I swear I feel like just four days ago, Toni was barely crawling. Crawling, but still new and moving slow. Yesterday she mastered it. In a blink of an eye she was from one side to the other. Here I am getting up to get her away from this and from that. Mind you, her toys are everywhere! And she has TONS of toys but somehow... she's more curious about all the other things in the room. I found her by one of our side tables with the drawer open going through it. It was cute I have to admit, but oh man! It's exhausting making sure she doesn't play with something she shouldn't be playing with or CLIMBING something she shouldn't be.
That's right. Climbing. She hasn't mastered that... YET, but if her progression in crawling is any sign of things to come, I don't forsee her mastering climbing too far away! First off, she can pull herself up on anything with no problems and no help. She can even lower herself where as for a few days (yes just a few days) she could pull herself up, but couldn't get back down. She'd either plop down and cry or just cry like she was stuck. Not now. She can bring herself down. Not just that, but when up and holding onto something she can take a few steps so long as she is holding something. It's amazing the progression. I feel like just a week ago she was a completely different baby. But when it comes to climbing. She'll hold onto something and start pulling herself up and actually get her feet off the floor. She'll have a foot trying to get a hold of something. It's cute... now. haha... and she bounces/jumps a lot now. When she's standing and holding onto something, she'll bounce up and down. Very cute! when in her exersaucer, she just jumps and jumps and jumps! I have a vidoe of that as a matter of fact!
She's become very vocal too. She always has been but it's more so now. She'll do it while she's playing, when she is communicating with you. The other day she even babbled to be in a questioning tone! I was like wow she's smart. She knows what questions are already. And if she wanted something, she'd put her hand out and whine. And once she got what she wanted she'd go, "da." As if to say, Thanks. She's a genius I tell you.
But, with the good must come the bad. Not really bad. More like a bummer, or a downer. And I think I may have mentioned this in a pervious blog, but it's getting harder to put her to sleep. I attributed it to her illness and what not before and I'm sure that did play a part. And though she's not 100% yet she's doing much better. However it occured to me tonight that you know, I think this is what it's going to be for a while. I TRIED putting her to bed at aroung 7pm. And lately I've been letting her go to bed later like 8-9pm because she was staying awake much longer in between naps so her second nap was falling around 4pm and she would sleep until 6pm. So anyway, she did take her second nap earlier today since her first nap lasted a whole 30 mins. yeah. anyway, so she takes a nap at around 3 and is up by 5. So I'm thinking, ok I'll put her to sleep around 8. But by 7 she was already wanting me to hold her and laying her head down on my shoulder and sucking her thumb. I gave her milk and she usually has it right before she sleeps. So I thought, well I guess she's ready for bed. I changed her into pjs w/ the footsies and diaper change of course. Granted that may have woken her up a bit but I figured it was ok. She's tired enough she'll fall asleep.
Well normally it wouldn't take me longer than 30 mins to get her to sleep. And that's max. On average, usually 15 mins and she's down. So I take her to be, lay down next to her and have her milk to finish off. She's in position, she drinks her milk and turns towards me to suck her thumb and go to sleep. The usual. Then she starts tossing and turning and crying and whining and I'm thinking ok... she's been doing this the last week or so. She usually will get tired and fall asleep quick. I swear she must have gone through 101 positions from top to bottom of the bed and NONE suited her. I really believe she was trying to go to sleep but just couldn't find that position that comforted her enough to go to sleep. Honestly I remember that feeling as a kid. Granted I wasn't 8 mos, who remembers that? But as a kid I remember kicking, tossing and turning b/c I just coudln't find that position I was comfortable enough in. So I let her go and do that for about an hour. Yes an hour. So by 8 I figured, this girl ain't going to sleep. All I can do now is let her play and tire her self out.
It was kind of funny actually because when I brought her out of the room and sat her in the middle of all her toys, she just had this look of confusion and disbelief on her face. I sat on the couch and said, "what? play." She just stared like she couldn't believe I took her out to play and she wasn't sure what she should do. She just sat there. She didn't play. Junior came home and so for about half an hour she stodd up holding onto him or the table. Then she was ready for bed. When she did go to bed, I laid there for maybe 8 mins before she was out. She's so adorable though. I can't get over it. I can stare and watch her all day long.
Videos will be added later. I'm exhausted.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Clapping
So amidst all the craziness with her HFMD illness and the lack of eating and vomiting (today), she learned to clap all on her own. We always clap her hands for her or clap our hands to show her and she's attempted... but never quite got the palms to clap. Well today was a tough day for her and me. Tough for her b/c I think the blisters in her mouth are starting to affect her more than yesterday. She hasn't eaten much and threw up twice! So that's rough for me because I'm worried about dehydration, starvation and don't want her ending up having to go to the hospital to get an IV. But amidst all that, I was holding her (she needed some comforting) and out of no where, she just starts clapping her hands! And with my nifty, handy flip video I was able to catch for all to see!
At least something good came of this day.I'm wore out.
At least something good came of this day.I'm wore out.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
HFMD
That stands for Hand Foot Mouth Disease. Yep. Toni has it. Poor thing. And she JUST got over her ear infection. So last night after her bath i noticed all these red pimple like bumps all over her knees. Freaked me out. I pointed it out to junior... we could figure it out. It didn't seem to bother her. So we figured, maybe since she just started crawling and she got some sort of rug burn? I didn't know. Figured, we'd wait until morning before really worrying. If it didn't get worse, then we'd just wait for it to go away.
