First Visit to the Doctor

We went to see her doctor today. It was the first time Lia went out of the house since we got home from the hospital. And so it begins. The elaborate production parents have to go through, preparing their child/ren to leave the house. We will now be forever late for EVERYTHING.

Our appointment was at 10. And after getting her all bathed and ready in her cutie baby dress and pretty pink socks at 9:00, it was Mommy's turn to bathe. Unfortunately, even before Mommy had the chance to get dressed, Lia ;insisted on feeding. We finished feeding at 10 to 10. Mommy had no time to eat breakfast, I threw on some clothes, grabbed an ensaymada and we were on our way.

We arrived at the clinic 15 minutes late. Lia was fast asleep. They measured her (see the picture). She's gained weight, from 6.2 lbs when she was born, she's now 7.3 lbs. She's grown taller/longer too. From 18.9 inches, she's now 20.5 inches. My beautiful baby is growing up! She'll be dating before we know it. Oh no!

And then the doctor checked her. And said she's doing excellently. She was asleep the whole time, until it was time to give her the BCG shot. They removed her diaper to give her the shot on her butt (they made us choose between the arm and the butt, and since this is the vaccination that will leave a scar, and the scar might be big, I chose butt.) we saw she had a little poop in her pants. So her Daddy went and changed her diaper, and true to form, just after he removed the dirty one to put the new one, she peed. By now she was crying already. She wet her blanket, and the pretty baby dress we put her in. And since her dress involves buttons and Daddy's fingers don't work well with buttons, Mommy took over. I changed her diaper and her clothes and she was ready to be given the injection. She was crying already by this time. But when they gave her the shot, the crying rose to a whole new level of fury. Oh the cries of a baby in pain! Her Daddy held her but he couldn't watch. Finally, when the nurse put cotton with alcohol on the little bump on her hump, she calmed down and quieted and farted (she is so her Daddy's daughter). Ok na siya. (she was fine)

She fell asleep in my arms as her Daddy was paying the receptionist at the clinic so we decided to just change her when we got home.

And thus concludes Lia's first venture in the world. She missed most of it, being asleep the whole time and awake only to have her butt cleaned and then poked with a needle. So I wouldn't blame her if she preferred to stay at home forever. Yeah right.