Julia very rarely watches TV. She might see Sesame Street on Friday's when the IL's watch her. But somehow she has become enamored with Elmo. She would point him out and shout his name anytime she saw him. Julia also has this big Elmo that SIL got her last summer that lives at the IL's house. This Elmo was as big as she was last summer. It scared her then. Now all of a sudden, she LOVES this Elmo.
Sunday morning MIL bought Julia a smaller Elmo that can stay at our house. Well, this Elmo has not left her side since then!! She carries it around, she sleeps with it, she puts a diaper on it, she wraps it up in a blanket, etc.. Tonight, she even decided that Elmo needed to pee on the potty so she put her potty seat on the toilet, put Elmo on it, and then told me that Elmo needed a MnM for sitting on the potty (Julia gets a MnM for sitting on the potty and trying to go), I gave her the MnM and she proceeded to put it in his mouth.
I did manage to keep Elmo in the car when it came time to drop her off at daycare this morning.
Julia has NEVER shown an interest in baby dolls before this. So it is so weird to she her treating it like a real person, like her baby! It is funny that she became so attached to something so fast!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Getting old
I don't consider 30 old, but apparently my body does. My joints have really been bothering me lately. It is mainly my hands, wrists, shoulders and hips. My hips have always hurt me, but the other joints are a fairly new thing in the last year. It almost feels like I am getting the beginnings of arthritis.
Ugh, it sucks to be old!!
Ugh, it sucks to be old!!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
The van
Here are some pictures of my new van.
It has an unusual console. Jerrod really loves the computer and all the info it will give you. (the computer is the big black square, the van was off in this picture.)
I love the fact that it sits so high up. I no longer have to bend over and break my back getting Julia in and out of her carseat. Julia also loves how high it sits because she can see so mouch more now!
It has an unusual console. Jerrod really loves the computer and all the info it will give you. (the computer is the big black square, the van was off in this picture.)
I love the fact that it sits so high up. I no longer have to bend over and break my back getting Julia in and out of her carseat. Julia also loves how high it sits because she can see so mouch more now!
Trick or Treat pictures, FINALLY!
Finally got my home computer fixed so I finally was able to download the pictures off of my camera.
I think Julia had fun ToTing.
The kitty with her personalized ToT pumpkin!
We don't stand still long....
"YEAH, MnM's, my favorite!"
With all of her cousins.
I think Julia had fun ToTing.
The kitty with her personalized ToT pumpkin!
We don't stand still long....
"YEAH, MnM's, my favorite!"
With all of her cousins.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Cats need read to also.
Julia LOVES books and we read her multiple books each night. We probably read her favorite book 3-4 times each (I read it, than she wants Jerrod to read it, then has me read it again, etc) each night too.
One night this week I had just finished reading her a book when she took the book, walked over to where the cats were sitting, and sat down between them and she started reading them the book. We would occasionally look at us and say "Kitty, book", letting us know she was reading the cats the book.
I guess she felt the cats needed read to also.
One night this week I had just finished reading her a book when she took the book, walked over to where the cats were sitting, and sat down between them and she started reading them the book. We would occasionally look at us and say "Kitty, book", letting us know she was reading the cats the book.
I guess she felt the cats needed read to also.
Climbing and class picture
Our steps to the upstairs (where the computer loft and our bedroom is), are really steep and tall. They are also hardwood. It would hurt really bad if Julia fell down them.
Once Julia showed interest in climbing them, we bought an X-pen to wrap around the bottom of the steps (the bottom 3-4 steps are open so a regular baby gate would not work. You can kinda see the set-up in this picture:
This has worked great until last night!
Jerrod went upstairs to work on his computer, I was in the living room cleaning up Julia's mess. We both hear what sounds like Julia climbing the steps. We both run over to look, and sure enough Julia is halfway up the steps already! How she do that??? So after she got upstairs and played a little in the computer loft, I carried her back down the steps and outside the gate and said "Show Mommy how you did that.". She immediately climbed on the toybox and flopped over the gate! She looked at me with such a proud look on her face!
I guess the gate can come down now, it won't be doing any good now that Julia knows how to get over it. Julia is actually really good at climbing stairs and I have no problem letting her do it on other steps that are not so steep. Our steps are just so steep that when she goes down them, if she is not paying attention or tries to go to fast, she slips. That would be a pretty painful fall for her!!
In other news, I received Julia's first ever class picture yesterday. The daycare had someone come in last month to take pictures. Julia's turned out great and we got them about 2 weeks ago. Yesterday when I went to pick Julia up, there was an 8x10 picture in her cubby of her entire "Baby Bears" class (what they call the young toddlers). All 10 of them plus the 2 teachers/caregivers. I hung the picture on the fridge and Julia spent 15 minutes last night telling Jerrod and I the names of everyone in her class and the names of her teachers. It was so cute!
Once Julia showed interest in climbing them, we bought an X-pen to wrap around the bottom of the steps (the bottom 3-4 steps are open so a regular baby gate would not work. You can kinda see the set-up in this picture:
This has worked great until last night!
Jerrod went upstairs to work on his computer, I was in the living room cleaning up Julia's mess. We both hear what sounds like Julia climbing the steps. We both run over to look, and sure enough Julia is halfway up the steps already! How she do that??? So after she got upstairs and played a little in the computer loft, I carried her back down the steps and outside the gate and said "Show Mommy how you did that.". She immediately climbed on the toybox and flopped over the gate! She looked at me with such a proud look on her face!
I guess the gate can come down now, it won't be doing any good now that Julia knows how to get over it. Julia is actually really good at climbing stairs and I have no problem letting her do it on other steps that are not so steep. Our steps are just so steep that when she goes down them, if she is not paying attention or tries to go to fast, she slips. That would be a pretty painful fall for her!!
In other news, I received Julia's first ever class picture yesterday. The daycare had someone come in last month to take pictures. Julia's turned out great and we got them about 2 weeks ago. Yesterday when I went to pick Julia up, there was an 8x10 picture in her cubby of her entire "Baby Bears" class (what they call the young toddlers). All 10 of them plus the 2 teachers/caregivers. I hung the picture on the fridge and Julia spent 15 minutes last night telling Jerrod and I the names of everyone in her class and the names of her teachers. It was so cute!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Must buy yellow clothes
Julia just about went to daycare today in just a diaper because REFUSED to wear anything that was not yellow. (Yellow has become her favorite color and obsession!) Unfortunately, Julia no longer has any yellow clothes. I would pull out an outfit and ask her "How about this?" and she would reply "NO.... Yea-yow". This went on for a number of minutes until I knew she was just not going to be happy.
So after a lot of whining from Julia and begging and being "mean mommy" from me, I finally got Julia dressed for daycare.
Now I am on the hunt for yellow clothes. Unfortunately, yellow is more of a spring color, not a winter color, so it might be a bit of a struggle.
Who knew she would feel so strongly about a color so young?!!
So after a lot of whining from Julia and begging and being "mean mommy" from me, I finally got Julia dressed for daycare.
Now I am on the hunt for yellow clothes. Unfortunately, yellow is more of a spring color, not a winter color, so it might be a bit of a struggle.
Who knew she would feel so strongly about a color so young?!!
Kisses make it all better...
I think this is so cute and sweet.
Julia, being a typical toddler, has her share of spills, bumps and bruises. Most are very minor and barely cause tears on Julia's part.
In the last couple of weeks we have discovered that Mommy and Daddy kisses have magical powers to stop the owie from hurting.
So now when she gets a bump and starts whining/crying, I ask her "Do you want Mommy to kiss it and make it better?". She replies with a half crying "Yea" and points the hurting part of her body to me for the kiss. After the kiss she stops crying and goes back to what she is doing like nothing ever happened. Daddy has the same power to make the owie go away with just a kiss.
I love this so much. I really hope these magical powers don't go away for a long time!
Julia, being a typical toddler, has her share of spills, bumps and bruises. Most are very minor and barely cause tears on Julia's part.
In the last couple of weeks we have discovered that Mommy and Daddy kisses have magical powers to stop the owie from hurting.
So now when she gets a bump and starts whining/crying, I ask her "Do you want Mommy to kiss it and make it better?". She replies with a half crying "Yea" and points the hurting part of her body to me for the kiss. After the kiss she stops crying and goes back to what she is doing like nothing ever happened. Daddy has the same power to make the owie go away with just a kiss.
I love this so much. I really hope these magical powers don't go away for a long time!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Started Christmas shopping
I started Christmas shopping last night. I think I have it figured out in my head about what I am going to get most everyone. I will be doing most of it on-line, so that makes it even easier. I also have Julia's and Jerrod's birthdays to buy for (Jerrod's is 11/28 and Julia's is 12/28). I already know what I am getting Jerrod, I am just putting off buying it until closer to his birthday.
