2 month Appointment

Vitals
Height	2' .5"(0.622 m)
Weight	13 lb 7.5 oz(6.109 kg)
Head Circumference	39.8cm

Immunization History as of 8/11/2011

	DTAP/HIB/IPV	8/11/2011
	Hep B	8/11/2011, 6/10/2011
	PNEUMOCOCCAL PREVNAR13 (PCV13)	8/11/2011
	Rotavirus	8/11/2011

Colin has grown so much in the last 6 weeks!  It is amazing to see how much he has grown.  I look at pictures from when he first came home and realize how little a guy he was back then.  He is still a little guy, but growing fast!

While we were gone on our RV trip last week and the week before, he started so many new things.  He now coos a lot and talks to you.  He makes little laughing like noises that are so cute!  Lots of Ooos, Ahs, and Ohs.  He smiles lots more and is awake a lot more in the day.  Matt loves to just sit and make noises with him.  It seems like it just started overnight.

He has now outgrown his 0-3 month sleepers because he is too long for them.  His poor little legs get scrunched up in them.  So, when we arrived home on Tuesday, I had to wash up a bunch of the 3-6 month ones for him to wear to bed.  He has lots more room for his legs to stretch out!

I was nervous about his appointment today because I knew that today was the day for his first vaccinations.  I was not looking forward to him getting his shots.  Matt wasn't sure he would be able to make it, so that would leave it all up to me.  Thank goodness that Matt was able to go with us and he held Colin during the shots while I turned away and cried.  Yes, my eyes teared up.  I cannot stand for my baby to cry out in pain.  I know it is good for him to have the shots, but I wish there were some way to make it painless.  If they all could be oral vaccinations...he ate that one up like it was candy. 

Colin was a trooper and made it through the shots without too much crying.  He calmed down after Matt and I soothed him a little and gave him his pacifier.  The rest of the day he did lots of sleeping, which is unusual for him.  He took about 3 naps longer than an hour each.  I even got a nice long nap during one of them.  I had to wake him to eat in the afternoon because I knew that he would be screaming to eat at some point if I didn't.  He ate almost his full big bottle (full is 6 oz and he got about 5.5 oz), so I knew he was doing fine, just a little sleepy.

So, we both made it through his first set of shots.  Now we get a 2 month break and then we go back to do it all over again.  My sweet little boy...I'm doing this for his own good and wouldn't if I didn't think it was best for him.