Arianna's ninth week was full of smiles:

Ari got her 2-month vaccinations at her doctor appointment this week, and she did great! As expected, she did scream, but Ania did a really good job of comforting her and calming her down. We especially want to thank Jené for two recommendations she made:

• Look into giving her Children's Tylenol beforehand. - That may have made her more comfortable. We called our doctor in advance to ask about this, and they said they recommended a dosage based on measuring her current weight, so we gave it to her at the doctor's office, after doing that. (She's 13 pounds!)
• Get the lot numbers of the vaccines. - We did this, although our doctor's office reassured us that they keep them on file too. It really was nice to have, though, when a story came out two weeks later about a recall on some childrens' vaccines. It turns out ours were from a different manufacturer, but it was great to be able to see that as soon as we heard about the recall, and not have to wait to talk to the doctor's office in the morning.

Milestones & Metrics

• How Arianna looks this week:
  
• Turned two months old! (28 Nov)
• Weight: 13 pounds @ 9 weeks old.
• Ari wasn't as strong lately at raising her head, but we increased her "tummy time", and she's back to her old strong self.
• Ari discovered she can put her hands in her mouth, which has opened up a whole new world of entertainment.
• It really seems like she's more aware of us now, which is a great feeling. She is definitely more aware of her surroundings too.
• She's starting to coo; wow, talk about cute!