I really hope to be almost completely finished in the next couple of weeks.
I really hope to be almost completely finished in the next couple of weeks.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Growing and Changing
Julia certainly is growing and changing.
When Julia was a little over a year old and we decided to put her in a daycare, she was extremely shy. She would cry and scream when I dropped her off everyday. She had a hard time being comforted by the daycare workers, because to Julia they were strangers and strangers scared her. Even outside daycare she would only really allow me, Jerrod, Jerrod's parents and occasionally my mother hold her. If anyone else tried, she would scream from fright. She could not stand being around more than a couple people at a time.
Now, less than a year later things have really changed. She is still really shy around new situations and lots of people, but it is like she is a different child. She eagerly goes to the daycare workers and cannot wait to play (although she is just as eager to see me when I pick her up). She is constantly giving the daycare workers hugs and lovings. She still plays a lot by herself, but she has made friends and talks about them often (She is always talking about Brooke and Ayla, two of her friends at daycare).
Julia is also getting better at entertaining herself. It used to be that if she was wake, I had to be right next to her. She did not wait me to leave her sight. It went even farther than just me being next to her, I had to be actively engaging her at all times. I could not get anything done while she was awake. Well she is finally starting to play by herself some. I can now take a quick trip to the bathroom or just sit on the couch for a few minutes while she plays on her own in the living room.
Last night we were driving home from daycare I hear Julia playing. She was playing Peek-A-Boo by herself. I would hear her put her hands over her eyes and say "Where Julia go?". She would then remover her hands and say "Peek-a-boo, there she is!". It was just too funny to hear!!
When Julia was a little over a year old and we decided to put her in a daycare, she was extremely shy. She would cry and scream when I dropped her off everyday. She had a hard time being comforted by the daycare workers, because to Julia they were strangers and strangers scared her. Even outside daycare she would only really allow me, Jerrod, Jerrod's parents and occasionally my mother hold her. If anyone else tried, she would scream from fright. She could not stand being around more than a couple people at a time.
Now, less than a year later things have really changed. She is still really shy around new situations and lots of people, but it is like she is a different child. She eagerly goes to the daycare workers and cannot wait to play (although she is just as eager to see me when I pick her up). She is constantly giving the daycare workers hugs and lovings. She still plays a lot by herself, but she has made friends and talks about them often (She is always talking about Brooke and Ayla, two of her friends at daycare).
Julia is also getting better at entertaining herself. It used to be that if she was wake, I had to be right next to her. She did not wait me to leave her sight. It went even farther than just me being next to her, I had to be actively engaging her at all times. I could not get anything done while she was awake. Well she is finally starting to play by herself some. I can now take a quick trip to the bathroom or just sit on the couch for a few minutes while she plays on her own in the living room.
Last night we were driving home from daycare I hear Julia playing. She was playing Peek-A-Boo by herself. I would hear her put her hands over her eyes and say "Where Julia go?". She would then remover her hands and say "Peek-a-boo, there she is!". It was just too funny to hear!!
Another poop story
Who knew I would be doing post after post about Julia's bathroom habits!!!??? Years from now she is going to be so embarrassed when she reads these.
This the the following conversation Julia and I had last evening:
Julia - *face scrunches up and gets a little red*
Me - "Julia, are you pooping?"
Julia - grunts out a strained "Yea", her face gets even redder and pained looking
Me - "Is it hurting?"
Julia - almost crying now "Yesss"
Me - "Well push it out then"
*Julia's face suddenly relaxes and returns to it's normal color*
Me - "Finished?"
Julia - almost sighing "Yeaaaaaa"
*I almost bust a gut laughing*
Me - "Let's go change you then."
*Julia goes running off to her room to be changed*
I really think Julia is her father's daughter in more ways than we know!!
Oh, my family thought it was hilarious that Julia will take off her wet diaper in her crib on the mornings I don't get to her minutes after she wakes up. Sure, it's all funny and cute until she pees again then I am the one stuck changing all the crib bedding! Do you know how HARD it is to put a fitted sheet on a crib mattress?
This the the following conversation Julia and I had last evening:
Julia - *face scrunches up and gets a little red*
Me - "Julia, are you pooping?"
Julia - grunts out a strained "Yea", her face gets even redder and pained looking
Me - "Is it hurting?"
Julia - almost crying now "Yesss"
Me - "Well push it out then"
*Julia's face suddenly relaxes and returns to it's normal color*
Me - "Finished?"
Julia - almost sighing "Yeaaaaaa"
*I almost bust a gut laughing*
Me - "Let's go change you then."
*Julia goes running off to her room to be changed*
I really think Julia is her father's daughter in more ways than we know!!
Oh, my family thought it was hilarious that Julia will take off her wet diaper in her crib on the mornings I don't get to her minutes after she wakes up. Sure, it's all funny and cute until she pees again then I am the one stuck changing all the crib bedding! Do you know how HARD it is to put a fitted sheet on a crib mattress?
Monday, November 3, 2008
At least she is honest!
Julia woke up from her nap one day this weekend and was still dry. So I asked her if she wanted to sit on the potty. (I try to put her on the potty if she wakes up dry because we will occasionally get her to use the potty that way) She told me she did not want to sit on the potty, so I just let it go. She wanted to play in her crib for a bit yet. About 2 minutes later Julia gets this strange look on her face, I ask her if she is going pee. She looks me right in the face and cheerfully goes "YEP". The little stinker!
Last night we were at my parents house. The kids were playing and the adults were sitting in the living room. Julia walks in front of everyone, pats her butt and proclaims "I pooped!". Sure enough she had and she ran to go get her diaper bag.
Hopefully soon she will be able to tell us these things BEFORE she actually goes in her diaper!
Last night we were at my parents house. The kids were playing and the adults were sitting in the living room. Julia walks in front of everyone, pats her butt and proclaims "I pooped!". Sure enough she had and she ran to go get her diaper bag.
Hopefully soon she will be able to tell us these things BEFORE she actually goes in her diaper!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
RIP Stan
I did not want to say anything until everything went though and it was "official", but I am driving a mini van!
Jerrod's car, Stan, was a 1991 Nissan Stanza with 205,000 miles on it. It has been a very good car for us, but he was finally dying. It was time to let him go.
So Saturday we went to the Nissan dealership and found a used 2005 Nissan Quest mini van for a great price. The Quest was probably the only mini van I would consider driving. We bought it that day and drove it home, leaving poor Stan behind. But since the banks were all closed, it would not "officially" be ours until Monday. On Monday I get a call that there was some issues with the paperwork/bank and that we needed to come in and re-sign all the loan paperwork. Everything stayed the same as far as interest rate and payment, but they went with a different bank instead. So I did not want to say anything about the van until the papers have been signed again and it was officially ours. We signed the papers last night after work.
I am now driving around a mini van. I feel like such a hypocrite since I always said I would never, EVER drive a mini van. Being a mom changes your perspective.
Poor Stan got laughed at by everyone. When we told the dealership what we were trading in, the salesman said to us "How much would you pay US to take it?"!!! They did not want it. But they took it and gave us a $100 trade in for it. What a sad ending for Stan.
Like I said, we got a good deal on the van, the finance guy said the dealership actually lost money on the deal. I guess nobody is buying cars and they would only loose MORE money on it if they took it to auction.
I will have to get a picture of it soon.
Jerrod's car, Stan, was a 1991 Nissan Stanza with 205,000 miles on it. It has been a very good car for us, but he was finally dying. It was time to let him go.
So Saturday we went to the Nissan dealership and found a used 2005 Nissan Quest mini van for a great price. The Quest was probably the only mini van I would consider driving. We bought it that day and drove it home, leaving poor Stan behind. But since the banks were all closed, it would not "officially" be ours until Monday. On Monday I get a call that there was some issues with the paperwork/bank and that we needed to come in and re-sign all the loan paperwork. Everything stayed the same as far as interest rate and payment, but they went with a different bank instead. So I did not want to say anything about the van until the papers have been signed again and it was officially ours. We signed the papers last night after work.
I am now driving around a mini van. I feel like such a hypocrite since I always said I would never, EVER drive a mini van. Being a mom changes your perspective.
Poor Stan got laughed at by everyone. When we told the dealership what we were trading in, the salesman said to us "How much would you pay US to take it?"!!! They did not want it. But they took it and gave us a $100 trade in for it. What a sad ending for Stan.
Like I said, we got a good deal on the van, the finance guy said the dealership actually lost money on the deal. I guess nobody is buying cars and they would only loose MORE money on it if they took it to auction.
I will have to get a picture of it soon.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Funny way to wake up.
Today was one of those rare mornings where I woke up before Julia did. So I tried to hurry up and get ready before she woke up.
I was just about done, when I hear movement over the baby monitor. Julia is waking up. Next thing I hear is her singing her ABC's! Yep, she woke up singing her ABC's. What a silly girl.
