4 Months Old

It's about time I got around to posting something. I have actually started writing several separate posts...these are the excerpts:

So my Dano Dano is 4 months old today. She's had a busy couple of weeks these past few weeks. She's attended her first funeral [for my dear cousin Matt], she went to her first party [okay, yes, it was for NASCAR, there I said it], she went to her first bridal shower [one of the Sutters is gettin' hitched, congrats Em], and she caught her first cold. I'll wait for you to finish sighing in sympathy for her before I go on....sigh....

There comes a time when all parents do something they should not do. ... Sometimes I find myself not telling anyone exactly what I do because I'm afraid of the backlash, and I know other moms do that too. In the end I find myself admitting the truths with just about the same reasoning as other parents, I do what I feel is best for my child.

My poor little girl is congested. I've been using nose saline drops pretty much since her birth, we've been sucking snot, goobers, and boogie monsters for the past month, and finally, it's in her chest. With that comes the cough. And the puke.

She ate. She puked...on me. I sat in my pukey clothes...

Babies do some interesting things to people, like get them to act like a squeaky piggy in the middle of a restaurant!

We got some new gPants. All together we have 8 smalls, 4 mediums and 1 large. Admittedly, I have a diaper problem. I buy these things without thinking...

So I guess it's a good thing to finally get to posting as a lot has happened. Today we had her 4 month check up at the doctor's office. She weights 9 pounds 7 ounces with a head circumference of 15 1/8 inches and a length of 22 3/4 inches. She is about a third of my height. Now, for those of you that pay attention, you might be thinking that a baby of four months old should be approximately twice their birth weight, which for Dani, is 9 pounds 14 ounces. Since she is not quite there (likely due to a cold and therefore eating less) she will return in 2 weeks to make sure she's still doing okay. She also got her vaccines that have made for a crabby night and her first dose of acetaminophen. As for the cold, the doctor says her lungs sound fine and that I should continue with the boogie suctioning, nose dropping, and T.L.C. I should also purchase some probiotics and put half a capsule in one of her bottles. If she isn't better in one week we have to call the doctor and get some antibiotics that neither the doctor nor I really want to do. So, we'll just see how this pans out.

Since my time is limited, and ol' fussy is fussin' as she does best, I've got to end here and tend to my darling. But, I shall leave you with a video of daddy making Dani giggle.