4 Month Doctor Checkup In the Books

Kerrigan and I went to the doctor this past Monday to see Dr. Brian for her 4 month checkup. She weighs 12.12 pounds (50th percentile), is 24.5 inches long (80th percentile) and has a head circumference of 15.5 inches (25th percentile). Dr. Brian was happy with her growth. He asked about her development and asked if she was laughing (yes), holding her head up when she's on her tummy and pushing her arms up in a pushup position (yes), rolling on her side (yes) and I threw in that she's rolled over from tummy to back... he was impressed. He didn't have to ask if she followed objects around and focused on things because she didn't take her eyes off him once he came in. I told him that she had had congestion and some coughing/sneezing. When he looked in her ears, he saw "goop." She had the beginning of an ear infection. So he prescribed her to amoxicillin. He thought we had caught it early enough and that the medicine should do the trick. We go back to get checked out on November 1. He said he was okay with her getting her next round of shots even though she had been a little sick. So she had to get DTaP #2, Hib #2, Prevnar #2, IPV #2 and Rotateq #2.

Here's Kerrigan after we met with Dr. Brian and were waiting on shots:


The nurse came in and gave her the oral vaccine first. That went down okay... then on to the big shots. :( Kerrigan had a delayed reaction, got a super red and wrinkled face and let out a big cry. But it wasn't one of those ongoing cries. There were 4 separate ones--one for each shot. Mommy held up strong, though, because it probably lasted a total of 20 seconds.

We went to the grocery store and got Kerrigan's prescription filled. She did okay Monday night after we got home. But she did NOT like the medicine. Pink dribbled down her chin and she had the most unpleasant look on her face. Tuesday's 2 doses were about the same, but this morning, I think she finally started to get used to it because she got most of it down.

Tuesday my class went on a field trip and I got a text from Angie that Kerrigan had a 101.4 fever and was crying really hard. We were about to get on the bus to come back to school so I got a sub and left work early to go get little KJ. I took her home and she napped for a bit. I took her temp again and it was 101.7. I gave her some Tylenol and her fever came down to about 100.4 a couple of hours later. I had to go back up to school for our 1st grade PTO Performance, so Kerrigan stayed with Bebe and Pop while I was there. Last night, we skipped out on bath night because you could just tell Kerrigan did not feel well... poor baby. But luckily her temperature was back down to 98.8 right before bedtime. We decided to have Bebe and Pop watch her again today in case she were to start feeling bad again. But she had no fever and did much better today. I think it was just a combination of the vaccines and having the ear infection that made her feel so crummy. But I think we are getting back on track to feeling better. It's hard to see your baby sick.

Until next time...

lj