Big little trooper

Today was Emmett's two month check up complete with shots. He weighed in at 16 pounds, 14 ounces. Good lord, this kid is going to double his birth weight by the end of three months, not six. Crazy. He is 25 inches long with a head circumference of 25 inches. Our doctor laughed while he was asking if Emmett is eating well. He certainly doesn't look likes he's missing any bottles. I asked our doctor what we should do when 8 ounce bottles aren't enough anymore and he gave us the go ahead with rice cereal in the formula whenever Emmett is ready. I had hoped to put off solids until 6 months, but it looks like Emmett has other plans for that.

Two weeks ago, Emmett saw the PA because his belly button still wasn't healed. The PA made sure is wasn't infected and said it would heal in time. But here we are at eight weeks and his belly button still hasn't healed. Luckily our doctor agreed that this has gone on far too long and put some silver nitrate on it. The unhealed belly button (really, there just isn't a better way to explain that) never really bothered Emmett or showed any signs of infection, but it was time for this to be healed. So hopefully this is the end of it. He wasn't terribly happy about it, but got over that pretty quickly.

After considering all of our v.accination options (none, delaying some and all on schedule) we decided to go ahead with the traditional schedule. This means Emmett had one oral v.accination and five shots. He was pretty cute with the oral one and smiled at the nurse the entire time she was giving it to him. Actually, he was smiling and moving all through the appointment. We think he likes the sound the paper makes when he moves. Then the shots started. Two in each leg and one in the arm. He cried with each one and then calmed down a little before the next one. The nurse was quick and the whole thing was over in just a few minutes. Afterwards he fell asleep and stayed that way for a couple of hours. He had one meltdown this afternoon but that was my fault. The T.ylenol we gave him before the shots had worn off and I forgot to give him another dose plus he had gotten tired again. Between the tired and the pain he just couldn't get calm. Eventually we got there and he's been fine the rest of the day.

Today's verdict? Emmett is a healthy baby who is completely unimpressed by shots.