Also, I ended up being late for work on Monday because Julia and I both over-slept. I had gotten up with Jerrod at 5:45am, then turned off my alarm, figuring Julia will have me awake by 7:30am, per usual. She almost never sleeps past 7:30am. So when she finally wakes, which wakes me up, I look at the clock and see it is 8:45am!!!! WHAT!! She NEVER sleeps that late! Why can't she sleep that late on the weekend?
One other tid-bit. A several mornings now I have gone in Julia's room to get her to she that she has removed her pj's and wet diaper. She will hand me the wet diaper saying "phew", which is her term for all dirty/wet diapers. Not a big deal except that sometimes she pee'd again after removing the diaper, so now the crib bedding has to be stripped. If she hates a wet diaper that much, maybe she should learn to use the potty? Every morning is a surprise as what I will find when I go into her room. I am just VERY thankful that she does not poop overnight.
I was just about done, when I hear movement over the baby monitor. Julia is waking up. Next thing I hear is her singing her ABC's! Yep, she woke up singing her ABC's. What a silly girl.
Also, I ended up being late for work on Monday because Julia and I both over-slept. I had gotten up with Jerrod at 5:45am, then turned off my alarm, figuring Julia will have me awake by 7:30am, per usual. She almost never sleeps past 7:30am. So when she finally wakes, which wakes me up, I look at the clock and see it is 8:45am!!!! WHAT!! She NEVER sleeps that late! Why can't she sleep that late on the weekend?
One other tid-bit. A several mornings now I have gone in Julia's room to get her to she that she has removed her pj's and wet diaper. She will hand me the wet diaper saying "phew", which is her term for all dirty/wet diapers. Not a big deal except that sometimes she pee'd again after removing the diaper, so now the crib bedding has to be stripped. If she hates a wet diaper that much, maybe she should learn to use the potty? Every morning is a surprise as what I will find when I go into her room. I am just VERY thankful that she does not poop overnight.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Baby "boof"
Julia is all about boofs (dogs to you and me) lately. She still freaks out if an excited dog gets too close, but is talks about them all the time though.
This past week she has been talking about baby boofs. Like she wants a baby boof!! Why it has to be a baby boof, is anyone's guess.
This has caused Jerrod and I to start discussing again on when would be a good time to get a dog. We both miss having a dog in the house, but we know how much work they can be and any dog we get will have to be great with kids and cats. That can be a tall order to fill. (For those of you that don't know, we had to put to sleep our last dog because she ruptured a disc in her back and went paralyzed. Since I was 7 months pregnant with Julia at the time, we thought getting a new dog with a baby coming would not be smart.)
Someday, Julia. Someday.....
This past week she has been talking about baby boofs. Like she wants a baby boof!! Why it has to be a baby boof, is anyone's guess.
This has caused Jerrod and I to start discussing again on when would be a good time to get a dog. We both miss having a dog in the house, but we know how much work they can be and any dog we get will have to be great with kids and cats. That can be a tall order to fill. (For those of you that don't know, we had to put to sleep our last dog because she ruptured a disc in her back and went paralyzed. Since I was 7 months pregnant with Julia at the time, we thought getting a new dog with a baby coming would not be smart.)
Someday, Julia. Someday.....
Friday, October 24, 2008
No swimming tomorrow
Julia is going to be so sad. Saturdays mornings are when her swim classes are held. Since she still has a bad cough and runny nose, I don't think it would be wise for her to go swimming.
I feel bad for her since she loves it so much. Hopefully she feels good enough next week!
I feel bad for her since she loves it so much. Hopefully she feels good enough next week!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Bad evening
Poor Julia had a bad evening.
She was being whiny when we got home, nothing in particular wrong, just whining over the little things. I read her several books. She then tried to bite my leg. I told her no and explained again (for the 1000th time), how we don't bite. She looked at me like she understood and then bent over and bit my foot!!! That did get her yelled at and punished. When I finally get her settled down, I can tell she is pissed! She starts kicking and stomping on things. I tell her to stop or she gets a "time-out". She looks at be defiantly and keeps at it. So now she earned herself some time in "time-out". Being the mean mommy I am, I made her sit in time-out even though she had the big alligator tears streaming down her cheeks.
After time-out, I try to settle her down and take her into the kitchen with me so I can work on supper. She likes to sit on the counter while I work. So she was sitting on the counter and I was getting the pan ready. She leaned over to get something and slipped right off the counter. I manage to grab her arm right before she hits the ground, but it scared her pretty bad. (But not bad enough since she wanted back up on the counter a few minutes later.) Not hurt in anyway, just scared.
We make it through supper and her bath without any major problems. After the bath it was time to get ready for bed. Since she was still coughing pretty bad (not croupy, thankfully), I wanted to rub some Vick's on her feet. I have never done that before on Julia and she did not like it at all!! It is very difficult to rub Vick's on her feet, then get socks over said feet without getting Vick's on everything when she struggling to keep her feet away from me the entire time.
Hopefully tonight is much better.
She was being whiny when we got home, nothing in particular wrong, just whining over the little things. I read her several books. She then tried to bite my leg. I told her no and explained again (for the 1000th time), how we don't bite. She looked at me like she understood and then bent over and bit my foot!!! That did get her yelled at and punished. When I finally get her settled down, I can tell she is pissed! She starts kicking and stomping on things. I tell her to stop or she gets a "time-out". She looks at be defiantly and keeps at it. So now she earned herself some time in "time-out". Being the mean mommy I am, I made her sit in time-out even though she had the big alligator tears streaming down her cheeks.
After time-out, I try to settle her down and take her into the kitchen with me so I can work on supper. She likes to sit on the counter while I work. So she was sitting on the counter and I was getting the pan ready. She leaned over to get something and slipped right off the counter. I manage to grab her arm right before she hits the ground, but it scared her pretty bad. (But not bad enough since she wanted back up on the counter a few minutes later.) Not hurt in anyway, just scared.
We make it through supper and her bath without any major problems. After the bath it was time to get ready for bed. Since she was still coughing pretty bad (not croupy, thankfully), I wanted to rub some Vick's on her feet. I have never done that before on Julia and she did not like it at all!! It is very difficult to rub Vick's on her feet, then get socks over said feet without getting Vick's on everything when she struggling to keep her feet away from me the entire time.
Hopefully tonight is much better.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Vacation pictures!
As promised, here are some pictures from our weekend vacation.
All excited to be leaving and in the car!
I thought this would be a really pretty picture, but Julia was not into smiling.
All excited to be leaving and in the car!
Waiting for supper.
I thought this would be a really pretty picture, but Julia was not into smiling.
We did manage to get her to smile for a family picture!
Julia thought vacation was GREAT!! Laying on the bed, watching TV, eating junk food!
At Smoky Mountain National Park. It was cold and windy. Once again, Julia refused to smile for the camera.
Mimi and Bap-pa with Julia.
We bought this little Explorer back back at the park store. Julia loved it. It contained a play whistle, flashlight, little play hatchet and Swiss army knife (it looks just like the one daddy has), etc.
Julia was so fascinated by the waterwheel, that she refused to turn around for a picture!
Jerrod's family had a tradition that every vacation they would have to stand in front of the park sign for a picture. Here we are continuing the tradition with our family!
And their tradition continues on now with grandkids!
Some pictures of the mountains.
This one restaurant we went to had a carousel in it. Since Julia has a recent fascination with horses, MiMi thought it would be neat for us all to ride it. Julia hated it and the rest of us all got motion sick from it!! LOL
Obsession
Julia is OBSESSED with the color yellow. I think it is going to be her favorite color. She has to point out everything that is yellow. Only Julia cannot say her "L's", so it comes out "yea-yo". SOOO cute.
Even though she knows most of her colors, she will tell you something is yellow just because she likes yellow, regardless of what color it actually is. Honestly, I think she really just likes saying the word yellow.
Julia is also picking up and repeating everything we say. MiMi has taught her two news sayings without even knowing it. Many times this weekend, Julia would do something only to have Debbie laugh and say "Oh, Julia". So for the past two days Julia has been walking around the house saying "Oh, Gee-Ah" (Gee-Ah is how she pronounces Julia). I also noticed Debbie said "well, geesh" or "oh, geesh" a lot. Apparently Julia noticed it too, because she is also saying "oh, geesh" a lot lately!
The funnest part is that she actually uses these phrases in the proper context!
In daycare news, Julia bit once last week, bit once yesterday, AND had another attempted bite yesterday that the caregiver was able to catch in time before she actually bit. Julia has not bit in a couple MONTHS! Not sure why she is doing it again. She knows she is not allowed to bite. Daycare pictures also came back yesterday and they turned out GREAT! I ended up buying the whole package. Luckily, they were not too expensive.
