Depintor Family: Ceci's 2 month check up!

Here in Brazil the do things a little different when it comes to babies and their immunizations. Babies go to a clinic to get the immunizations, not to the doctor. This makes going to the doctor for the check-ups such a pleasurable experience. If every time we went to her doctor she got shots, I would never want to take her to the doctor, but because we get her shots at the clinics, I love going to see her doctor and getting all of my questions answered!

So last week we took her to the clinic to get her shots. It was the government clinic so I was expecting a long wait and a lot of paper work to fill out... Well this is not the US! We didnt have to wait 2 minutes before the nurses were prepping her shots, and I think Leto just had to sign a paper or 2. Ceci had two oral immunizations that she took with no complaints... probably because they were sweet. Then she had 2 shots, one in each leg. I didnt want to look at all but I forced myself, to comfort Ceci, but I am sure the look on my face was no comfort. She had the look of "OH what is this!" Then the scream came and the crying. She cried hysterically for about 1 minute, but it felt like an eternity to me. Then she cried while they readied the second shot. She did the exact same thing for the second shot. When she calmed down I got out the only thing that really calms her all the way down, my boob. We stayed in the room for a little then headed to Leto''s parents house, which was down the street. She did great, and took a nap, but then she woke up screaming and even my boob woulnt help. This went on for about 3 hours, her falling asleep and waking up screaming. Super heart breaking! We texted our doc and she said we could give her baby tylenol so we headed home and picked some up. That helped A LOT! The next day she had a little temperature which scared me a little, but more baby tylenol helped. She was back to her normal self later that day.

Today we had her doctor check up, and what we already know was confirmed! Our baby is HUGE!!!! On Dec 21st, our last check up, she weighed 4.155 kilos which is about 9.1 lbs. Today she weighed 6.1 kilos which is about 13.5 lbs. She gained 2 kilos/ 4.5lbs in a little over a month! On Dec 21st she was 55.5 cm long which is 21.85 inches. Today she measured 60cm or 23.6 inches! Our baby is almost 2 feet long! Our doctor said that they want babies to grow 15cm by the time they are 6 months old...Ceci has already grown 11! She is in the 90-95th percentile for weight and length! We knew she was big compared to our friends' babies, but we didnt know she was THAT big! We have already put away her 0-3 months clothes, and fits pretty snugly in her 3-6 month clothes! There must be something in my milk, or our baby is on her way to being a giant! Or supermodel, or volleyball player. (But if daddy has his way she will be a pro tennis player!!)

Ceci is smiling all the time now and I swear I heard her laugh... but she was asleep at the time so we are not going to count that ;-) She can kinda roll to her side if she has motivation, like the TV or her hand that she wants to suck on. She tries to fit her whole hand in her mouth, but her Depintor huge hands just wont fit! She is now sleeping up to 4 and a half hours most nights! We are loving every minute of our little girl!

Right before the shots!!!