Well she woke up around 4am which normally she doesn't do that anymore but since her ear infection, sleep isn't as great as before. Anyway, so i get her from her crib and take her to our bed. Usually she'll fall right back asleep. She didn't this time... even after a bottle. I was trying to rub her back and legs because that usually helps and i felt it. I felt the bumps all down her legs and on her ankles. I felt her arms, but they were fine and so was her back. I didn't get it. I couldn't go back to sleep myself I thought about it for about an hour and half before I went back to sleep and had to get up in 30 mins! She finally fell asleep thanks to Junior. He held her and bounced her around until she fell asleep.
So morning came and she was dead asleep. We got ready for work and let her sleep until we were ready then we'd get her ready for school that way she could sleep in a little. So I hear I am undressing her and holy cow. the bumps on her legs and ankles are also on her feet and soles. Oh man... at this point I'm freaking out for her and for me... I've never had chicken pox! But Junior makes a good point. It's not on her arms or chest or back and chicken pox usually first shows on the chest. So Junior thinks maybe it's something in the rug... maybe she's getting bitten by dust mites. But I'm a little weary... that's WAY too many bumps to be bites. Junior thinks it's fine... she has an appointment on Saturday anyway to follow up with her ear infection. I start to go along with what he says... he is the nurse. But it just doesn't seem right to me. So he says, "If you're so worried, see if Dr. Hsu will see her today to give you peace of mind but I think she's fine." Hmmm... so I'm going along with what he thinks and then I think... I know he's a nurse and he knows way more than I do, but I think there's mothers intuition and you know when something is wrong. So I told him, I'm going to take her in. So he's all ok, let me know what he says.
I call him and tell him what's going on and the dr asks if the bumps are on the palms of her hands too. I say no. Just legs and down. So he schedules me in for today so he can take a look. After I get off the phone I think... well I didn't notice it on her hands... let me check. Duh.. I should have done that when I was on the phone. Sure enough, she has them there too. Oh great. So I call him back and tell him that she does have them on her palms. He says he thinks it may be hand foot mouth disease and that is the very first time I've ever heard of that! I was thinking hand what? He says it can be very irritatable and has she been eating well. Actually she hasn't. He says it can cause her to not eat well b/c of the pain in the mouth. Great. But at least now I know why she hasn't been eating well. I thought it was just because of ear infection and teething at the same time.
So I take her in and he looks at her and yup... it's hand foot mouth disease. Which, before the appointment, I researched because well... that's what I do. Here's a link in case you are interested to learn more: http://www.babycenter.com/0_hand-foot-and-mouth-disease_1614.bc?page=1 But he presses on a spot and says he likes the blanching (when pressure turns it white). I don't know. He inspects her mouth and yup... there are spots in there too. I would have never known. So there's not really a cure for it. All he can do is prescribe something for the pain in her mouth so that hopefully she'll eat more.
So that's we are. Is she doing better? She's doing the same. But since it's contagious, we have to keep her home which means I worked from home today and will tomorrow too. I think Monday too. Junior's off Tuesday so he can stay home. I'm really hoping I don't catch it but it almost seems like there's no hope. You catch it from contact with drool and secretion like poop and boogies. So.. she's teething and drooling all over the place and she poops like every other baby and still has a runny nose from before. Sooo... hmmm. I mean I'm washing her hands and my hands all the time cleaning her toys... but you can only do so much. Hopefully that, plus a stronger immune system, will be sufficient enough.
Well she woke up around 4am which normally she doesn't do that anymore but since her ear infection, sleep isn't as great as before. Anyway, so i get her from her crib and take her to our bed. Usually she'll fall right back asleep. She didn't this time... even after a bottle. I was trying to rub her back and legs because that usually helps and i felt it. I felt the bumps all down her legs and on her ankles. I felt her arms, but they were fine and so was her back. I didn't get it. I couldn't go back to sleep myself I thought about it for about an hour and half before I went back to sleep and had to get up in 30 mins! She finally fell asleep thanks to Junior. He held her and bounced her around until she fell asleep.
So morning came and she was dead asleep. We got ready for work and let her sleep until we were ready then we'd get her ready for school that way she could sleep in a little. So I hear I am undressing her and holy cow. the bumps on her legs and ankles are also on her feet and soles. Oh man... at this point I'm freaking out for her and for me... I've never had chicken pox! But Junior makes a good point. It's not on her arms or chest or back and chicken pox usually first shows on the chest. So Junior thinks maybe it's something in the rug... maybe she's getting bitten by dust mites. But I'm a little weary... that's WAY too many bumps to be bites. Junior thinks it's fine... she has an appointment on Saturday anyway to follow up with her ear infection. I start to go along with what he says... he is the nurse. But it just doesn't seem right to me. So he says, "If you're so worried, see if Dr. Hsu will see her today to give you peace of mind but I think she's fine." Hmmm... so I'm going along with what he thinks and then I think... I know he's a nurse and he knows way more than I do, but I think there's mothers intuition and you know when something is wrong. So I told him, I'm going to take her in. So he's all ok, let me know what he says.