Even though she knows most of her colors, she will tell you something is yellow just because she likes yellow, regardless of what color it actually is. Honestly, I think she really just likes saying the word yellow.
Julia is also picking up and repeating everything we say. MiMi has taught her two news sayings without even knowing it. Many times this weekend, Julia would do something only to have Debbie laugh and say "Oh, Julia". So for the past two days Julia has been walking around the house saying "Oh, Gee-Ah" (Gee-Ah is how she pronounces Julia). I also noticed Debbie said "well, geesh" or "oh, geesh" a lot. Apparently Julia noticed it too, because she is also saying "oh, geesh" a lot lately!
The funnest part is that she actually uses these phrases in the proper context!
In daycare news, Julia bit once last week, bit once yesterday, AND had another attempted bite yesterday that the caregiver was able to catch in time before she actually bit. Julia has not bit in a couple MONTHS! Not sure why she is doing it again. She knows she is not allowed to bite. Daycare pictures also came back yesterday and they turned out GREAT! I ended up buying the whole package. Luckily, they were not too expensive.
Monday, October 20, 2008
I cannot believe I am considering this!
Let me start off by saying I hate, HATE, hate mini vans. I always said I would NEVER drive one.
Yea, you can see where this is going....
I am actually considering buying a mini van. It is amazing the things you do once kids are in the picture.
Jerrod's car is on its last legs. It is 18 years old, after all!! We have been having to replace small things here and there. It seems like we have to spend a couple hundred dollars on it every couple of months. Now the heater does not work and Jerrod said one day last week it sounded like a piston was mis-firing. Sure, it could just be a sensor and a spark plug, but it could also be something major. We have put off replacing it because we know we would not get anything for it anyway, so we might as well drive it until it dies. Well, I think it is dying.
I had my mind made up for MONTHS now that I was going to get a Toyota Rav4 when that day finally came. (Jerrod gets my car and I get the new one.) I really wanted a Highlander, but could not justify the price. I was worried about the Rav4 having enough room for us, especially if we have more kids. We drive vehicles until they die, so we would have it a while. Jerrod has been trying to get me into a mini van for YEARS! I have adamantly refused for just as long. BUT, in the back of my mind, I knew a mini van was probably the smartest vehicle to get, I just reused to admit it.
Well, I think I am finally admitting it. We took Jerrod's grandparent's van on our trip this weekend and it was not like the mini vans I remember! It was so nice having the extra room and the fact all 5 of us, and all our stuff, could comfortably fit in to it. I DON"T like the looks of the mini van though. But all the extra space for stuff and people really has it's appeal, ESPECIALLY if we have more kids. It also drove really nice and the inside was very car-like then the mini vans my parents had.
There is ONLY one mini van I would even consider driving, the Nissan Quest. It looks more like a crossover than a mini van. So I did some researching on it today. I must say, I really like it. What I don't like is the price. It is more than a Rav4 would cost. It also has limited availability, since just not many people are buying them, so used inventory is even smaller. (we just cannot afford a new one) But, I have found a dealership that has two 2005 Quests in stock. They have low miles and not a bad price. I think I might be making a trip over there to test drive one, just to see if I could stand owning one.
I feel like such a sell-out and hypocrite. But the more I look and the more I think about it, a mini van is probably the best choice for our family. BLAH..... I hate being responsible!
Yea, you can see where this is going....
I am actually considering buying a mini van. It is amazing the things you do once kids are in the picture.
Jerrod's car is on its last legs. It is 18 years old, after all!! We have been having to replace small things here and there. It seems like we have to spend a couple hundred dollars on it every couple of months. Now the heater does not work and Jerrod said one day last week it sounded like a piston was mis-firing. Sure, it could just be a sensor and a spark plug, but it could also be something major. We have put off replacing it because we know we would not get anything for it anyway, so we might as well drive it until it dies. Well, I think it is dying.
I had my mind made up for MONTHS now that I was going to get a Toyota Rav4 when that day finally came. (Jerrod gets my car and I get the new one.) I really wanted a Highlander, but could not justify the price. I was worried about the Rav4 having enough room for us, especially if we have more kids. We drive vehicles until they die, so we would have it a while. Jerrod has been trying to get me into a mini van for YEARS! I have adamantly refused for just as long. BUT, in the back of my mind, I knew a mini van was probably the smartest vehicle to get, I just reused to admit it.
Well, I think I am finally admitting it. We took Jerrod's grandparent's van on our trip this weekend and it was not like the mini vans I remember! It was so nice having the extra room and the fact all 5 of us, and all our stuff, could comfortably fit in to it. I DON"T like the looks of the mini van though. But all the extra space for stuff and people really has it's appeal, ESPECIALLY if we have more kids. It also drove really nice and the inside was very car-like then the mini vans my parents had.
There is ONLY one mini van I would even consider driving, the Nissan Quest. It looks more like a crossover than a mini van. So I did some researching on it today. I must say, I really like it. What I don't like is the price. It is more than a Rav4 would cost. It also has limited availability, since just not many people are buying them, so used inventory is even smaller. (we just cannot afford a new one) But, I have found a dealership that has two 2005 Quests in stock. They have low miles and not a bad price. I think I might be making a trip over there to test drive one, just to see if I could stand owning one.
I feel like such a sell-out and hypocrite. But the more I look and the more I think about it, a mini van is probably the best choice for our family. BLAH..... I hate being responsible!
Back from vacation
We should have just left Saturday evening after all!
Her fever was climbing Saturday evening, so I finally gave her some Motrin. That seemed to perk her up some. MiMi also gave her a long steamy bath. (Jerrod's parents were with us.) It was 10pm before we all went to bed. But sleep was fitful with Julia's coughing and occasional crying. By midnight, I totally awake worried about Julia. By 2:30am Julia was WIDE awake and was NOT going back to sleep. She was running around the room saying "all done" and refusing to lay in bed.
By 3am, we realize NOBODY is getting any sleep, so we might as well just go home then. So there we are in the middle of the night, packing up, getting ready, and loading the van up. Julia, the little stinker, ended up sleeping most of the way home!! Jerry and I shared the driving. On the way home, Julia cough was sounding much better and only had a low fever. I think laying flat on her back was making it just too hard to breathe. Sitting up in her car seat made it much easier.
We ended up getting home about 10am. Which was kind of nice because then we had the rest of the day to get some things done. Like taking a nap!
The rest of the vacation was nice. We did a lot of shopping and I spent way too much money, but I have not shopped in months. We also spent a day in the Smoky Mountains. It was quite chilly, but neat to see. I am not used to seeing mountains, so it was a treat for me. Also, the leaves were just starting to change colors, so that was pretty to see!
Julia made out like a bandit on the trip with lots of new clothes and toys/books. We also found a great Christmas dress for her. Jerrod also got a lot of new clothes.
Julia's excitement for the whole trip was seeing lots of doggies (which she calls "boofs"). We saw a stray dog at the rest stop AND there were several dogs staying in several of the rooms next to us at the hotel. So Julia got to see lots of boofs and was loving it. She even got to see baby boofs (puppies). She kept asking to see the boofs, so Jerry would take her on a walk in the hallways of the hotel hoping to see one. Jerrod even asked if she wanted a boof of her own and she said "yep". We will have to talk about that....
Julia is feeling much better today. Still has a bit of a cough, but doing much better. Hopefully we have avoided Croup this time.
P.S. I took a LOT of pictures. I will post some once I get them off my camera!
Her fever was climbing Saturday evening, so I finally gave her some Motrin. That seemed to perk her up some. MiMi also gave her a long steamy bath. (Jerrod's parents were with us.) It was 10pm before we all went to bed. But sleep was fitful with Julia's coughing and occasional crying. By midnight, I totally awake worried about Julia. By 2:30am Julia was WIDE awake and was NOT going back to sleep. She was running around the room saying "all done" and refusing to lay in bed.
By 3am, we realize NOBODY is getting any sleep, so we might as well just go home then. So there we are in the middle of the night, packing up, getting ready, and loading the van up. Julia, the little stinker, ended up sleeping most of the way home!! Jerry and I shared the driving. On the way home, Julia cough was sounding much better and only had a low fever. I think laying flat on her back was making it just too hard to breathe. Sitting up in her car seat made it much easier.
We ended up getting home about 10am. Which was kind of nice because then we had the rest of the day to get some things done. Like taking a nap!
The rest of the vacation was nice. We did a lot of shopping and I spent way too much money, but I have not shopped in months. We also spent a day in the Smoky Mountains. It was quite chilly, but neat to see. I am not used to seeing mountains, so it was a treat for me. Also, the leaves were just starting to change colors, so that was pretty to see!
Julia made out like a bandit on the trip with lots of new clothes and toys/books. We also found a great Christmas dress for her. Jerrod also got a lot of new clothes.
