I got Toni to say, "Uh-oh!" hahahaha... i love it! She doesn't always get it so perfect each time, but she's working on it. I think it all started with one day we were in the car. Junior was driving and I was in the backseat with her. That song by Beyonce, All the Single Ladies, came on. When that part came I sang to Toni, "Uh-uh-oh! Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh! Uh-uh-oh!" You know what I mean. And then Toni goes, "uh-uh-uh!" It was so cute! Then it occurred to me that saying "Uh-oh" is probably hell of a lot easier than saying "mama" or "dada." Don't get me wrong she says both but indiscriminately right now. And I don't think she can say it on command. So I decided, let's start with "uh-oh" since it's easier. And it proved to be a good decision b/c now when we try to get her to say it, she'll copy. I have a great video of this! I'll have to upload that when I can. I'll load it to the entry so stay tuned for it!
Other new things? Yesterday she discovered her nose. Yes like that. See she has her pointer finger working pretty well now in that she can't point it. So far she hasn't specifically pointed at just one thing, but she points... and pokes... and yesterday... it was in her nose. yep. Mind you.. after she had her hands in her mouth AND she wanted to put them BACK in her mouth after she discovered her nose. Sigh... that weird phase begins. Don't get me wrong. All phases are exciting, but still this one is also weird. Luckily we caught her hands before they went into her mouth and cleaned them off. But I'm sure we won't be able to do that every time.
She's also learned to copy the breath in and out action through your nose. So if I do it to where you can hear it, she'll do the same. We'll go on for about a minute sometimes just doing that. hahahaha....
ALSO, she's practicing to blow. Sometimes I blow on her and she likes the wind effect. Just the other day, she tried to copy me. And though she hasn't perfected it, she's getting there. YAY! Hopefully by her first birthday she can blow out the candle!
I can't believe her first birthday is in about a month and a half!!!! And yes... you have been reading my blog THAT long. I thank you. :)
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Throwing Phase
Toni has reached the throwing phase, definitely. And I think we reinforce it by picking up what she throws and giving it back to her. Initially I thought she was dropping toys. Now I see she is throwing stuff and is probably obeserving the parent picking it up, giving it back to her and she throws it again. How many times will my mom or dad pick it up? Yeah... I caught on after a while so now I leave it. If she's playing in her crib and she throws a toy out, it stays out. I have found myself bending over and picking things up several times so now i leave it. She has this train toy that her Ninang (Godmother) Rachelle gave her and it comes with blocks witht he alphabet so there are 26 blocks. It's a great toy but since she is in the throwing phase... you get my drift. The other day all her blocks were in the little car of the train. She would take one out and throw it at the amoir and watch it bounce off. There are 26 blocks. You do the math. And I... left it all out to lay until she took her nap. hahaha! Are you kidding me? Clean that up and watch her do it all over again? But it's cool. It's another milestone in a way. She's learning cause and effect. However, there is a time when it's a no win situation. When we're at the store, and she's sitting in the child seat (with her cart cover of course!) and after a few minutes she gets ansy. usually giving her a toy or merchandise will keep her happy and occupied. But NOW since she is in this throwing phase... yep you guessed it. She tosses it out of the cart. Well I HAVE to pick it up. And giving it back to her... just tosses out the cart again. I try to catch it before it falls and sometimes I succeed and sometimes I don't. And if I just don't give it to her and put it in the main cart area, she'll whine. Sooo.... you get my drift. BUT still, she isn't half as bad as some other kids I've seen. So I'm thankful for that.
She's still as happy as ever too. And quite the social baby! When we're at a store and someone comments on her, she just has this HUGE smile but she gets a bit shy and she'll kind of hide her face on me but enough to where she can still peek at the person that said something. People love it too. Sometimes she'll interact with them and babble a bit or make some faces. She's so social. It was kind of funny b/c today we were at Target and this couple was saying, "how cute.." etc, etc. She smiled, buried her face in my chest and then made a few faces at the couple. Right after that, this old lady was looking for something in the aisle we were in and Toni kept smiling at her. The lady was so happy to see Toni just smiling at her she said, "what a smily baby!" So the funny part... next this guy is walking by us and so Toni looks at him and starts smiling... and he's just walking by and she has the cheesy smile following him walk by. Poor thing. As he was walking away, her smile dropped and she had this look as if, "what just happened?" since he didn't even seem to notice her. hahaha it was funny to see her try and process that. But yes, definitely a social baby!
Is she walking yet? nope but she is walking more when we hold her hands or when she's holding onto something. And she is trying more and more to stand on her own without holding anything. I really hope she can walk by Easter so she can easter egg hunt! But if not, it's ok... I can at least hold her hands.
She's still as happy as ever too. And quite the social baby! When we're at a store and someone comments on her, she just has this HUGE smile but she gets a bit shy and she'll kind of hide her face on me but enough to where she can still peek at the person that said something. People love it too. Sometimes she'll interact with them and babble a bit or make some faces. She's so social. It was kind of funny b/c today we were at Target and this couple was saying, "how cute.." etc, etc. She smiled, buried her face in my chest and then made a few faces at the couple. Right after that, this old lady was looking for something in the aisle we were in and Toni kept smiling at her. The lady was so happy to see Toni just smiling at her she said, "what a smily baby!" So the funny part... next this guy is walking by us and so Toni looks at him and starts smiling... and he's just walking by and she has the cheesy smile following him walk by. Poor thing. As he was walking away, her smile dropped and she had this look as if, "what just happened?" since he didn't even seem to notice her. hahaha it was funny to see her try and process that. But yes, definitely a social baby!
