Lyla had her one-year doctor appointment today and got four shots, two in each leg. Up to this point, I was half worried that Lyla actually enjoyed getting shots, that she was a freak baby who would one day sit in math class and give herself tattoos with paperclips.
I'm no longer concerned, for this time she screamed her ass off. After grunting through the first shot, sugar-binky in her mouth as usual, shots two through four inspired sledgehammer-your-pinky-toe wails.
The shots will prevent Lyla from getting MMR, chicken pox, H1N1, and hepatitis. It is up to us to keep her away from the Ebola virus and werewolves.
Lyla's stats are impressive: 85th percentile for weight, 60th for height, and, like Einstein, 95th for head circumference. The doctor had to drive to Home Depot for a longer tape measure.
That's a lie. But everything is normal with Lyla. We're trying to decide when it's time to fully eliminate formula from her diet and replace it with whole milk. Let's see: a thing of formula costs about $25, and a half-gallon of organic whole milk costs around $3. I think perhaps we'll make the switch the instant it's time to buy more formula.
Whole milk looks thick and nasty, I must say. It's basically straight from the teat, which is historically the way Lyla prefers her milk.
And we might switch Lyla's car seat to front-facing. But will such a move, coupled with her burgeoning vocabulary and her desire to do whatever Mama does, make her a backseat driver?
lol what is she eating? perhaps her next skill can be to daintify the size of her bites
ReplyDeleteThat would be a banana. It did not survive the encounter.
ReplyDeletea ~gallon~ of organic milk is $3? where do you shop? down here ~half~ a gallon of organic milk is about $3.76. I know this because my significant other is forever giving me a hard time about buying 'happy cow' milk and saying something to the effect of 'can't you hear them laughing.....'.
ReplyDeleteYup - my bad. I meant to say half a gallon. Sorry to get you excited about some store in magical happy land where the organic milk flows like soft rain into gallon jugs. I'll edit the post now...
ReplyDeleteJust a thought for you - the new recommendation is to keep them rear-facing until 2. I can give you more details in person in order to spare others. We're going to keep Anja rear-facing until 18 months as a compromise.
ReplyDeleteAnd when you do decide to switch her, go for the gradual shift otherwise constipation can be an issue. It does make life soooo much easier!
Just to be clear - I meant that a fast transition to whole milk can cause constipation. NOT the transition to forward facing. : )
ReplyDeleteYes, I figured that out. Perhaps the experts should do a study on the constipating effects of premature car seat rotation.
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