Cora turned 4 months old on February 27th! At her doctor's appointment on the 28th she was 14 lbs 6 ozs. and 25 inches long. She does amazing things every day and her pediatrician is amazed at the muscle strength that she has. She is an absolutely amazing little girl who is growing very fast. Since we had just seen the pediatrician 2 weeks before for her 3 month check up, it was a quick visit. Cora had 2 shots (one in each leg) and then an oral shot, which I'm pretty sure she spit all of it out lol. Dr. Howell said she was doing great with breast milk. She said we were going to hold off for as long as possible until we start baby food. I'm a happy momma! Our goal is 6 months with nothing but breast milk. Hopefully we make it that far! Then we will start cereal/rice whenever Dr. Howell says or when Cora wants to lol.
On March 6th, Cora started coughing. What I thought was a small head cold, soon because so much more. By Thursday, on her 19 week birthday, she was a little run down but still her smilely, silly self. Then our babysitter informed us that two kiddos had RSV...needless to say momma was on the phone as soon as she had cell service to see if I needed to get her checked out. The nurse (whom was absolutely amazing!) said that we should get her looked at since she is so young and has a cough. The test for RSV is simple, they stick what looks like a pipe cleaner up your child's nostrils and swab. Cora hated it! The test normally takes 15 minutes for the results to show up, we waited 3. Positive. My baby girl was sick. So home with went to hide from everyone as not to pass it on. On Friday, things got scary. Cora decided that she didn't want to eat much. After a phone call to the doctor to find out what to do, my amazing father brought us some pedialyte. After all, we were contagious, so we weren't going anywhere. Antibiotic, infant Tylenol, and pedialyte that's what Friday consisted of. Happy Birthday momma!
Today, March 10th has been so much better. As I continue to type this, my squirmy monkey continues to amaze me. She is currently trying to eat my arm lol. If she was so stuffed up and didn't cough now and then, I wouldn't think she was sick. She took her medicine like a champ, only spitting out a little, she's been eating like her normal self, and playing like crazy. She takes a lot of naps but when she wakes up, it's go time lol!
Poor Tito!
Our trip to Indianapolis to meet Mommy's November Mommas and Cora's birthday buddies!
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