Eight-month check-in

To celebrate Madeline's 8-month birthday today, I took her to get a flu shot. This was the first time I've been able to hold her while she got an injection - usually the nurses take her to another room while Lacey and I talk to the doctor. Madeline didn't like the shot too much, of course, but she quieted quickly when I held her tightly afterward.

I also got her weighed and measured while we were there. I asked the nurse if we should take care of the measurements before the shot so Madeline would be a little more calm, but the nurse said it didn't matter. Of course, Madeline was screaming after the shot so we didn't go to the effort of getting her undressed for the scale, and therefore her weight this month includes clothing.

Today she weighed 19 pounds, 15 ounces and was 27.75 inches long. She's grown about three-quarters of an inch since her last appointment, at the end of last month. She's only three ounces heavier (and today's weight included clothes and diaper), which leads me to believe that her constant bouncing and squirming/crawling are keeping her weight in check.