walked around the neighbourhood. When we got home she slept for a bit. Then she woke up and started screaming. In the end we gave her infant's Ty1eno1. The hot spot on the one injection site went down and she nursed for 30 minutes. She's been pretty good ever since.
But oh my it was so hard to see her cry like that. She was hurt and scared.
2 comments:
talk about heartbreaking - there's nothing worse than the surprised face followed by the wail. seriously, i think my little girl's shots were harder on me than they were on her. poor kid...and i bet those 30 minutes nursing were a great comfort to her. also, isn't there something about slower weight of BF'd kids vs formula-fed kids?
Yeah I have heard that BF kids gain slower...
And yeah the shots were super hard - probably harder on us than her...
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