Puppy Shots

I have been met with a lot of blank stares recently when mentioning to my friends that we had to take Audrey in for her "puppy shots." I think my family is the only family to use that term with respect to babies. Oh well, I think it's cute and I like it, so I'll keep using it!

Like I said, Yesterday was Audrey's first big round of shots. We were originally planning on taking her in on the 17th--the day after her 2 month birthday--but we started reading the baby books which were loaded with all sorts of horror stories about bad reactions, fevers, etc. Since we are flying to Kelly's parents' house on the 18th, we decided we needed a bigger time buffer.

I called to switch her appointment to the 15th--the day before her 2 month birthday--and the receptionist hemmed and hawed about how they weren't allowed to give shots before their 2 month birthday. I thought about launching into an argument about if she were born on February and got her shots on her 2 month birthday, she would be younger (day wise) than what we were trying to do. Before I could get into it, she checked with the doctor, and he approved the change.

So, at 10:15am yesterday morning we were at Dr. Swensen's office. He was super nice and answered all of our naive first-time-parent questions and gave her a clean bill of health (even though she has her first cold). She is now 11 lbs 1 oz, and 23 inches long. That means she's put on 3 lbs 8 oz and grown 3.5 inches in the last two months. It constantly amazes us how quick she is growing up!

Next came the nurse with the shots. She had an impressive technique, pinning Audrey's legs against the side of the bed, then giving the oral vaccine and all 3 shots within about 20 seconds. Of course Audrey hated it, but at least it was quick. It took about 10 minutes to calm her wails down to a whimper which lasted until we got home.

I decided to work from home expecting to help with a grumpy baby, but she pretty much hibernated for the last 24 hours. I'm still not sure if there is anything better than holding your own little sleeping baby.