Abby had her 4-month check up on Friday. She weighs 15 lbs, 12.8 oz., which puts her in the 91st percentile. She is 27.25 inches long, which puts her in the 97th percentile. Supposedly, her head circumference is 16.25 inches, which would put her in the 61st percentile, but Mike thinks that they mismeasured that. He might be right.
The pediatrician said that we can start her on cereal and food (which is why I am so excited about that coupon!). We bought a box of rice cereal, and will hopefully start on that tonight. Holly said that with her boys, she started the rice cereal first, and then about 2 weeks later, added fruit. I figure that sounds like a reasonable plan, and so I am adopting it.
He also said that for her constipation, we can give her prune juice - which wasn't a popular idea with Abby last night- or we can give her some water.
Lastly, she had all of her shots. This was horrible. She did really well for the first shot - whimpered a little, and then got over it quickly. She was a little less forgiving of the second, crying with the third, and screaming for the fourth shot. They tried to give her a fifth vaccine - it is an oral one, and she fought it every step of the way. I felt so bad for her.
We gave her some Tylenol before the shots, and she seemed to do okay after the fact. She never really had a fever, but she did seem fussy all night on Friday, and was still fussy Saturday morning. By last night, she seemed much better.
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