I call him and tell him what's going on and the dr asks if the bumps are on the palms of her hands too. I say no. Just legs and down. So he schedules me in for today so he can take a look. After I get off the phone I think... well I didn't notice it on her hands... let me check. Duh.. I should have done that when I was on the phone. Sure enough, she has them there too. Oh great. So I call him back and tell him that she does have them on her palms. He says he thinks it may be hand foot mouth disease and that is the very first time I've ever heard of that! I was thinking hand what? He says it can be very irritatable and has she been eating well. Actually she hasn't. He says it can cause her to not eat well b/c of the pain in the mouth. Great. But at least now I know why she hasn't been eating well. I thought it was just because of ear infection and teething at the same time.
So I take her in and he looks at her and yup... it's hand foot mouth disease. Which, before the appointment, I researched because well... that's what I do. Here's a link in case you are interested to learn more: http://www.babycenter.com/0_hand-foot-and-mouth-disease_1614.bc?page=1 But he presses on a spot and says he likes the blanching (when pressure turns it white). I don't know. He inspects her mouth and yup... there are spots in there too. I would have never known. So there's not really a cure for it. All he can do is prescribe something for the pain in her mouth so that hopefully she'll eat more.
So that's we are. Is she doing better? She's doing the same. But since it's contagious, we have to keep her home which means I worked from home today and will tomorrow too. I think Monday too. Junior's off Tuesday so he can stay home. I'm really hoping I don't catch it but it almost seems like there's no hope. You catch it from contact with drool and secretion like poop and boogies. So.. she's teething and drooling all over the place and she poops like every other baby and still has a runny nose from before. Sooo... hmmm. I mean I'm washing her hands and my hands all the time cleaning her toys... but you can only do so much. Hopefully that, plus a stronger immune system, will be sufficient enough.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Buttinair
As in butt-in-air. So Toni's crawling but she still hasn't reached that speed everyone talks about. Better than when she started, but still a bit slow... for now. We'll see how that long that lasts. But she loves pulling herself up to a standing position while holding onto something. So what is buttinair? That's my new term one of Toni's positions; one I happen to remember liking as a child.
It's getting harder to put her to sleep. Compared to most, still pretty easy, but compared to her regular ways... harder. And I think it's because she's becoming more mobile, she's so fidgety and restless. So when I lay down with her in the bed to help her fall asleep, she tosses and turns and flips and sticks her butt in the air and sometimes stays like that and falls asleep. So that's buttinair.
Yesterday was my friend Jamuna's birthday. So we went to her house just for some cake cutting and usually when we go there, Toni (loving kids so much) is always so fascinated with Sachin. She'll watch his every move and always reach out for him. He usually gives her this look like she's crazy or tries to get away from her. Well last nbight was different I wish I would have caught it all on camera. But I did get some of it. So Toni was sitting on the floor on the rug. Sachin was playing with the rug and for whatever reason it made Toni laugh and laugh and laugh... I mean she was laughing so hard and loud that everyone was watching her. And Sachin was getting a kick out of it. I think her laughing egged him on so he kept doing whatever it was he was doing over and over again.
I didn't get the camera in time to catch it though. I did, however, manage to catch Sachin give Toni hugs and a kiss. It was sooooo cute!
It's getting harder to put her to sleep. Compared to most, still pretty easy, but compared to her regular ways... harder. And I think it's because she's becoming more mobile, she's so fidgety and restless. So when I lay down with her in the bed to help her fall asleep, she tosses and turns and flips and sticks her butt in the air and sometimes stays like that and falls asleep. So that's buttinair.
Yesterday was my friend Jamuna's birthday. So we went to her house just for some cake cutting and usually when we go there, Toni (loving kids so much) is always so fascinated with Sachin. She'll watch his every move and always reach out for him. He usually gives her this look like she's crazy or tries to get away from her. Well last nbight was different I wish I would have caught it all on camera. But I did get some of it. So Toni was sitting on the floor on the rug. Sachin was playing with the rug and for whatever reason it made Toni laugh and laugh and laugh... I mean she was laughing so hard and loud that everyone was watching her. And Sachin was getting a kick out of it. I think her laughing egged him on so he kept doing whatever it was he was doing over and over again.
I didn't get the camera in time to catch it though. I did, however, manage to catch Sachin give Toni hugs and a kiss. It was sooooo cute!
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Milk Only
Ok. So Toni is down for the night already... a bit early but she's had a big day what with starting to crawl and all! But all day she didn't want to eat. She ONLY wanted milk.... wtf? haha! First she was refusing her milk and eating her food and today was total opposite. I'm thinking it's a phase... one I hope doesn't last too long. We shall see.
Earrings
The earrings are back!! Was it easy? Hell no. Did she cry? yes. Did she top as soon I was done? Yes. In fact, I think she forgot about them again. WHEW! I was scared they were closed. I'd try to put it in and it would start to go in but I couldn't find the back. Junior was holding her down so she wouldn't move so she was crying like crazy. So then I tried to do it through the back and it'd go in all the way. SO... I just needed to find it's way from front to back. It was hard partly b/c she was crying so much. I thought... am I hurting her? But then Junior didn't hold her down really and she stopped crying. So I think her being pinned down made her cry more. We have to do that when suctioning out her boogies. She cries then too. I'm still scared though. I don't want it to get infected so I'm going to clean her ears constantly with alcohol. She never reacts to it anyway so it must not hurt her. Man I hope all is well!