Julia's excitement for the whole trip was seeing lots of doggies (which she calls "boofs"). We saw a stray dog at the rest stop AND there were several dogs staying in several of the rooms next to us at the hotel. So Julia got to see lots of boofs and was loving it. She even got to see baby boofs (puppies). She kept asking to see the boofs, so Jerry would take her on a walk in the hallways of the hotel hoping to see one. Jerrod even asked if she wanted a boof of her own and she said "yep". We will have to talk about that....
Julia is feeling much better today. Still has a bit of a cough, but doing much better. Hopefully we have avoided Croup this time.
P.S. I took a LOT of pictures. I will post some once I get them off my camera!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
On vacation, getting Croup
We are currently on vacation in the Smoky Mountains. We leave for home tomorrow morning.
Julia started with a cough today. By late afternoon/early evening the cough was sounding croupy and she was starting to run a fever. We debated just leaving tonight, but that would put us home way after midnight. I figured she would get a better night sleep in the hotel than in her car seat. She is sleeping between us in our bed on vacation, so we will be able to keep a close eye on her tonight.
Poor little girl. Sick on vacation.
Julia started with a cough today. By late afternoon/early evening the cough was sounding croupy and she was starting to run a fever. We debated just leaving tonight, but that would put us home way after midnight. I figured she would get a better night sleep in the hotel than in her car seat. She is sleeping between us in our bed on vacation, so we will be able to keep a close eye on her tonight.
Poor little girl. Sick on vacation.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Ren Fest and Horses
This past weekend the three of us went to the Renaissance Festival. Julia really seemed to enjoy it. She likes to people watch, so she really enjoyed it. We tried to see if she wanted a princess hat or a toy sword, but she wanted nothing to do with it.
Then she saw the giant swing! She wanted to ride it, but unfortunately, she was still a little too small for it. So she had to make do with just watching it. She stood there for 20 minutes just watching it and the kids riding it.
Then she saw the horses. She LOVED the horses. I held her up to the fence and she just stared at them saying "horses" the whole time. They were giving horse rides and Jerrod suggested that we let Julia take a ride. I thought it would not be a good idea; with her extreme fear, I did not think she would get anywhere close to a horse. After about 20 minutes of watching the horses, my arms got tired and we moved on. Julia kept talking about the "horses" and finally she drug Jerrod and I BACK to see the horses. So I finally decided to see if Julia would like a horse ride. Once we got about 5 feet from the horse her grip tightened and she buried her head in my chest. I tried to put her on the horse, but she screamed and screamed. I did not want to frighten the horses (although, they seemed to be pretty bomb proof), and did not want to traumatize Julia, so I gave up on trying to get her one the horse.
This is as close as Julia came to riding a horse that day. She thought it was great fun!
All this week we have been hearing about "horses" from Julia. I told Julia that her Uncle Bill has a horse or two and that the next time we go visit, we will go see them. As long as they don't get too close, Julia will really enjoy it.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Julia's funny sayings
Now that Julia is talking constantly (and I do mean constantly), it is so funny to listen to her. She uses complete sentences most of the time too. Their are two things that Julia says that makes me laugh every time.
First is that she must have been a New Yorker in a past life. She is always asking us "What you doin'?". Yes, she says "doin'" instead of "doing". AND it sounds just like someone from New York saying "doin'". The inflection is spot on!
Next is Julia trying to say her name. Apparently "Julia" is pretty hard for her to say. So instead when she says her name it comes out sounding like "Gee-Ah". Which is a little better than what she was saying a couple weeks ago, "Ah-Gee-Ah". So now we have been calling her "gee-ah". I think she earned herself a new nickname. She will eventually get it, but for now, it is really cute.
I am still in amazement at how fast she is picking things up and how her speech is developing by leaps and bounds. We can usually understand her most of the time now.
First is that she must have been a New Yorker in a past life. She is always asking us "What you doin'?". Yes, she says "doin'" instead of "doing". AND it sounds just like someone from New York saying "doin'". The inflection is spot on!
Next is Julia trying to say her name. Apparently "Julia" is pretty hard for her to say. So instead when she says her name it comes out sounding like "Gee-Ah". Which is a little better than what she was saying a couple weeks ago, "Ah-Gee-Ah". So now we have been calling her "gee-ah". I think she earned herself a new nickname. She will eventually get it, but for now, it is really cute.
I am still in amazement at how fast she is picking things up and how her speech is developing by leaps and bounds. We can usually understand her most of the time now.
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
October 15th, tomorrow, is National "Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance" Day.
I have a wonderful daughter who is the light of my life, but I still occasionally think back at what we went through before her. The two miscarriages.........
I feel strongly that everything happens for a reason, even if you don't understand what that reason is for a long time, if ever. I appreciate Julia SO much more because of my miscarriages. My miscarriages are the reason I did not go insane during the 10 months of colic (well at least not completely insane), I was just so happy to have a baby and be a mom. If I would not have had the miscarriages, Julia would not be here.
Sure, I still get sad and frustrated. I hate the fact that I had to take FIVE pills a DAY in order to prevent another miscarriage and that I need to be on these meds months BEFORE thinking of getting pregnant again. Any pregnancy while not on the meds would probably result in miscarriage. So everything has to be planned in advance; no rash decisions, no "oops" pregnancies, it kind of takes all the romance out of it!:P But I gladly did it for the chance to be a mother and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.
So tomorrow I will allow myself to take a moment to think about the "what would have been's" and mourn my two lost babies. Then I will go back to living in the "now" and loving my daughter.
I have a wonderful daughter who is the light of my life, but I still occasionally think back at what we went through before her. The two miscarriages.........
I feel strongly that everything happens for a reason, even if you don't understand what that reason is for a long time, if ever. I appreciate Julia SO much more because of my miscarriages. My miscarriages are the reason I did not go insane during the 10 months of colic (well at least not completely insane), I was just so happy to have a baby and be a mom. If I would not have had the miscarriages, Julia would not be here.
Sure, I still get sad and frustrated. I hate the fact that I had to take FIVE pills a DAY in order to prevent another miscarriage and that I need to be on these meds months BEFORE thinking of getting pregnant again. Any pregnancy while not on the meds would probably result in miscarriage. So everything has to be planned in advance; no rash decisions, no "oops" pregnancies, it kind of takes all the romance out of it!:P But I gladly did it for the chance to be a mother and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.
So tomorrow I will allow myself to take a moment to think about the "what would have been's" and mourn my two lost babies. Then I will go back to living in the "now" and loving my daughter.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Monkey caught on action!
I told you Julia was becoming a little monkey, I now have proof!
I came home one evening, left Julia to play in the living room while I put her diaper bag away in her room. There was a cable truck in front on the house working on the neighbor's cable. Julia is fascinated by "big trucks". So this is what I saw when I came back into the living room 10 seconds later!
Same night, Daddy was watching her while I was upstairs putting something away. I am not sure what was on the table she wanted...
I came home one evening, left Julia to play in the living room while I put her diaper bag away in her room. There was a cable truck in front on the house working on the neighbor's cable. Julia is fascinated by "big trucks". So this is what I saw when I came back into the living room 10 seconds later!
Same night, Daddy was watching her while I was upstairs putting something away. I am not sure what was on the table she wanted...
My scaredy child.
I don't know if she is going through another fear period or what. But Julia has some extreme fear.
I thought she was finally getting over her fear over everything. She was doing much better socially and was actually doing okay around crowds. Now noises of all sorts scare her. Even airplanes in the sky freak her out. If she hears something she does not like or scares her, she covers her ears and runs to one of us crying.
The daycare brought someone in to do development testing on all the kids. We got Julia's report back today. It said that Julia was really shy for the evaluator and had extreme fearfullness and stranger anxiety. I think they had a hard time assessing her because of it. They marked down that she could not do several things that I KNOW she can do and she does at home on a regular basis. It was because the evaluator could not get Julia to do what s/he asked. They had to rely on the caregivers to tell the evaluator how Julia was doing in certian areas. Out of what they did get Julia to do, it showed she was right on track, even ahead developmentally.
Then we had a bad night last night. Julia cried when put to bed, after a few minutes the cry changed from "I don't want to go to bed", to "I am terrified". I went in to check on her and you could just see the look of terror on her face. I got her settled down and laid her back down. 15 minutes later she is screaming in terror again. Once again I got to her and see she is scared out of her mind. I rock her some more and sing to her to calm her down. In less then 2 songs she was snoring. Poor girl was so tired. Then AGAIN at 4:30am, she was screaming in terror. I rock her some more and she is quickly back asleep. I have no clue what could have scared her so much. She has a night-light in her room.
I really hope this is just another phase she is going through and she will quickly out grow it. I don't know what else I can do to help. I have her in a great daycare with other kids, I take her to swimming classes (which she LOVES), we try to take her out to festivals and other places.
