1 month!

Yesterday we had Payton's first month appointment.  We're happy to report that she weighs 9 lbs 7oz!  She's growing like a weed!  She's in the 58th percentile for her weight, as well as for her height, which is 20.5 inches.  Since she was born she's grown an inch!  She's growing so fast!  What's even better is her hemangioma isn't getting bigger...yet.  The doc thought it would have grown a little by now, but not so.  It even looked a little smaller.    Doc said she was impressed with the way Payton is growing.  Pretty sure we have a perfect baby here. 

She's recently discovered her tongue and likes to gum it so it looks like she's chewing gum.  Or she'll stick it out.  Either way it's all cute.  What's not cute is when she decideds to have a major blowout.  Yesterday she went through two outfits.  The first time she had a full diaper to begin with.  As I was about to change her she started to pee.  Well, with a diaper full of poo there was no place for the pee to go except out one of her leg holes.  As it started to come out, I thought I had the problem solved by closing the gap in the leg.  Problem solved, right?  WRONG!  I forgot about the other leg hole and out came the pee and poop!  So into the washing machine went those pajama's alone with the changing pad cover.  After I got her cleaned up I put her in a super cute outfit.  Two hours later she peed right through it.  Luckily I hadn't started the washing machine yet so I threw the outfit in there with the jammie's.  I kept praying that she wouldn't go through a third outfit, especially during the doctors appointment.  I always keep a spare outfit in the diaper bag, but that would have been really messy. 

The one question we were dying to ask the doc was about taking Payton out in public.  She said that until their two years old that they're at risk.  Well my god, I'm not going to shelter my daughter until she's two!  I have a life, and she needs to get out too.  The doc gave us a hesitant "OK" to take her places before the two month mark, as long as we're smart about it.  Don't let sick people cough on her or handle her, or even breathe on her.  Restaurants without a lot of people are ok.  The grocery store is alright, as long as weird strangers don't ask to look at her.  I didn't have a problem with random people touching my stomach when I was pregnant, mainly because it didn't happen, so hopefully I don't have random people asking to see my baby.  And if they do, they might loose a finger.  Dumb strangers don't need to be looking at my baby, go look at a parenting magazing or something instead.  I'm not going to make small talk about my baby with you in the checkout line because it just gets awkward.  Just go about buying your cereal and oreo's, and I'll go about making sure my child doesn't catch whatever disease or virus it is you have.  Atleast I can take her out!