Happy Birthday EllaGrace
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Dear Miss Austin, Loyal Blog Reader
Yes, we have been tardy in our blogging lately. April seemed to fly right past us. I can't believe that tomorrow is May.
EG was sick, again. Second ear infection and then a reaction to the meds caused some drama at our house last week. She switched meds and seemed to heal quickly. She is now back on schedule and doing great!
Her first birthday is just 2 weeks away...amazing. One full year with her. This time last year I was as big as a house lying on the couch watching my belly, and M was so bored she was vacuuming the basement.
EG has some new skills that M has focused on over the past few days...
1. She now goes to her high chair when she is hungry.
2. She can climb down the stairs on her belly (thanks to M doing some guided practiced today).
3. She tries to "go potty" after each nap. She rarely does, but she thinks it is fun.
4. She knows when we hand her a bottle it is time for nap and she carries the bottle upstairs.
These four things have come together in the last week. She is learning so fast now. She is able to follow 1-step directions like, "bring me the ball" or "go find Summitt (the dog)."
So, there is the quick update. We hope to post more later.
EG was sick, again. Second ear infection and then a reaction to the meds caused some drama at our house last week. She switched meds and seemed to heal quickly. She is now back on schedule and doing great!
Her first birthday is just 2 weeks away...amazing. One full year with her. This time last year I was as big as a house lying on the couch watching my belly, and M was so bored she was vacuuming the basement.
EG has some new skills that M has focused on over the past few days...
1. She now goes to her high chair when she is hungry.
2. She can climb down the stairs on her belly (thanks to M doing some guided practiced today).
3. She tries to "go potty" after each nap. She rarely does, but she thinks it is fun.
4. She knows when we hand her a bottle it is time for nap and she carries the bottle upstairs.
These four things have come together in the last week. She is learning so fast now. She is able to follow 1-step directions like, "bring me the ball" or "go find Summitt (the dog)."
So, there is the quick update. We hope to post more later.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
First major illness
We haven't posted in forever because we are just recovering from EG being sick for the first time. Here is the play-by-play...
Sunday: Wouldn't sleep at night. The only sleep we got was all of us in the big bed together.
Monday: Better, tired, but had a hard time sleep that night too.
Tuesday: Fever. Fever. Fever. Calls to nurse lines and doctors. No sleeping.
Wednesday: Fever. Doctor's appointment. Raging right ear infection. Pink medicine.
Thursday: Fever. Some improvement.
Friday: A little better. Still struggling to sleep. Second cold is full force.
Saturday - Wednesday: getting better. sleeping is a struggle and eating is totally optional.
Thursday: much better. slow eating. cries for a little during the night, but sleeps by herself.
Friday: sleeping through the night again.
Saturday: Decided to make her bottles cold - she is now sucking them down. Sleeps through the night. Done with the pink medicine (all thirty doses).
It was a very, very long two weeks. It throws the entire family off. It also reminds you how precious sleep and routine are to everyone in the house.
Coming soon....see our little walker
E-
Sunday: Wouldn't sleep at night. The only sleep we got was all of us in the big bed together.
Monday: Better, tired, but had a hard time sleep that night too.
Tuesday: Fever. Fever. Fever. Calls to nurse lines and doctors. No sleeping.
Wednesday: Fever. Doctor's appointment. Raging right ear infection. Pink medicine.
Thursday: Fever. Some improvement.
Friday: A little better. Still struggling to sleep. Second cold is full force.
Saturday - Wednesday: getting better. sleeping is a struggle and eating is totally optional.
Thursday: much better. slow eating. cries for a little during the night, but sleeps by herself.
Friday: sleeping through the night again.
Saturday: Decided to make her bottles cold - she is now sucking them down. Sleeps through the night. Done with the pink medicine (all thirty doses).
It was a very, very long two weeks. It throws the entire family off. It also reminds you how precious sleep and routine are to everyone in the house.
Coming soon....see our little walker
E-
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
the kid can't catch a break...and neither can her momma
It has been a tough week for little EG.
First, she is teething. She is always teething (has 6 already) and it is never easy for her. It causes disrupted sleep, poor eating and lots and lots of drool and finger chewing. She has her first incisors on the bottom and next she was supposed to get the teeth next to them, also incisors. But, I swear to you she has skipped them and is working on the canines. (I don't know any of this without looking at a tooth development chart.)
Teething and drooling leads to diaper rash. On Monday evening, we were playing before bed and she started to cry and throw what looked like a tantrum. E and I looked at each other like "This is fun. What is this??" We decided it was bedtime. When I picked up EG she started really crying and I realized her little butt hurt. When we changed her diaper, she had the reddest, angriest diaper rash yet. Poor kid. She got herself so worked up that after E fed her part of a bottle about 20 minutes later, she threw up all over E, herself and the chair. It was the first time it's happened to her and she was scared...which led to more crying.
Tuesday she was clingy and needed lots of "derriere to the air" time.
Today she woke up with her worst cold yet...sneezing, obvious congestion, a little coughing. Combined with the teething, she is just a faucet...and she's still trying to get rid of the diaper rash.
Poor kid....we still have Thursday and Friday to go.
m-
Update: So, in addition to getting thrown up on earlier this week, E had a tough time tonight while I was out for a while. EG was getting some time with her behind to the wind, when she pooped on the kitchen floor. E put EG in the sink to clean her up while trying to keep the dog out of the way. EG reached over and grabbed a glass and dropped it in the sink, breaking it. It's been a tough week for both my girls.
First, she is teething. She is always teething (has 6 already) and it is never easy for her. It causes disrupted sleep, poor eating and lots and lots of drool and finger chewing. She has her first incisors on the bottom and next she was supposed to get the teeth next to them, also incisors. But, I swear to you she has skipped them and is working on the canines. (I don't know any of this without looking at a tooth development chart.)
Teething and drooling leads to diaper rash. On Monday evening, we were playing before bed and she started to cry and throw what looked like a tantrum. E and I looked at each other like "This is fun. What is this??" We decided it was bedtime. When I picked up EG she started really crying and I realized her little butt hurt. When we changed her diaper, she had the reddest, angriest diaper rash yet. Poor kid. She got herself so worked up that after E fed her part of a bottle about 20 minutes later, she threw up all over E, herself and the chair. It was the first time it's happened to her and she was scared...which led to more crying.
Tuesday she was clingy and needed lots of "derriere to the air" time.
Today she woke up with her worst cold yet...sneezing, obvious congestion, a little coughing. Combined with the teething, she is just a faucet...and she's still trying to get rid of the diaper rash.
Poor kid....we still have Thursday and Friday to go.
m-
Update: So, in addition to getting thrown up on earlier this week, E had a tough time tonight while I was out for a while. EG was getting some time with her behind to the wind, when she pooped on the kitchen floor. E put EG in the sink to clean her up while trying to keep the dog out of the way. EG reached over and grabbed a glass and dropped it in the sink, breaking it. It's been a tough week for both my girls.
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