Week 17

17 weeks old on 3/13/09
She says, 'Happy St. Patrick's Day!'

Embry had her 4 month appointment yesterday, well kinda.

She had the whole appointment except for the shots because when the nurse checked her temp (and she checked both ears) it was 100.4. I told the doctor that Embry has been coughing, has crusties in her eye when she wakes up, has mucous in her spit up sometimes, and boogers so basically he said she has a cold. I had the doc check out her mouth because her tongue has always been white-ish (but only her tongue) and he said it was a little bit of thrush, but I was hoping it wasn't. Anyhow, he gave her a script for nyastatin suspension which I'm supposed to put in each of her cheeks after she eats...hahaha. Anytime I try to put a liquid in her mouth with a dropper she just spits it out. The pharmacist recommended sopping it up with a q-tip then rubbing that onto her cheeks. I tried that and it worked out ok, but the first time I ended up with more on my pants and the floor than on the Q-tip. I also inquired about her spitting up 3-4 times after she eats and he said it would only be a concern if she wasn't gaining weight or if she was much older and this was still going on. He said I could start rice cereal anytime, so we tried it out last night. It went a little less than awesome, as in, she didn't like it at all. I have some funny pics on facebook of the 'nasty' face she kept making. The Dr said to bring her back for a walk-in appt in 2 weeks just so she can get her shots. That should be a real good time.

4 Month Stats:
Weight: 13 lbs, 10 oz 50th percentile
Height: 25" 80th percentile
Head Circ: 16" 50th percentile

In other news, we went to Phoenix last weekend. Embry was a pretty good baby on the trip. Luckily we did not get stuck in a traffic jam on the freeway this time. Saturday was busy because we went to our old young marrieds group leader's house in Peoria, had some Culvers for lunch, and got their baby, Jeremiah, and Embry together and took some cute pics. While I had the video camera out Embry was lying on her back on the floor, then she rolled over onto her tummy (no big surprise there) and then over onto her back again! Then we went to super target, which was GREAT, and then to Jamie's parent's house for a BBQ. Jamie's sister, Rhonda, and her husband were down from WI with their baby Maddie. We got some cute pics of Embry and Maddie, ate some good food, and played 2 rounds of family feud (where we lost, but that's only because the guys team was cheating). Embry did her 360 degree barrel roll again at the Laug's, but since then, nothing. She will not go from her tummy to her back, so Tony and I are getting a real workout with the ups and downs to flop her over again. Then Sunday we went out to lunch with Tony's family for his brother Stefan's birthday. Embry decided it was a good time to fuss as soon as mama got her food, so that was a little frustrating, but oh well.

I'm convinced that she's trying to crawl. Seriously. When she's on her tummy she'll pull her legs up underneath her and she's great at pushing her chest up with her arms, but the top of her tummy just won't lift off the ground. She kicks and kicks and I think she's made it a whole inch or two forward, but it's not for a lack of trying!