Two Months Old

Claire has such a serious face! Two months have just flown by. Not quite smiling on demend but it melts our hearts when she does.
Claire had her two month visit at the Dr today. The Dr weighed her. She is already 13 pounds and 11 ounces and 23 inches long. Gaining like a champ! The Dr put her on her belly on the table. Claire pushed her arms up, lifted her head and saw herself in the mirror. When she saw herself she smiled and then her head dropped. So cute. I wish I had a camera ready. The Dr was impressed with how Claire is developing.

She got two vaccines the rotovirus and dTaP. I wasn't sure I wanted to do vaccines but because Chris is in the healthcare field I decided that it would be most beneficial to do them. We are following a delayed schedule from the Dr. Sears vaccine book. She didn't full out cry after getting the shot but only kind of wimpered. Chris had to hold her while they did it. Afterwards I breastfed her before we left the office and she was happy again. I was a little worried about the reactions and side affects of the drugs. People suggest drugging your baby before taking them in for shots so they pass out after. I chose not to do that, don't want to give the baby drugs she doesn't need. If she ded develop a fever of course I would keep medicine as an option but if she did develop a fever and I had premedicated I would not have known that she did or when it started. She was fine. She was wide awake for the first few hours right after but then slept until the next day only waking to eat and get her diaper changed.

I was worried about how she would react in a selfish way too. I have started going to mommy and baby yoga and they only have the classes on Wednesdays at noon. This happened to be a Wednesday and I was looking forward to going if Claire was okay. So we went and she was content to stare at the light coming in the window and also at her crazy, flabby, upside down mommy. It was our second time going. The mommas in the class are so friendly and open. We are a very like minded group when it comes to the not quite mainstream decisions we are making in raising our babies. Love it and plan on making it a staple of my week.

These first two months have been just great.