6mo checkup

Bare with me, as I type this entry one-handed. I have a sleeping beauty on my shoulder...

So, Mia had her six month well-baby check up on Tuesday. She is now 15lbs 4 oz and is 26 1/2 in length. "She's progressing beautifully," per her Pediatrician! Whheeww, what a relief. We spoke at length about feeding. We had a little scare when I introduced strawberries into her diet (bananas, apples and strawberries Gerber babyfood), which caused the right side of her face to turn a deep shade of red. It also caused her eye to swell and tear up. AAHHHH! After telling her Dr. about this scare, he informed me that store bought babyfood usually does not contain enough berry to cause a reaction, however, we should still omit that from her diet. In the garbage it goes!!

Onto vaccination time... dun dun dun duunnn. She knows this room by now, I swear. When the nurse was about to give Mia her first of three shots, she said "this will only hurt a second. I'm sorry sweetie." Mia started crying! The lady looked at me, and said" she totally understood me," and I believe it!! After 5 min, which seemed like an eternity, vaccination time was over. Mia, with her 2 Wile Coyote bandaids and tear streaked cheeks, was back to smiling again as we headed back home for some bananas, rice cereal and Childrens Tylenol.

Fast forward 6 hours. She was not feeling well. The shots caused her to have diarrhea and a litle vomiting, as well as a low grade fever. :( She hadn't a reaction like this the other two times, but I was reassured that this was completely common. Mia Lane was back to herself on Wednesday!