Today she started to crawl!!!!! It was funny how she got there, though. At first she was on all fours. Then she'd move her left knee forward and instead of then moving her right knee forward, she get her right foot up on the floor. I call it cralking (crawl/walk). But then eventually through the day she just started using both knees!!! YAY!!! But she is still excited to be pulling herself up and standing so I don't anticipate her crawling for too long before she tries to walk.
Today she started to crawl!!!!! It was funny how she got there, though. At first she was on all fours. Then she'd move her left knee forward and instead of then moving her right knee forward, she get her right foot up on the floor. I call it cralking (crawl/walk). But then eventually through the day she just started using both knees!!! YAY!!! But she is still excited to be pulling herself up and standing so I don't anticipate her crawling for too long before she tries to walk.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
No Milk?
So it's strange. Yesterday Toni refused her milk all day until I gave it to her after work and then before bedtime... without a fight. Today I pick her up and they tell me she refused her milk 2 out of the 3 times she gets it while there. She's still eating all her babyfood and even yogurt, but refused her milk twice and the one time she had it only had 4 oz. Hmmm...
I get home and let he play a bit. After awhile she gets clingy and then starts sucking her thumb. I feed her babyfood and she eats it, but not all of it. She starts getting cranky and looking tired so I get her ready for bed and get her bottle ready. When I give her her bottle, she drinks all 6 oz of it. I mean downs it. I was so tempted to get more milk but she passed out. She's dead asleep at 7pm. It's very weird.
So I'm researching and find MAYBE some possibilities as to why the sudden change. It could be teething, or that she's ready to crawl/walk; she's so interested in her new discovery and the world that is opened up to her who has time to eat. Junior also thinks maybe it's the antibiotics she's taking and maybe it's leaving a bad taste in her mouth. However, that doesn't asnwer why she doesn't give me any problems when giving her the milk. Maybe b/c I'm her mom? But I don't think it has to do with comforting... I don't think. I don't know. I'm stumped. Whatever it is I hope it goes away sooner rather than later. I was ready to up her food intake before this and now I just want her back to what she was doing.
Ear piercing. Can't remember if I blogged about it or not and as you know I have no desire to go back and check. So here it is. This past weekend I was check out her ears as I normally do every so often... just to make sure all is good and that the locks are neither too loose or too tight. Well I notice her left ear looks on a bit tight. The right ear looks fine, but the left one looks a bit tight. Which is odd b/c if anything, locks usually get loose. Not tighter. And I'm pretty sure no one messes with her ears but me, maybe. So I decide to loosen it. But when I do, her ear is bleeding and looks pretty bad. And it's kind of bulging in the back like it was on so tight. Freaked me out! So of course, I take it out and clean with alcohol expecting her to howl from the sting. But she didn't react at all. I was surprised. So I continued to clean it and applied pressure trying to stop the bleeding. It wasn't gushing or anything, but I just wanted to stop it. I ended up putting a tiny band aid on it. I left it like that over the weekend, but before school on monday I decided to take off the other earring b/c I didn't want her going to school with one earring while the other ear healed.
I know. I hated that I had to take her earrings out. I mean, they've been in long enough (well over 6 weeks) and so I'm hoping the holes don't shut. Anyway, today I notice that her ear has healed perfectly fine and so I want to attempt to put her earrings back. But it's so darn hard. I THINK the holes are still there. I started to put one in, but I cannot keep her still. Plus she can feel me doing something and so that's not going to work. I read also that you need to keep the earrins in 6 weeks after the piercing so they don't shut and after that you can change them out but that you need to continously wear them for 6 months so the hole size stays the same! oh man... I hope this week without earrings hasn't done that. I'd hate to get her ears repierced at this point where she may be old enough to remember there are earrings there and mess with them. But then what? Wait until she's old enough to know not to mess with them? That's like 5 or 6 and then she'll really know the pain! Please oh please oh please don't close!
I get home and let he play a bit. After awhile she gets clingy and then starts sucking her thumb. I feed her babyfood and she eats it, but not all of it. She starts getting cranky and looking tired so I get her ready for bed and get her bottle ready. When I give her her bottle, she drinks all 6 oz of it. I mean downs it. I was so tempted to get more milk but she passed out. She's dead asleep at 7pm. It's very weird.
So I'm researching and find MAYBE some possibilities as to why the sudden change. It could be teething, or that she's ready to crawl/walk; she's so interested in her new discovery and the world that is opened up to her who has time to eat. Junior also thinks maybe it's the antibiotics she's taking and maybe it's leaving a bad taste in her mouth. However, that doesn't asnwer why she doesn't give me any problems when giving her the milk. Maybe b/c I'm her mom? But I don't think it has to do with comforting... I don't think. I don't know. I'm stumped. Whatever it is I hope it goes away sooner rather than later. I was ready to up her food intake before this and now I just want her back to what she was doing.
