McKenna had her 2 month check-up last week. She clocked in at 12 pounds, 2 ounces and 22.75 inches. Such a chunky girl!!
She was a trooper with all of her pricks at the hospital and didn't make a peep during her frenulum clip, so we were pretty confident with how she would handle her first round of shots. Not as well as we had hoped. She actually seemed to hate the roto-virus crap she had to drink worse than the shots, but she still cried with the little quivering lip through the shots. I spent the day cuddling in bed with the sleepy grump.
One thing that came to our Doc's attention was a flat spot forming on the back of her head. We had noticed in pictures that she was always looking to her right, but never knew it was a problem.
I think the Doc could have worded it a little better than "if you don't correct this she will have a protruding forehead" because from what I understand this is extremely common with babies. Apparently it is more likely to appear if baby spends a lot of time in swings, carseats, rock n' sleepers, etc. McKenna had been sleeping in a Rock n' Sleeper and also the soft, elevated bassinet that was attached to her pack n' play. So now we put her in the actual Pack n' Play that is firmer.
I've also been spending her awake time focusing her attention in the opposite direction.
Tummy Time will also help with it because it strengthens the neck muscles so her head doesn't naturally fall on the flatter spot.
It will just require a little extra attention during awake/play time. We will be working on it and have a little fun in the process!!
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