I'm a growing girl!

I'm a whopping 12 lbs 1 oz now and have almost outgrown most of my 0-3 month clothes! I went through those VERY quickly. All of a sudden, my legs are too long! "Average" weight gain is a pound a month, so at a minimum, I should have been 11 lbs 2 oz at my 4 month appointment in 2 weeks. As you can tell, I'm way ahead of that which is good. I have a feeling I've grown in length too given how small my clothes are, but I don't know how tall I am right now - we'll find out in a few weeks.

Mom and I went to the orthopedist and pediatrician yesterday. We went to get my harness adjusted because I've grown so much. Because I was so small to begin with, they didn't have to give me a whole new harness, they were able to just adjust the straps on mine. The nurse said hopefully only 3-4 more weeks of half time wear, let's keep our fingers crossed! I have an ultrasound the week of the inauguration to see how my hips are growing (mom says she's not going to DC that week, so might as well schedule ALL the doctors appointments that week...).

After the orthopedist, we went to the pediatrician - it's in the same building, so we wanted to see what was up with my congestion. It's been going on for so long now and just isn't getting better. Mom's called and talked with the nurses 3 times now, so we didn't want to do that again and wanted to actually see the doctor. With the cough and trouble sleeping at night, it was definitely time to go. It is still just a head cold, but at least we know my lungs are clear and there's nothing more that we can be doing (we already do saline, suction, vapor bath, steam from the shower, humidifier, keep my head elevated to sleep). The doctor thought this was probably the peak of it and told mom to stop using the suction - it can sometimes just irritate the nose more and not actually help the congestion. Yay - I HATE the nose sucker as mom and dad call it!

Last night was a rough one and I had a tough time breathing after I fell asleep. My nose was so congested I had to breathe through my mouth a lot :( I woke up crying at 3:30 which I usually don't do. I ate and went back to sleep, but got up around 6 again. We came downstairs and I'm sleeping in my bouncy seat now after getting more saline drops in my nose. I sound a little better and have been asleep there for a couple of hours. Let's hope this is near the end of this yucky stuff!

I hope everyone else is having a good start to 2009. More pictures to come soon...