Ear piercing. Can't remember if I blogged about it or not and as you know I have no desire to go back and check. So here it is. This past weekend I was check out her ears as I normally do every so often... just to make sure all is good and that the locks are neither too loose or too tight. Well I notice her left ear looks on a bit tight. The right ear looks fine, but the left one looks a bit tight. Which is odd b/c if anything, locks usually get loose. Not tighter. And I'm pretty sure no one messes with her ears but me, maybe. So I decide to loosen it. But when I do, her ear is bleeding and looks pretty bad. And it's kind of bulging in the back like it was on so tight. Freaked me out! So of course, I take it out and clean with alcohol expecting her to howl from the sting. But she didn't react at all. I was surprised. So I continued to clean it and applied pressure trying to stop the bleeding. It wasn't gushing or anything, but I just wanted to stop it. I ended up putting a tiny band aid on it. I left it like that over the weekend, but before school on monday I decided to take off the other earring b/c I didn't want her going to school with one earring while the other ear healed.
I know. I hated that I had to take her earrings out. I mean, they've been in long enough (well over 6 weeks) and so I'm hoping the holes don't shut. Anyway, today I notice that her ear has healed perfectly fine and so I want to attempt to put her earrings back. But it's so darn hard. I THINK the holes are still there. I started to put one in, but I cannot keep her still. Plus she can feel me doing something and so that's not going to work. I read also that you need to keep the earrins in 6 weeks after the piercing so they don't shut and after that you can change them out but that you need to continously wear them for 6 months so the hole size stays the same! oh man... I hope this week without earrings hasn't done that. I'd hate to get her ears repierced at this point where she may be old enough to remember there are earrings there and mess with them. But then what? Wait until she's old enough to know not to mess with them? That's like 5 or 6 and then she'll really know the pain! Please oh please oh please don't close!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
First ear infection
My Toni has her first ear infection. :( I know it was bound to happen but there was actually a side of me that truly believed that she would neve have one. I mean she made it 8months without one so... I thought... but no.
Monday after Junior picked her up from school then me from work, I could tell she was a bit different... not quite herself. Usually she falls asleep during the ride from her school to my work and when i get in the car she wakes up and we play. But that day when I got in the car she didn't even open her eyes for even second. That and her cheeks were flushed, but she didn't feel warm. Then Junior tells me that the school said she threw up some.
Well I left work a bit early that day because it was my mom's 5 year death anniversary (can't believe it's been that long... seems just like yesterday) and I wanted to visit her before the cemetary closed. So anyway, on the way to the cemetary I wanted to take Toni to the doctors. I'm pretty sure he's open until 7 or 8pm. Anyway, we had to update him on her thrush which went away thanks the Diflucan. So Junior calls him and her doctor wants to see her at 8pm.
By then she was awake, and herself for the most part. He's examining her, checks her ears and... there's fluid in her ears. My poor baby. And she had a low grade fever of 99.5. He said she has the beginning of an ear infection. So at least there's that. At least we caught it earlier rather than later. So he prescribed her some antibiotics (Cefdinir) and told us to keep the Diflucan in case her thrush comes back because of the antibioctis. I hope it doesn't!
So Monday night he fever goes up to 100.5. So we give her some infants tylenol and it breaks the fever. But she didn't sleep well and kicked, tossed and turned so much. I stayed home with her Tuesday; took a sick day. Didn't even attempt to work from home because she was so fussy I knew there was no way I'd get any work done. Her fever was up and down Tuesday up until maybe evening and then she was pretty good since. She still tossed, turn and kicked (I actually have a bruise) throughout the night though. Junior was off today and was going to stay home with her, but he decided she was ok and took her to school. Apparently she didn't drink any milk while at school but other than that was ok. I, personally, don't consider that ok. He tried giving her milk in the car when they picked me up from work but she wouldn't take it. Odd thing is, as soon as I got in the car and she was her happy self, I took the bottle and gave it to her and she drank it all. So I have no clue what was going on there. Maybe she preferred me to feed her? But she ate all her baby food so I don't know. And then she ate her food and had her milk before bedtime too. So not really sure what happened there.
Anyway, we have to do the antibiotics for 10 days but she is definitely doing better I think.
Developmental milestones! She passes items from one hand to the other! I know that may seem so minuit to most people but it's a big thing. Even thought she's used both hands, she now knows she has two hands! Does that make sense? Well anyway... it's a big thing for me! She's also trying to crawl more and more. She seems so overcautious though. Too smart. But I can tell she wants to do it so bad that she starts getting frustrated she isn't. She can pull herself up while holding on to things sometimes. She'll even lean up against something so she can let go and use BOTH hands to grab things and what not.
Here's the best part. She plays peek a boo! Obviously she doesn't say peek a boo but if you throw a blanket over hear head, she'll pull it down and you say peek a boo! Then she'll pull the blanket back up and wait for you to say somethine like, "Toni, where are you?" or "Toni? Oh Toooniii???" and then she'll pull down the blanket again and she has the BIGGEST grin on her face... and it's even cuter now that her teeth are showing more. I need to get pics of this so I can post them. It's way too cute!
So I know I have four months, but I've somewhat started thinking about her first birthday! Any ideas would be great! It's funny because here I am so excited to plan her 1st birthday which is four months from now and in 3 weeks is my 30th birthday and I haven't a clue what to do. hahaha! What can I say, baby first!
Monday after Junior picked her up from school then me from work, I could tell she was a bit different... not quite herself. Usually she falls asleep during the ride from her school to my work and when i get in the car she wakes up and we play. But that day when I got in the car she didn't even open her eyes for even second. That and her cheeks were flushed, but she didn't feel warm. Then Junior tells me that the school said she threw up some.