I thought she was finally getting over her fear over everything. She was doing much better socially and was actually doing okay around crowds. Now noises of all sorts scare her. Even airplanes in the sky freak her out. If she hears something she does not like or scares her, she covers her ears and runs to one of us crying.
The daycare brought someone in to do development testing on all the kids. We got Julia's report back today. It said that Julia was really shy for the evaluator and had extreme fearfullness and stranger anxiety. I think they had a hard time assessing her because of it. They marked down that she could not do several things that I KNOW she can do and she does at home on a regular basis. It was because the evaluator could not get Julia to do what s/he asked. They had to rely on the caregivers to tell the evaluator how Julia was doing in certian areas. Out of what they did get Julia to do, it showed she was right on track, even ahead developmentally.
Then we had a bad night last night. Julia cried when put to bed, after a few minutes the cry changed from "I don't want to go to bed", to "I am terrified". I went in to check on her and you could just see the look of terror on her face. I got her settled down and laid her back down. 15 minutes later she is screaming in terror again. Once again I got to her and see she is scared out of her mind. I rock her some more and sing to her to calm her down. In less then 2 songs she was snoring. Poor girl was so tired. Then AGAIN at 4:30am, she was screaming in terror. I rock her some more and she is quickly back asleep. I have no clue what could have scared her so much. She has a night-light in her room.
I really hope this is just another phase she is going through and she will quickly out grow it. I don't know what else I can do to help. I have her in a great daycare with other kids, I take her to swimming classes (which she LOVES), we try to take her out to festivals and other places.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
My child is weird
My child is so weird!
I was driving home with her yesterday and I hear her gagging. I look in the rear view mirror to see her in the mirror hanging by her car seat (You MUST get one of these little mirrors if you have kids, they are awesome!). I see her sticking her fingers in her mouth and down her throat causing herself to gag.
But the weird part is that she thought this was FUNNY!!?? So she kept doing it!! She would stick her fingers down her throat to cause her to gag, then she would laugh! I asked her to stop, but she thought it was just to funny to stop. I thought for sure I was going to be cleaning up a mess when I got home. Luckily, no messes, just one weird kid!
I was driving home with her yesterday and I hear her gagging. I look in the rear view mirror to see her in the mirror hanging by her car seat (You MUST get one of these little mirrors if you have kids, they are awesome!). I see her sticking her fingers in her mouth and down her throat causing herself to gag.
But the weird part is that she thought this was FUNNY!!?? So she kept doing it!! She would stick her fingers down her throat to cause her to gag, then she would laugh! I asked her to stop, but she thought it was just to funny to stop. I thought for sure I was going to be cleaning up a mess when I got home. Luckily, no messes, just one weird kid!
Friday, October 10, 2008
Bedtime
In the last couple of weeks we have been reading Julia bedtime stories. We read to her all the time, we just never started doing it at bedtime. So we finally decided she needed to be read bedtime stories.
Jerrod read the story and Julia and I listen. Right now we are reading the classic fairy tales (not the Disney version, but the Brother's Grimm versions).
Julia has been playing or whining about not wanting to go to bed through the entire stories. Jerrod was getting frustrated and figured Julia was not getting anything out of it and could care less about having a bedtime story. So one night I put her to bed without Jerrod reading to her. She immediately started screaming for Dada and pointing at the book. She really wanted Jerrod to come in and read her the bedtime story!
Julia has also decided that she now has to be covered with a quilt at bedtime. She always sleeps with her Blankie, but when we were without power I did not want her to get too cold at night so I would cover her up with one of her quilts. She now thinks she needed to be covered with the quilt every night. Just like a big girl. She already has to sleep on a pillow and has been for months.
She is growing up so fast. She will be in a big girl bed before to long.
Jerrod read the story and Julia and I listen. Right now we are reading the classic fairy tales (not the Disney version, but the Brother's Grimm versions).
Julia has been playing or whining about not wanting to go to bed through the entire stories. Jerrod was getting frustrated and figured Julia was not getting anything out of it and could care less about having a bedtime story. So one night I put her to bed without Jerrod reading to her. She immediately started screaming for Dada and pointing at the book. She really wanted Jerrod to come in and read her the bedtime story!
Julia has also decided that she now has to be covered with a quilt at bedtime. She always sleeps with her Blankie, but when we were without power I did not want her to get too cold at night so I would cover her up with one of her quilts. She now thinks she needed to be covered with the quilt every night. Just like a big girl. She already has to sleep on a pillow and has been for months.
She is growing up so fast. She will be in a big girl bed before to long.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Julia found her heaven!
Julia has only been to a library once in her life and that was probably a year ago. I don't borrow books from the library anymore because I am TERRIBLE about returning them on time, so I end up with fines. So I no longer allow myself to borrow library books. I just buy books, I buy a bunch at second-hand sales, so that helps. Julia REALLY loves books, so she has a small library herself!
Well, I am putting together some school programs for work. I needed to find some books on life cycles I could read to 2nd graders. So I needed to go to the library.
Last night I pick Julia up and head to the library. I am really hoping I can find what I need fast and get out of there before Julia throws a big fit. I already know what books I want, I just need to look up their call number and find them. So we get to the library and I find the catalog computers. I sit at one and sit Julia in front of the one next to me. She thought it was GREAT that she got her own computer to play with. I quickly look up the call number and write them down on a piece of paper. Julia now thinks she needs her own pencil and paper just like mom. So I give one to her and she scribbles all over the paper pretending to write. She also is clicking the mouse and typing on the keyboard just like mommy! (the computer ONLY went to the library catalog, so I was not worried about Julia messing it up)
I get the info I need and get Julia down start looking for the books I need. This is when Julia realized there were rows and rows and rows of BOOKS!!! She squealed in delight!! She kept saying "books, mommy, books!" while running up and down the aisles of books. She just kept squealing with pleasure at being around this many books!! Since the library did not have many people in it and she obviously was having such a good time, I just let run and squeal.
I find all the books I needed and am ready to check out. It took a little convincing to get Julia away from the books over to the check-out counter. She sat on the counter while I checked out the books. She even found a rubber band that she thought was a bracelet and had to wear it.
It is finally time to leave and I walk her out holding her hand. I think she was reluctant to leave such a wonderful place! She was in HEAVEN around all those books!!
I am definitely going to see if there is a story time at our library we can try to get to. The look on Julia's face when she saw the rows and rows of books was priceless!
Well, I am putting together some school programs for work. I needed to find some books on life cycles I could read to 2nd graders. So I needed to go to the library.
Last night I pick Julia up and head to the library. I am really hoping I can find what I need fast and get out of there before Julia throws a big fit. I already know what books I want, I just need to look up their call number and find them. So we get to the library and I find the catalog computers. I sit at one and sit Julia in front of the one next to me. She thought it was GREAT that she got her own computer to play with. I quickly look up the call number and write them down on a piece of paper. Julia now thinks she needs her own pencil and paper just like mom. So I give one to her and she scribbles all over the paper pretending to write. She also is clicking the mouse and typing on the keyboard just like mommy! (the computer ONLY went to the library catalog, so I was not worried about Julia messing it up)
I get the info I need and get Julia down start looking for the books I need. This is when Julia realized there were rows and rows and rows of BOOKS!!! She squealed in delight!! She kept saying "books, mommy, books!" while running up and down the aisles of books. She just kept squealing with pleasure at being around this many books!! Since the library did not have many people in it and she obviously was having such a good time, I just let run and squeal.
I find all the books I needed and am ready to check out. It took a little convincing to get Julia away from the books over to the check-out counter. She sat on the counter while I checked out the books. She even found a rubber band that she thought was a bracelet and had to wear it.
It is finally time to leave and I walk her out holding her hand. I think she was reluctant to leave such a wonderful place! She was in HEAVEN around all those books!!
I am definitely going to see if there is a story time at our library we can try to get to. The look on Julia's face when she saw the rows and rows of books was priceless!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Hungry
Julia goes through spurts where she is just hungry all the time. She is currently going through one of those spurts.
She is asking for food as soon as we get home from daycare (sometimes even before). She will eat a snack when we get home and STILL eat a huge supper. And yes, the daycare feeds her and says that she actually is a really good eater for them. I just think she just plays so hard that she is hungry often. They do have snack time around 3pm.
The other night I made salmon patties for supper. I was not sure if she would like them. Salmon is a pretty strong flavor. I cut up part of one and she devoured it and asked for more! So I gave her the rest of it. She finished it and was still asking for more! So she got some cheese and a bagel and a cookie for dessert! That is more that I ate for supper!!!
It seems like she eats non-stop sometimes. I guess she is a growing girl going through another growth spurt.
