Ever since Riley was born I've heard nothing but "she's so small!" Truth be told, she was only six and a half pounds at birth and so I suppose that's a little smaller than the average newborn but certainly still within the healthy spectrum. I'm very sensitive about her size and so when people make comments about her being small or crack jokes about me not feeding her, I get a little offended and depending on the delivery of each comment, my feelings get hurt. Perhaps it's because I just want things to be the cut-and-dry definition of "normal" with her and when something stands out as "not normal" I start down my spiral of worry.
Well today was her four-month checkup and her weight and head size were both in the 50th percentile and her length was in the 75th percentile. Completely normal! Ha, now I can start telling people that when they make comments about her being small. She also got her shots today and oddly enough, she got real red and made the crying face but no sound came out. Once they were done poking her she acted as if nothing had happened. I was sure we were in for a wailing child since that's what her big brother always does when he gets his shots. So far today she's been a little crabby and won't really sleep for longer than twenty minutes at a time but hopefully that just means she'll sleep well tonight. :)
I am so relieved to know that Riley is "average". She's doing everything she's supposed to be doing and when I asked our pediatrician if she saw any signs of her being like Cale, she looked at me like I had ten heads and said, "Erica, she's the most normal baby I've ever seen..." Ah, music to my ears.
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