Is she walking yet? nope but she is walking more when we hold her hands or when she's holding onto something. And she is trying more and more to stand on her own without holding anything. I really hope she can walk by Easter so she can easter egg hunt! But if not, it's ok... I can at least hold her hands.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Almost a toddler
Holy smokes! I'm getting really bad at this. I don't know why so much time lapsed between this post and my last. It's been over a month!!! I think for a while we were so focused on Toni's road to recovery and that bundled with work just took over our free time. I've been so exhausted that I've been sleeping early these days. Once day I put Toni to bed around 8pm which is normal for her. The abnormal part is I went to bed too. And I STILL got up late the next morning. It's crazy. But today she was dead tired. It was a bit strange. But allowed me to do some things I never have time to do. But we'll get to that. Right now it's catch up time!
So after Toni's sickness things just started happening one right after the other like she was trying to make up for lost time! She was crawling much, much faster and started to pull herself up on furniture. Then she started eating twice what she was eating, babbling more, laughing more, playing more... and now pulling herself up to stand on furniture is a breeze. I really think she doesn't need the furniture for help. Its'more like security to her. But she does try standing on her own. It's soooo cute to see her try. I think it's because the act of her trying or practicing to do anything is amazing in itself. It's its own milestone. And then when she does stand on her own for a few seconds it becomes a a big deal to her. She claps or laughs and smiles or all of it! She's still such an amazingly happy baby. I love it!
She can mimic some things we do and responds. She even initiates conversation, though it's babble. But it's like she's really trying to say something to you (or sometimes to Jake) or question something. It's great. My goal? To get her walking by Easter so she can easter egg hunt!!!
So after Toni's sickness things just started happening one right after the other like she was trying to make up for lost time! She was crawling much, much faster and started to pull herself up on furniture. Then she started eating twice what she was eating, babbling more, laughing more, playing more... and now pulling herself up to stand on furniture is a breeze. I really think she doesn't need the furniture for help. Its'more like security to her. But she does try standing on her own. It's soooo cute to see her try. I think it's because the act of her trying or practicing to do anything is amazing in itself. It's its own milestone. And then when she does stand on her own for a few seconds it becomes a a big deal to her. She claps or laughs and smiles or all of it! She's still such an amazingly happy baby. I love it!
She can mimic some things we do and responds. She even initiates conversation, though it's babble. But it's like she's really trying to say something to you (or sometimes to Jake) or question something. It's great. My goal? To get her walking by Easter so she can easter egg hunt!!!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
It never ends
Holy smokes! So, so much has happened that I haven't even had the chance to post a blog. So today (while Toni is taking her nap on this Saturday afternoon) I decided to post one and realize the last one I posted was jan 26!
So basically, Toni's been sick since last Friday night. Friday night (not last night) she threw up and had a fever. So Saturday morning I took her to the doctor. She has, yet, another ear infection. He said the beginning's of an ear infection, but an ear infection nonetheless. It never ends. I think I blogged about her first ear infection. Well then soon after that she caught hand foot mouth diesase (i think i blogged about that too) and then 3 days after she's back in daycare, she starts coughing. That was last wed (before the friday she threw up). It was a small dry cough at first so we weren't too worried, but more just something to keep an eye on.
Thursday came and it got worse. So we decided to keep her home Friday so that she would at least have Friday plus the weekend to get a little better before going back to school that Monday. Plus, That Sautrday was our big 30th birthday bash. And I didn't want to send her to my brother's sick. Well, we ended up staying home and missed our own birthday bash! It sucked but I really wanted to stay home with her; I was pretty worried. She seemed much sicker than her first ear infection. That saturday the dr prescribed her a new antibiotic for her ear infection. For the next two days she continued this routine of vomiting with fevers. It was really worrying us that she would become dehydrated b/c she couldn't keep anything down. Her diapers were smaller than usual and her urine had a stronger smell. All signs of dehydration. Pedialyte, milk, nothing. She couldn't keep it down (well just a little but not much). Monday we call the dr and he switches her back to the antibiotics she had with her first ear infection since we know she did well with that and thinking that this new antibiotic may be too strong for her.
Well, nothing changed. Monday night she seemed ok but early Tues morning (this is now the feb 10) at around 3-4am she woke up vomiting again with a pretty high fever. 102. Mid morning she still wasn't keeping much down so we call the dr again and he see's us late morning. He tests her for RSV, the flu and both came back negative. She still has an ear infection but her fever was now 103 and her heart rate and her breathing are both elevated. He orders us to go to the hospital.