Well I left work a bit early that day because it was my mom's 5 year death anniversary (can't believe it's been that long... seems just like yesterday) and I wanted to visit her before the cemetary closed. So anyway, on the way to the cemetary I wanted to take Toni to the doctors. I'm pretty sure he's open until 7 or 8pm. Anyway, we had to update him on her thrush which went away thanks the Diflucan. So Junior calls him and her doctor wants to see her at 8pm.
By then she was awake, and herself for the most part. He's examining her, checks her ears and... there's fluid in her ears. My poor baby. And she had a low grade fever of 99.5. He said she has the beginning of an ear infection. So at least there's that. At least we caught it earlier rather than later. So he prescribed her some antibiotics (Cefdinir) and told us to keep the Diflucan in case her thrush comes back because of the antibioctis. I hope it doesn't!
So Monday night he fever goes up to 100.5. So we give her some infants tylenol and it breaks the fever. But she didn't sleep well and kicked, tossed and turned so much. I stayed home with her Tuesday; took a sick day. Didn't even attempt to work from home because she was so fussy I knew there was no way I'd get any work done. Her fever was up and down Tuesday up until maybe evening and then she was pretty good since. She still tossed, turn and kicked (I actually have a bruise) throughout the night though. Junior was off today and was going to stay home with her, but he decided she was ok and took her to school. Apparently she didn't drink any milk while at school but other than that was ok. I, personally, don't consider that ok. He tried giving her milk in the car when they picked me up from work but she wouldn't take it. Odd thing is, as soon as I got in the car and she was her happy self, I took the bottle and gave it to her and she drank it all. So I have no clue what was going on there. Maybe she preferred me to feed her? But she ate all her baby food so I don't know. And then she ate her food and had her milk before bedtime too. So not really sure what happened there.
Anyway, we have to do the antibiotics for 10 days but she is definitely doing better I think.
Developmental milestones! She passes items from one hand to the other! I know that may seem so minuit to most people but it's a big thing. Even thought she's used both hands, she now knows she has two hands! Does that make sense? Well anyway... it's a big thing for me! She's also trying to crawl more and more. She seems so overcautious though. Too smart. But I can tell she wants to do it so bad that she starts getting frustrated she isn't. She can pull herself up while holding on to things sometimes. She'll even lean up against something so she can let go and use BOTH hands to grab things and what not.
Here's the best part. She plays peek a boo! Obviously she doesn't say peek a boo but if you throw a blanket over hear head, she'll pull it down and you say peek a boo! Then she'll pull the blanket back up and wait for you to say somethine like, "Toni, where are you?" or "Toni? Oh Toooniii???" and then she'll pull down the blanket again and she has the BIGGEST grin on her face... and it's even cuter now that her teeth are showing more. I need to get pics of this so I can post them. It's way too cute!
So I know I have four months, but I've somewhat started thinking about her first birthday! Any ideas would be great! It's funny because here I am so excited to plan her 1st birthday which is four months from now and in 3 weeks is my 30th birthday and I haven't a clue what to do. hahaha! What can I say, baby first!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Seeking Representation
OK... so Junior and I have been talking and thought maybe we should look for representation for Toni. I mean... I know we're biased and so Toni is just about the cutest thing in the world, but a lot of people (strangers) will come by to tell us so when out in public. And it's not just a, "aww...." it's, "awww... she's adorable" "gorgeous" "cute" "precious" "Happy!" So... we thought well maybe she is! I mean we know she is, but maybe enough for the public. So anyway, we're looking. If anyone has any ideas and/or tips please share! We have some, but still any input would help! She's such a social, happy baby that I think that will help.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Toni's First Accident
Toni had her first accident tonight. Well not first, but first major accident. Major to me anyway. Luckily she's alright but it did not sit well with me much longer than it did her. And I feel I'm to blame on some level. She was sitting on the bed, in the middle playing with her toy while i changed out of my work clothes into my pjs... all of which i do in front of her so I'm near. I should have known better. I looked away for a split second and she had rolled herself off the bed and I did not get there in time to catch her. My poor baby. I'm still beating myself up for that. Fortunately she is ok... and our bed is fairly low. She didn't hit any edges and didn't fall on her head. She cried and cried and cried though. Breaks my heart. But after she cried, we applied pressure and things all over her body and she was fine. She even went back to her happy self like nothing had happen. So that was good! But until now it still weighs on my mind when I'm sure she has forgotton it by now.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
New Room
Yay!!! So Toni was moved to a new room today... she's growing so fast! I need that remote that Adam Sandler had in that movie 'Click' not to fast forward but to slow time down. haha! ANYWAY... so I picked Toni up from school today and they moved her up to the "transition" room. It's not the infant room, but it's not the toddler room either. It's for age 7mos-12months. They moved her and two other kids her same age... Garon and Kendall. It's so cool watching these other kids grow as well. Flips me out almost just the same. ANYWAY, so she was in this room when I cam to pick her up. They have this little "house" made of that mat type material they use in gyms, but it just has a floor, two walls and one wall has a window, no roof. But it's all mat, the floor and walls. So Toni was in it on her tummy and she was watching the older babies play. The other one's could either just walk or crawl. When I got there, I called her name and normally she'll hear me right away and turn towards my voice and get really excited. This time she was so into the other kids playing that she didn't hear me right away. So I watched her for a bit and this kid threw this little soft toy he had and it landed a couple feet in front of him and also in front of Toni.
