WOW what a day. It would have been a challenging day either way, given the mood Elijah woke up in, but then, joy of joys! we had a doctor's appointment at 10am with both of the kiddos.
Now, sometimes when I talk about something, it brings up all the old feelings of blahness, so I'm not going to go into detail about how insane it was, but it was, well, INSANE. For the first time in my life we were THAT family. You know, you're sitting in the nice and quiet waiting room until this family comes in and all h*** breaks loose, and once they finally leave you can hear this collective sigh of relief. Yeah, that was today, except we were the circus arriving at the doctor's, and I have rarely felt so frazzled in my life!
As for the actual appointment, both babes were great. Smiles and fun all around, and apparently we're all thriving. Abigail is up to 12lb 7oz and is 24" long, with a head circumference of 39.8cm. Elijah is 29lb's and 35" TALL (because they measure his height now, rather than length!) So apparently if you double a child's height at the age of 2 then that's what height they'll be when they grow up. If that's the case (and Elijah is 22.5 months still, so 1.5 months to go) then he'll be 6 feet when he's grown, and I'm excited! I love how Matt and his brothers are tall. (don't worry, I know it's a bit of an old wives tale, but Elijah has always been above the 90th percentile for height, so I think he's just...tall.)
Anyway, the vaccinations were sad, of course, and I was so thankful to have Matt with me so that both babes could be comforted at the same time.
The worst part of the day, though? About 2pm. Elijah could only sleep for 30 minutes because he woke up in pain. His legs hurt every time he moved them, and all that would help him and keep him from screaming was to be held, so that he was in one place AND being comforted at the same time.
But then! Abigail woke up from her nap, and guess what? Same thing. Except how do you keep a 2-month-old baby from moving her legs? It was awful. She has never cried like that before, she was just in so much pain every time her left leg moved, and I felt so sad for her.
I remember Elijah reacted like that for his 2-month shots (and his 6-month ones too, if I remember correctly...) but that was harder than today because I'd never experienced it before. This time I knew how to handle it and that it was all going to be fine, but it was still oh so sad.
Anyway, my thoughts are all jumbled (I think I'm actually falling asleep writing this, and it's only 8:10...) so I'm going to wrap this up before my fingers start typing something embarrassing and I end up posting it before I process what it is that I'm writing...haha
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