Oh, I was a bad mommy yesterday. I was running a little behind yesterday morning. After getting me and Julia dressed and ready, I realized daycare will have stopped serving breakfast by the time I get there. I really did not have the time to let her sit and eat a bowl of cereal. About that time Julia started asking for a cookie. So I gave in and gave her a cookie and juice to eat on the way to daycare. What a nutritious breakfast! Oh well, Julia at least really enjoyed it!
She is asking for food as soon as we get home from daycare (sometimes even before). She will eat a snack when we get home and STILL eat a huge supper. And yes, the daycare feeds her and says that she actually is a really good eater for them. I just think she just plays so hard that she is hungry often. They do have snack time around 3pm.
The other night I made salmon patties for supper. I was not sure if she would like them. Salmon is a pretty strong flavor. I cut up part of one and she devoured it and asked for more! So I gave her the rest of it. She finished it and was still asking for more! So she got some cheese and a bagel and a cookie for dessert! That is more that I ate for supper!!!
It seems like she eats non-stop sometimes. I guess she is a growing girl going through another growth spurt.
Oh, I was a bad mommy yesterday. I was running a little behind yesterday morning. After getting me and Julia dressed and ready, I realized daycare will have stopped serving breakfast by the time I get there. I really did not have the time to let her sit and eat a bowl of cereal. About that time Julia started asking for a cookie. So I gave in and gave her a cookie and juice to eat on the way to daycare. What a nutritious breakfast! Oh well, Julia at least really enjoyed it!
Monday, October 6, 2008
Some recent pictures
MiMi (Julia's name for Jerrod's mom) and Julia hanging out while we all clean up the yard.
Styling in her sparkly sunglasses.
Ready to drive away in Grandpa's car!
Julia loves to walk around in our shoes, here she is in daddy's. (I think in this picture Julia looks like a spitting image of me when I was that age.)
We still love stickers here. She also loves to put the stickers all up and down her arms, at least it is not on the furniture or the hardwood floors.
Being the girly-girl she likes to be. Hat, sunglasses, necklace, bracelets, watch, tutu and sparkly shoes!
Styling in her sparkly sunglasses.
Ready to drive away in Grandpa's car!
Julia loves to walk around in our shoes, here she is in daddy's. (I think in this picture Julia looks like a spitting image of me when I was that age.)
We still love stickers here. She also loves to put the stickers all up and down her arms, at least it is not on the furniture or the hardwood floors.
Being the girly-girl she likes to be. Hat, sunglasses, necklace, bracelets, watch, tutu and sparkly shoes!
Hurricane Ike pictures
FINALLY, I got my pictures off of my camera and I can show you all how bad our yard looked after Hurricane Ike came through Ohio. Who would have ever thought a HURRICANE would come to OHIO!!!
This is our front yard.
The whole tree bent over and twisted
Here he is trying to cut down that really twisted limb. I was getting pretty scared with him that high up on a ladder with a chainsaw. Luckly, he had on a harness and was tethered to the tree.
Some of the back yard.
This is our front yard.
The whole tree bent over and twisted
Here you can see our electric line hanging down and some of the minor damage done to our spouting.
Our back deck. You can see about 4-5 whole tree broke off in this picture!
More of the deck.
Our front yard. Jerry, Jerrod's dad, is trying to cut up the limbs so we can transport them.
Here he is trying to cut down that really twisted limb. I was getting pretty scared with him that high up on a ladder with a chainsaw. Luckly, he had on a harness and was tethered to the tree.
Some of the back yard.
Julia, Grandma, and Great Grandma supervising all of the yard clean up.
In total, I bet we hauled close to 50 pick-up truck load to the city compost facility. It took 3 weeks to get it all cleaned up, and we still have some dead limbs that are stuck up in the trees that we could not get. After every windy day, a few more fall out.
I am still amazed that we did not have major damage to our house.
Little Monkey
I think Daddy was sleeping on the job!
On Saturday afternoon I ran to pick up a few groceries. I left Julia at home with daddy so we would not have a repeat of the last grocery trip with her screaming through the entire store.
I get home about 45 minutes later and see Julia is applying her sunscreen to her legs. (Julia loves to put on lotion) I ask Jerrod where she got that from, and he said he did not know. I walk into the kitchen and see how she got the sunscreen. It was sitting on the table.
Julia had somehow known it was up there. She pushed out the chair, climbed up on the table, crawled to the other side of the table to get the sunscreen. She then crawled back across the table to the chair to climb off the table and down back to the floor!!
I'm sure Julia was really proud of herself for getting it. You just have to wonder where Daddy was during all of that!LOL
On Saturday afternoon I ran to pick up a few groceries. I left Julia at home with daddy so we would not have a repeat of the last grocery trip with her screaming through the entire store.
I get home about 45 minutes later and see Julia is applying her sunscreen to her legs. (Julia loves to put on lotion) I ask Jerrod where she got that from, and he said he did not know. I walk into the kitchen and see how she got the sunscreen. It was sitting on the table.
Julia had somehow known it was up there. She pushed out the chair, climbed up on the table, crawled to the other side of the table to get the sunscreen. She then crawled back across the table to the chair to climb off the table and down back to the floor!!
I'm sure Julia was really proud of herself for getting it. You just have to wonder where Daddy was during all of that!LOL
Great weekend
We had a GREAT weekend! Did not do anything special, but it was really nice all the same.
Saturday morning Julia had her swimming class. We also finished painting the computer room Saturday. Then Saturday night we had another couple over and we cooked supper over a campfire. Julia got to run around the yard for hours and have fun.
Then on Sunday we went to my parent's house for supper. Everyone was there except for my brother. So Julia got to play with her cousins. Lets just say Christmas is going to be fun this year, and LOUD!
The house even got mostly cleaned. Although that is a never ending battle with 5 cats and a toddler living here.
I finally downloaded the storm pictures off my camera along with some new Julia ones. I hope to get them posted in the next several days. My home computer is soooooo slow, that it takes awhile to do it.
Saturday morning Julia had her swimming class. We also finished painting the computer room Saturday. Then Saturday night we had another couple over and we cooked supper over a campfire. Julia got to run around the yard for hours and have fun.
Then on Sunday we went to my parent's house for supper. Everyone was there except for my brother. So Julia got to play with her cousins. Lets just say Christmas is going to be fun this year, and LOUD!
The house even got mostly cleaned. Although that is a never ending battle with 5 cats and a toddler living here.
I finally downloaded the storm pictures off my camera along with some new Julia ones. I hope to get them posted in the next several days. My home computer is soooooo slow, that it takes awhile to do it.
Friday, October 3, 2008
"I wet" and other Julia "stuff"
I think we are starting to get really close to potty training. Julia is very interested in us using the toilet and wants us to use it on her command. She is also having some success at daycare at going in the potty chair.
Julia is one of those types of people who hates to make mistakes. So until she knows EXACTLY how to do something, she will refuse to do it. But once she does finally decide to try it, she is usually really good at it. We figure potty training is going to be the same way. She is taking everything in and learning all about it, then one day she will finally work up the courage to try it and that will be it! She will be potty trained! I hope that maybe that will happen by the time she is 2, but I am not going to push it.
BUT....I think she is starting to understand the feeling of having to go. She will also tell us when she has gone by coming up to us, pointing at her diaper and saying "I wet". Or if she poops, she will say "I poop". The other night Julia was up in the middle of the night. Unless she has a poopy diaper, I don't chance waking her up even more by changing her. But this night, after making sure she was fine, I go to put her back in her crib and she says "Mommy, I wet" "I wet, I wet". So I had to change her diaper before she would let me put her back in her crib. Then another night, I changed her and got her ready for bed. After about 2 minutes (while I was still working on her pj's) she said "I wet". Sure enough, she was. She is also starting to ask to sit on the potty. She is usually always already wet by the time we get her diaper off, but I think the time between when she realizes she has to go until the time she actually goes is so short, that we just cannot get her on the potty fast enough. It will come with time though...
Little miss is also got an attitude. One morning she spilled her dried cereal all over the floor. I told her to pick them up. She looked at me and say "Mommy do it!"!!!!! Sorry babe, I am not your maid/servant.
She is getting good with her colors and speach. One morning I held up two outfits and asked which one she wanted to wear. She pointed to the navy one and said "The blue one"!!! WOW, I am impressed.
Julia also ripped her very first book page this week. Julia has this favorite book that I bought second-hand for a dime. She has loved it from the time she was tiny. Even though it had paper pages (unlike a baord book), she had always been really careful with it. In fact, she is careful with all of her books that have paper pages. But she ripped her favorite book this week. She had it in the car with her. I think the page had a small tear in it just from the constant use it gets. Well Julia saw it and just could not help herself, she just had to make the tear bigger and bigger. Since she was in her carseat and I was driving, I could not do anything to stop it other than to tell her "no". Well, if you read my pervious post, you would know that she does not listen very well anymore. So the page got almost entirely ripped. She is going to be back to board books only in the car. I will have to search Amazon and see if I can find another copy of this book.
