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Six Month Doctorâ€™s Visit

October 20, 2011 By Misono in Mio, Videos Tags: army crawl, baby, commando crawl, crawl, doctor, growth, Mio, pediatrician, six months, six months old, vaccinations, vaccines

We went to the doctor today for Mio’s 6-month checkup. Her pediatrician, upon examining her, said that she is “the picture of health, and just perfect.”Â Just the words a mama likes to hear! 🙂 I had been a little concerned about a dry cough Mio has exhibited occasionally over the past week… but she only coughs once or twice a day, has no fever, and is her regular happy self…. Her doctor said that it’s nothing to worry about, so that’s a relief!

As for the latest growth stats for Mio, today she weighed 19lbs 5oz, which is in the 92nd growth percentile based on weight-for-age. Our chubster is getting quite heavy! No wonder our arms are sore these days….

For her height, she measured 26.75 inches long, in the 76th growth percentile based on length-for-age. (The pediatrician said, “She’s going to take after her dad, and will beat you in height. You’ll be the shrimp in the family!” Thanks…? hahaha*)

Mio’s head circumference was 17.52 inches, which is in the 90th growth percentile based on head circumference-for-age. I’m tellin’ ya, the girl’s got a huge head!

Mio got her third round of vaccination shots administered today, along with the flu shot. (That’s a lot of needles! 🙁 It still pains me to watch her getting shots, and as they say, it’s probably rougher on the parents than on the baby.) She cried bloody murder, but calmed as soon as I picked her up afterwards. It still amazes me how much comfort she finds in my arms… I’m still so clueless and new at this whole mothering business, but it’s sweet reassurance that I must be doing something right! Mio will have to go in for her second dose of the flu shot in about a month, but after that, she won’t have to worry about needles for a while! Good news for both Mio and for Mama!

(Photos above are from last Sunday at the grandparents’ house.)

Something cute Mio has been doing lately: when I hold out my hand towards her, she’ll army crawl towards it to reach for it and put her little hand in mine. Here it is on video!

If I make her do it too many times without picking her up, though, she starts to get cranky, as is the case below:

Alright, alright… for all that hard work, I will smother you in huggles! 🙂

Four Month Doctor’s Visit

August 8, 2011 By Misono in Mio Tags: baby, doctor, four months, four months old, growth, Mio, newborn, pediatrician, vaccinations, vaccines

This morning, Mio went in for her 4-month doctorâ€™s visit. She got follow-up doses to the six vaccinations that were given at her 2-month visit. Mio cried when she got the shots as expected, but she calmed relatively quickly afterwards and slept the whole way home. She had been pretty fussy for a few days after her 2-month vaccinations, and sure enough, she has been pretty cranky all afternoon and evening again today. Hopefully it will pass soon.

At the pediatrician today, Mio weighed in at exactly 16 lbs, which is in the 89th growth percentile based on weight-for-age. Our pediatrician was a little flabbergasted at how big she was… Our Mio is quite the chunky baby!

Mio's Weight (4 Months)
She measured 25 inches long, in the 72nd growth percentile based on length-for-age.

…and her head circumference was 16.75 inches, which is in the 85th growth percentile based on head circumference-for-age.

Here are some random photos from this past weekend…

Veggie combo and meat combo from CafÃ© Colucci. I've had my fair share of amazing Ethiopian food back in DC (which is known for its thriving Ethiopian population), but this was Dan's first time trying Ethiopian. He loved it (of course).

Mio looking around as we ate. — Mio stared at us as we ate, wondering when the day would come when she could have some Ethiopian too.

Mio's reflection — Studying her reflection.

Looking up at Daddy — "My, what floppy ears you have!"

That’s all, folks!

Two Month Doctor’s Visit

June 3, 2011 By Misono in Mio, Videos Tags: baby, doctor, growth, Mio, newborn, pediatrician, two months, two months old, vaccinations, vaccines

Yesterday morning, Dan and I went to the pediatrician for Mio’s 2-month doctor’s visit. She got the six vaccinations that are typically administered for two-month old babies:

Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Acellular Pertussis vaccine
Inactivated Poliovirus vaccine
Hepatitis B vaccine (second dose)
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Haemophilus Influenzae Type B vaccine
Rotavirus vaccine

I braced myself for a lot of baby tears and screaming, and sure enough Mio did scream and cry. 🙁 We took some videos to document the expereince.

Here she is peacefully sleeping in the waiting room, before getting admitted:

…and here she is getting her vaccinations. One orally administered vaccine, and the other five were delivered via three shots.

We definitely cringed during that first cry, but Dan couldn’t help but laugh a little because it was so drawn out that her voice ran out. Poor Mio… but thankfully she calmed pretty quickly when she was held after it was all done. When we first got home, though, she was pretty fussy and would cry inconsolably, even though I’d feed and hold her… probably due to discomfort from the shots. She has been sleeping for slightly longer stretches of time than usual since, but otherwise she seems to be doing okay.

At the doctor, Mio weighed in at 12 lbs 7 oz, in the 85th growth percentile based on weight-for-age.

She measured 22.75 inches long, in the 65th growth percentile based on length-for-age.

Mio’s head circumference was 16 inches, which is in the 88th growth percentile based on head circumference-for-age.

Her overall growth is above average and healthy. It is really amazing to watch her grow, and I’m looking forward to how our little Mio will continue to blossom and thrive. 🙂

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