Well Toni can't crawl or walk just yet, but it's coming I assure you! I can feel it. It's right there! So as soon as this toy lands, she starts heading for it. Mind you she is still on her tummy so she's wriggling as fast as she can. hahaha! It was a bit hilarious but oh so cute. of course the other kid got it before she did, but she still seemed to happy as if they were playing together. I swear my baby is going to be a social butterfly just like my dad was, her Papa.
So then I call her again and she did her turn like normal like 'whoa i hear my mommy' and got really excited. That gives you one of the best feelings. And she ate ALL of her solids and had ALL of her milk today too! Woo hoo!!! My baby is on her way to chubby! She's such a small eater. When she first started having solids at school, she would eat the stage 1 foods. Stage 2 came and she should only eat half of the food and half to three fourths of the 4 oz milk. After a while I noticed she can definitely drink more milk. So I upped it to 5 oz. So up until today she was having half baby food and 5 oz milk. Well she's been having that pretty consistently and I noticed at home she's been finishing ALL of her baby food with ALL of her milk... sometimes 6 oz milk. So yesterday I told her school to feed her all of her baby food plus still the 5 oz. So today Miss Cynthia tells me she had it all! YAY!!! So I think if she keeps this up consistently I'll up her milk as well since she's not always consistent with that at home.
Sigh.... my baby is growing so fast! Oh yeah. So Lately I could tell that it's a close race between: Will crawling come first or will she skip to walking? She works hard to try and get on all fours and when she does she rocks. But then she's already pulling herself up to standing positions and one time took a step towards the video camera. SO... I know it's coming. And now that she's in the new room, I just know she's going to flourish. My friend Muna tells me that little Sachu was like that and so when he crawled it wasn't for very long before he started walking... like crawling was a very short stage. So she may be like that as well. I know I say I can't wait but I may take that back once she gets there too. hahaha!
I always hear that time flies when your baby is growing up and I knew it did... I could feel it some, but I think this stage is where it blows you away b/c she's going to crawl/walk/talk all in another 6 months or so. Those are huge and in such little time! Good thing I have that video camera now!
Well Toni can't crawl or walk just yet, but it's coming I assure you! I can feel it. It's right there! So as soon as this toy lands, she starts heading for it. Mind you she is still on her tummy so she's wriggling as fast as she can. hahaha! It was a bit hilarious but oh so cute. of course the other kid got it before she did, but she still seemed to happy as if they were playing together. I swear my baby is going to be a social butterfly just like my dad was, her Papa.
So then I call her again and she did her turn like normal like 'whoa i hear my mommy' and got really excited. That gives you one of the best feelings. And she ate ALL of her solids and had ALL of her milk today too! Woo hoo!!! My baby is on her way to chubby! She's such a small eater. When she first started having solids at school, she would eat the stage 1 foods. Stage 2 came and she should only eat half of the food and half to three fourths of the 4 oz milk. After a while I noticed she can definitely drink more milk. So I upped it to 5 oz. So up until today she was having half baby food and 5 oz milk. Well she's been having that pretty consistently and I noticed at home she's been finishing ALL of her baby food with ALL of her milk... sometimes 6 oz milk. So yesterday I told her school to feed her all of her baby food plus still the 5 oz. So today Miss Cynthia tells me she had it all! YAY!!! So I think if she keeps this up consistently I'll up her milk as well since she's not always consistent with that at home.
Sigh.... my baby is growing so fast! Oh yeah. So Lately I could tell that it's a close race between: Will crawling come first or will she skip to walking? She works hard to try and get on all fours and when she does she rocks. But then she's already pulling herself up to standing positions and one time took a step towards the video camera. SO... I know it's coming. And now that she's in the new room, I just know she's going to flourish. My friend Muna tells me that little Sachu was like that and so when he crawled it wasn't for very long before he started walking... like crawling was a very short stage. So she may be like that as well. I know I say I can't wait but I may take that back once she gets there too. hahaha!
I always hear that time flies when your baby is growing up and I knew it did... I could feel it some, but I think this stage is where it blows you away b/c she's going to crawl/walk/talk all in another 6 months or so. Those are huge and in such little time! Good thing I have that video camera now!
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Discovery Green
Today we went to Discovery Green for the first time and the weather was PERFECT for it! I mean I know it's January, but this IS Houston and weather is never consistent. So today with it being a high of low 80's with barely any clouds in the sky... oh man it was great! The wind was blowing but it wasn't cold wind.... just wind and Toni LOVED it! That's this picture right here.
This pic was the end of "airplane" where Junior holds her face down and swings her like she's flying like an airplane. I took a series of continuous shots all of which she had these huge grins but the end shot is the best because you can see all of her face.
This pic was the end of "airplane" where Junior holds her face down and swings her like she's flying like an airplane. I took a series of continuous shots all of which she had these huge grins but the end shot is the best because you can see all of her face.
This shot I took of Junior playing with Toni. No this wasn't staged. He really was playing with her like that and again I took a series of continuous shots and this was one of the good ones.
