2 Month Well-Baby Appointment

Sterling is totally healthy. The Dr says that her congestion and snuffling is probably caused by reflux, but that it's normal in babies and that hers isn't bad enough to be concerned about. In my googling on the subject, I learned that it's good to keep babies with reflux more upright when they eat (I've started feeding her bottles in an almost sitting position) and to keep them upright for 20 or so minutes after eating. Both of those things seem to help with the snuffling. The thing that seems to help the best is not giving her formula. Breast milk really reduces the congestion, so I think there's also an allergy or sensitivity component to the snuffling as well.

She got the rest of her 2 months shots today, having gotten the DTaP shot before we went to CA. Turns out that one was by far the worst. The tetanus is apparently the one that makes the muscle really sore. She spent that night holding her leg still and sleeping in my lap. She'd startle, jerk her leg, it would hurt, and she'd wake up crying. I'd rock and nurse her back to sleep, then she'd do it again a half hour later. It was a long evening. For these two shots, she cried at the doctor's office, but has been pretty much fine at home. She's perhaps slightly more fussy than usual, but not nearly as painful as she was last time. Today she got her rotavirus vaccine (an oral one), pneumococcal, and hepatitis B.