We head to Texas Children's ER where she's now 104 and while they SAID they were going to give us something for her fever while we waited, we got nothing for 2 hours. She's burning up and so fatigued and uninterested in anything. Very unlike her. So Junior basically goes up to the front desk to basically say what the hell? At least take her temp again b/c she's burning up. She's now 105. They are surprised no one gave her anything when we got there. yeah. don't get me started. Stupid ER. So they give her something and we have to force feed pedialyte by a syringe b/c she would gag on the bottles.
We spent 8 hours in the ER and all they did was a UTI test which also came back negative. They believe she must have a stomach virus of some sort and that since it's viral, all we can do is treat the symptoms of fever with some Motrin and let the virus take it's course.
So that's what we have been doing since Tuesday. It's saturday now and she's doing much better although not yet 100%. It's been a whole 24 hours at least since she's vomited. But yesterday she did have a slight fever of about 99. So we gave her Mortin anyway. Now I think her coughing is what's tiring her out (and us) b/c she can't sleep well at night. But at least her appetite is slowly, but surely, on it's way back. Dr. predicts she should be well by Monday/Tuesday. We shall see.
So that's pretty much taken up all of our time lately. This viral infection combined with an ear infection. It's daycare. I know it. And no one is really to blame. There are a million and one germs in daycare with all those kids and with the season of sickness, it was bound to happen. I'm just really hoping it won't be this bad after the sick season passes. otherwise I won't know what to do. We have no one to look to to watch her while we are at work.
So yes. My 30th birthday just flew by. For a whole year I imagined having this huge celebation... actually celebrations but came no where close. haha! It's ok though. I wouldn't have cancelled for anyone but my baby. I was really worried. I'm just glad she;s on her way to recovery.
So basically, Toni's been sick since last Friday night. Friday night (not last night) she threw up and had a fever. So Saturday morning I took her to the doctor. She has, yet, another ear infection. He said the beginning's of an ear infection, but an ear infection nonetheless. It never ends. I think I blogged about her first ear infection. Well then soon after that she caught hand foot mouth diesase (i think i blogged about that too) and then 3 days after she's back in daycare, she starts coughing. That was last wed (before the friday she threw up). It was a small dry cough at first so we weren't too worried, but more just something to keep an eye on.
Thursday came and it got worse. So we decided to keep her home Friday so that she would at least have Friday plus the weekend to get a little better before going back to school that Monday. Plus, That Sautrday was our big 30th birthday bash. And I didn't want to send her to my brother's sick. Well, we ended up staying home and missed our own birthday bash! It sucked but I really wanted to stay home with her; I was pretty worried. She seemed much sicker than her first ear infection. That saturday the dr prescribed her a new antibiotic for her ear infection. For the next two days she continued this routine of vomiting with fevers. It was really worrying us that she would become dehydrated b/c she couldn't keep anything down. Her diapers were smaller than usual and her urine had a stronger smell. All signs of dehydration. Pedialyte, milk, nothing. She couldn't keep it down (well just a little but not much). Monday we call the dr and he switches her back to the antibiotics she had with her first ear infection since we know she did well with that and thinking that this new antibiotic may be too strong for her.
Well, nothing changed. Monday night she seemed ok but early Tues morning (this is now the feb 10) at around 3-4am she woke up vomiting again with a pretty high fever. 102. Mid morning she still wasn't keeping much down so we call the dr again and he see's us late morning. He tests her for RSV, the flu and both came back negative. She still has an ear infection but her fever was now 103 and her heart rate and her breathing are both elevated. He orders us to go to the hospital.
We head to Texas Children's ER where she's now 104 and while they SAID they were going to give us something for her fever while we waited, we got nothing for 2 hours. She's burning up and so fatigued and uninterested in anything. Very unlike her. So Junior basically goes up to the front desk to basically say what the hell? At least take her temp again b/c she's burning up. She's now 105. They are surprised no one gave her anything when we got there. yeah. don't get me started. Stupid ER. So they give her something and we have to force feed pedialyte by a syringe b/c she would gag on the bottles.
We spent 8 hours in the ER and all they did was a UTI test which also came back negative. They believe she must have a stomach virus of some sort and that since it's viral, all we can do is treat the symptoms of fever with some Motrin and let the virus take it's course.
So that's what we have been doing since Tuesday. It's saturday now and she's doing much better although not yet 100%. It's been a whole 24 hours at least since she's vomited. But yesterday she did have a slight fever of about 99. So we gave her Mortin anyway. Now I think her coughing is what's tiring her out (and us) b/c she can't sleep well at night. But at least her appetite is slowly, but surely, on it's way back. Dr. predicts she should be well by Monday/Tuesday. We shall see.
So that's pretty much taken up all of our time lately. This viral infection combined with an ear infection. It's daycare. I know it. And no one is really to blame. There are a million and one germs in daycare with all those kids and with the season of sickness, it was bound to happen. I'm just really hoping it won't be this bad after the sick season passes. otherwise I won't know what to do. We have no one to look to to watch her while we are at work.
So yes. My 30th birthday just flew by. For a whole year I imagined having this huge celebation... actually celebrations but came no where close. haha! It's ok though. I wouldn't have cancelled for anyone but my baby. I was really worried. I'm just glad she;s on her way to recovery.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Go Baby, Go!
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.
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.
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.
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