Monday (the 10th) Laila had her 5 month doctors check-up (she goes every month). She got a shot, and was checked over in general. Laila has had a big growth spurt this past month! She gained two pounds and grew two inches! She weighs 14 pounds and 5 ounces. That puts her in the twenty-fourth percentile for the first time ever! Considering that she was in the ninth percentile two months ago, this is very impressive and I am very happy. She is also 2 feet, 3 inches long (27 inches) putting her in the ninety-fifth percentile. I have no idea how she is so tall! I am 5'2" and my husband is about 5'9". Maybe my father's tall genes skipped a generation (he is 6'1"). Meanwhile, her head is 16.7 inches, putting her head in the sixty-ninth percentile. That's my big ass baby right there! She is so cute - getting plumper and plumper with her little thunder thighs.
And now for the not so good news - Laila seems to have a labial adhesion. The doctor told me to bathe her everyday and after her bath to put some aquaphor where they are sticking together to hopefully try and unstick them.... if that doesn't work the next step is to try an estrogen cream. Hopefully this will work though! I was doing some research on it and it said that while it can go away, it may continue to come back until she hits puberty. I really hope that it goes away quickly and never comes back. Well, I guess that is obvious enough. I just hate that anything is wrong. I hate that it could continue to plague her. At this point the doctor said it isn't really that big a deal, and that it is more common than one might think, so I am just trying to stay positive and not let my crazy mama brain work itself up.
In others news, Laila is sick. Last night she barely slept at all she had trouble falling asleep and then she slept for three hours, waking at 1:30. She woke again at 3:20 and was awake until 4:45. She finally fell back asleep only to wake up at 6:50, and she was up for the rest of the morning at that point. Normally when Laila wakes up in the morning for good she is happy and smiling and doesn't cry because, well, she is wide awake and has nothing to complain about. Often I wake up to her smacking her lips and playing in her crib. This morning, however, she woke up crying and screaming and was completely inconsolable. She wasn't hungry, she was just sad. She didn't feel particularly warm to the touch, but I asked Enzio to take her temperature anyway. She had a fever of 101! I think she may just be having a reaction to her shot... but who knows. Maybe it is that and the teething, I'm not sure. Apparently she was fine during the day while I was at work (my husband and Mom were both looking after her), but this evening when I got home she was acting strangely again. I took her temperature but she was fine in those terms. She barely ate her sweet potatoes, and she got fussy during bath time! After her bath I took her temperature again and once again she had a fever. Poor little thing. So tomorrow I am staying home with her to (hopefully) nurse her back to health.
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