Poor Maya had her first round of shots yesterday at the doctors office. 3 shots and one oral vaccine, 8 immunizations in all and 3 band aids. She was all happy and cooing and smiling at the doctor until - wham! She went from 0 to 60 in half a second and screamed her head off. She probably though she was being attacked. I picked her up after the first two and did the third holding her - boy was she mad!! She calmed down by the time she was dressed and back in her stroller, fell asleep on the way home and then woke up again feeling miserable. Luckily Aunt Roshni is a pediatrician (everyone should have a close friend who is a pediatrician when they have their first child) and we gave her a call to see if more Tylenol was ok. Great. A few more drops of that and Maya calmed down and slept pretty well, probably exhausted from the ordeal. Not a huge fan of medicine getting squirted in her mouth. I don't know why they bother making infant drops that are cherry or grape flavored as if they know what that is. Why don't they make them breast milk or formula flavored? Maya thought that was the weirdest tasting stuff ever and made quite the face.
Once again Maya is passing her growth markers with flying colors. Little girl weighs 13 lbs (90th percentile again) and is 23 inches long - ie she's huge! Her Tylenol dosage based on weight is for 4-11 month kids and she's only two! She's doing great. She's getting pretty good at holding up her head during tummy time and wants to crawl - she makes quite the effort moving her legs back and forth and pushing her toes into the ground but doesn't quite know what to do with her upper body. Getting her head up is one thing, coordinating her arms to push herself up is an entirely different story. One of her favorite activities has become sitting in her bouncy seat and kicking her legs to make the plastic spiders that hang over it move back and forth. She stares in amazement when they start to go and watches for a minute before kicking again. She's starting to figure out the whole cause and effect thing. Yesterday she was testing her baby einstein gym - kicking one of supports that hang overhead with all the toys to get the musical star to light up. Hilarious to watch. I bet she feels very powerful now that's learning how to make things happen. It is so much fun to watch them learn and discover the world around them.
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