This shot I just like. We were sitting by the area where the water shoots out from the ground and all the kids were playing in it. It was tempting to let Toni play in it, but with her still with a bit of a cough, wind blowing and no towel we thought, better not. But we did run into this one lady with her 10 month old daughter (Juliet) who was sooo cute. I was tempted to take a picture but thought the mom may not appreciate it... even though we talked for a bit and Toni played with Juliet. Anyway, in terms of height Juliet was not much taller than Toni. Maybe not even a whole inch. But she could walk! So she was playing in the water. She was so cute! I'm definitely taking Toni back when she can walk.
And this picture was just another shot of her smiling she enjoyed today so much! But with this picture, you can see her tooth!!!! You can't see the other one right next to it as it's barely breaking surface right now but that first one I discovered a few days ago is really visible!
My Baby's Growing Up!
Somebody stop her! hahaha... I love it and then I wish she would stop. She's growing so fast. It's been about two days (well it really would have been more like near a week if I didn't give in two days ago!) since I last breastfed her and no engorgement. I think this may be then end of that. I'm a little sad and a little happy too. Sad because it's such a great bond and to know your baby needs you and you can provide like no one else can is really nice. But I guess I'll have to find other ways now. She struggled one night with it when I took her into our bed late one night and wanted to breastfeed and I didn't. She was a little unhappy and really so was I. But I was hurting still from the thrush and hers was getting better and I didn't want to mess that up. But happy because I can do whatever I want now and not have to worry, can I eat that? Will that affect her?
Now she has been sleeping through the night for the most part. I haven't really had to get up at 3 or 4 in the morning to get her and bring her into our bed. She's been sleeping through the night for the most part. I think all the toys she has and the more active she is now causes her to tire and therefore she sleeps WELL. Fine by me! She gets her rest, we get ours... everyone's happy!
Her other tooth has broken surface as well!!! It doesn't show nearly as much as the other one, but I can see two white dots right next to the other one. I can't believe that fairly soon she'll have a toothy smile! awwww... I can imagine! My smiling, laughing baby.. with teeth! It will change everything! So it's funny because I knew all the symptoms of teething but didn't know or was really sure she was teething. Runny nose... well maybe that's due to the cold she has. Putting everything in her mouth... don't babies explore with their mouths? Drooling... isn't that because everything is in her mouth? So yeah... I didn't think.. oh she's teething. When people would ask if she's teething I'd say, "I think so..." but mostly because everyone would always say she must be teething and well... they've been saying that since she was four months! And I think maybe then she really was just exploring with her mouth. ANYWAY... she's teething.
So my sister in law, Lisa, gave us this learning table where you can detach the legs so the baby can sit on the floor and play with it, or keep the legs on and baby can stand and play with it. Sometimes Toni plays while sitting, but the other day I decided to put the legs on and let her stand. She held herself up VERY well. All I had to do was sit behind her in case she fell back which really never happened. But better safe than sorry. Well I video taped her and she was trying to grab for the camer and took a step (with the help of the table of course)! However, she's trying to crawl too. She's at a rocking point and can't always get her knees under her but more beside her like when sitting indian style and just leaning forward. So right now I think it's a close race between crawling and walking. But I can tell. If she could have it her way, she'd skip right to walking. I can tell she gets frustrated that she can't just get up and go. Her mind is there, her body hasn't caught up yet. But soon, very soon I can feel it!
Now she has been sleeping through the night for the most part. I haven't really had to get up at 3 or 4 in the morning to get her and bring her into our bed. She's been sleeping through the night for the most part. I think all the toys she has and the more active she is now causes her to tire and therefore she sleeps WELL. Fine by me! She gets her rest, we get ours... everyone's happy!
Her other tooth has broken surface as well!!! It doesn't show nearly as much as the other one, but I can see two white dots right next to the other one. I can't believe that fairly soon she'll have a toothy smile! awwww... I can imagine! My smiling, laughing baby.. with teeth! It will change everything! So it's funny because I knew all the symptoms of teething but didn't know or was really sure she was teething. Runny nose... well maybe that's due to the cold she has. Putting everything in her mouth... don't babies explore with their mouths? Drooling... isn't that because everything is in her mouth? So yeah... I didn't think.. oh she's teething. When people would ask if she's teething I'd say, "I think so..." but mostly because everyone would always say she must be teething and well... they've been saying that since she was four months! And I think maybe then she really was just exploring with her mouth. ANYWAY... she's teething.
So my sister in law, Lisa, gave us this learning table where you can detach the legs so the baby can sit on the floor and play with it, or keep the legs on and baby can stand and play with it. Sometimes Toni plays while sitting, but the other day I decided to put the legs on and let her stand. She held herself up VERY well. All I had to do was sit behind her in case she fell back which really never happened. But better safe than sorry. Well I video taped her and she was trying to grab for the camer and took a step (with the help of the table of course)! However, she's trying to crawl too. She's at a rocking point and can't always get her knees under her but more beside her like when sitting indian style and just leaning forward. So right now I think it's a close race between crawling and walking. But I can tell. If she could have it her way, she'd skip right to walking. I can tell she gets frustrated that she can't just get up and go. Her mind is there, her body hasn't caught up yet. But soon, very soon I can feel it!
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