Julia is one of those types of people who hates to make mistakes. So until she knows EXACTLY how to do something, she will refuse to do it. But once she does finally decide to try it, she is usually really good at it. We figure potty training is going to be the same way. She is taking everything in and learning all about it, then one day she will finally work up the courage to try it and that will be it! She will be potty trained! I hope that maybe that will happen by the time she is 2, but I am not going to push it.
BUT....I think she is starting to understand the feeling of having to go. She will also tell us when she has gone by coming up to us, pointing at her diaper and saying "I wet". Or if she poops, she will say "I poop". The other night Julia was up in the middle of the night. Unless she has a poopy diaper, I don't chance waking her up even more by changing her. But this night, after making sure she was fine, I go to put her back in her crib and she says "Mommy, I wet" "I wet, I wet". So I had to change her diaper before she would let me put her back in her crib. Then another night, I changed her and got her ready for bed. After about 2 minutes (while I was still working on her pj's) she said "I wet". Sure enough, she was. She is also starting to ask to sit on the potty. She is usually always already wet by the time we get her diaper off, but I think the time between when she realizes she has to go until the time she actually goes is so short, that we just cannot get her on the potty fast enough. It will come with time though...
Little miss is also got an attitude. One morning she spilled her dried cereal all over the floor. I told her to pick them up. She looked at me and say "Mommy do it!"!!!!! Sorry babe, I am not your maid/servant.
She is getting good with her colors and speach. One morning I held up two outfits and asked which one she wanted to wear. She pointed to the navy one and said "The blue one"!!! WOW, I am impressed.
Julia also ripped her very first book page this week. Julia has this favorite book that I bought second-hand for a dime. She has loved it from the time she was tiny. Even though it had paper pages (unlike a baord book), she had always been really careful with it. In fact, she is careful with all of her books that have paper pages. But she ripped her favorite book this week. She had it in the car with her. I think the page had a small tear in it just from the constant use it gets. Well Julia saw it and just could not help herself, she just had to make the tear bigger and bigger. Since she was in her carseat and I was driving, I could not do anything to stop it other than to tell her "no". Well, if you read my pervious post, you would know that she does not listen very well anymore. So the page got almost entirely ripped. She is going to be back to board books only in the car. I will have to search Amazon and see if I can find another copy of this book.
Terrible Two's
Oh my, has Julia entered the terrible two's!!!
I noticed at about 18 months Julia started throwing temper tantrums, doing things she knew she is not allowed doing, being mean when mad and just outright disobeying us. I figured then at we were headed into the terrible two's.
OH.MY.GOD....She has taken it to an entirely new level lately!! Temper tantrums complete with throwing herself on the floor and flopping around all the while screaming. She also tries to bite, hit, scratch and throw things when she is going through one of these tantrums. I try to ignore them, but after 20-30 minutes, I just have to intervene.
I am just amazed how quickly she can go from happy Julia, to a full out fit! I am also amazed at what such minor things can set her off.
I had to get some groceries last night. I think Julia screamed almost the entire time. She wanted something, but I would not let her have it, so she screamed. And when I did let her have something, she would play with it for 10 seconds before throwing it on the floor, only to scream when I would not give it back to her. By the end she was in such a tantrum, that if I did not have her strapped into the cart, she would have seriously hurt herself with the way she was thrashing about!
I think Julia is going to be spending a lot of time in time out if she keeps this up!
I noticed at about 18 months Julia started throwing temper tantrums, doing things she knew she is not allowed doing, being mean when mad and just outright disobeying us. I figured then at we were headed into the terrible two's.
OH.MY.GOD....She has taken it to an entirely new level lately!! Temper tantrums complete with throwing herself on the floor and flopping around all the while screaming. She also tries to bite, hit, scratch and throw things when she is going through one of these tantrums. I try to ignore them, but after 20-30 minutes, I just have to intervene.
I am just amazed how quickly she can go from happy Julia, to a full out fit! I am also amazed at what such minor things can set her off.
I had to get some groceries last night. I think Julia screamed almost the entire time. She wanted something, but I would not let her have it, so she screamed. And when I did let her have something, she would play with it for 10 seconds before throwing it on the floor, only to scream when I would not give it back to her. By the end she was in such a tantrum, that if I did not have her strapped into the cart, she would have seriously hurt herself with the way she was thrashing about!
I think Julia is going to be spending a lot of time in time out if she keeps this up!
My motherly instincts were right!
First off let me say Julia is FINALLY better! She actually went to daycare Weds and Thursday.
Pedi finally called Weds afternoon with the tests rests. Urine was negative, rapid strep was negative. But white cell count was up and she was anemic. Pedi was a little concerned with her being anemic, but thought it was just from being sick. So nothing to show what was wrong with Julia. Pedi actually said that there might be a chance that she has Mono!!!!! WHAT!! Aren't you sick for WEEKS with Mono? Urgh....
I had a really hard time believing it was not Strep again. Considering this latest illness acted EXACTLY like the last when she had strep. AND the fact that Julia spit out so much of her antibiotics. I had thought all along that it was just the Strep back. So the negative Strep test confused me.
Then the Pedi calls back early Thursday morning. The lab incubated the strep test for 48 hours and IT came back POSITIVE!! The pedi did not get that result back until late Weds night. I just KNEW IT!!!! Julia had the same symptoms, same everything as last time.
I asked it that meant more antibiotics. The pedi said since Julia is now doing fine, we will hold off on antibiotics. BUT if she spikes a fever in the next several days, all I have to do is call the office and they will call me in an antibiotic for her. There is an order already written up in Julia's chart for it.
So, my motherly instincts were right! I really should have pushed for the Strep test in the beginning. Luckily, Julia is a trooper and does not seem bothered by her recent sicknesses.
Pedi finally called Weds afternoon with the tests rests. Urine was negative, rapid strep was negative. But white cell count was up and she was anemic. Pedi was a little concerned with her being anemic, but thought it was just from being sick. So nothing to show what was wrong with Julia. Pedi actually said that there might be a chance that she has Mono!!!!! WHAT!! Aren't you sick for WEEKS with Mono? Urgh....
I had a really hard time believing it was not Strep again. Considering this latest illness acted EXACTLY like the last when she had strep. AND the fact that Julia spit out so much of her antibiotics. I had thought all along that it was just the Strep back. So the negative Strep test confused me.
Then the Pedi calls back early Thursday morning. The lab incubated the strep test for 48 hours and IT came back POSITIVE!! The pedi did not get that result back until late Weds night. I just KNEW IT!!!! Julia had the same symptoms, same everything as last time.
I asked it that meant more antibiotics. The pedi said since Julia is now doing fine, we will hold off on antibiotics. BUT if she spikes a fever in the next several days, all I have to do is call the office and they will call me in an antibiotic for her. There is an order already written up in Julia's chart for it.
So, my motherly instincts were right! I really should have pushed for the Strep test in the beginning. Luckily, Julia is a trooper and does not seem bothered by her recent sicknesses.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Off for more tests
Well the pedi called back. She is also concerned about Julia having a high fever this long without any other symptoms. She thinks Julia might have developed a bladder infection from the antibiotics she was on.
So I have to go pick her up and go back to the Children's Hospital for more tests. She wants a urine culture and more blood work. She is also going to do a strep test. I am worried that with Julia spitting out part of the antibiotics, that maybe they did not knock out all the strep and it is back.
I hope they figure something out!
So I have to go pick her up and go back to the Children's Hospital for more tests. She wants a urine culture and more blood work. She is also going to do a strep test. I am worried that with Julia spitting out part of the antibiotics, that maybe they did not knock out all the strep and it is back.
I hope they figure something out!
This is getting old
Julia's high fever is back. I have a call into the Pedi to figure this out.
I just don't understand it. After Wednesday's high fever, she only had a low fever on Thursday, none on Friday, but it started to come back Saturday evening. By Saturday night she was burning up again. Yesterday she was just miserable! Her fever was spiking over 104.5!!!! Even the Motrin could not bring it all the way back down.
I just want my baby to be better....
I just don't understand it. After Wednesday's high fever, she only had a low fever on Thursday, none on Friday, but it started to come back Saturday evening. By Saturday night she was burning up again. Yesterday she was just miserable! Her fever was spiking over 104.5!!!! Even the Motrin could not bring it all the way back down.
I just want my baby to be better....
Friday, September 26, 2008
"I burp"
I think Julia got her daddy's sense of humor. She thinks burping and farting are hilarious!!
She will burp then go "I burp" and just laugh! The other night Jerrod farted and she went "I burp" and laughed. Which of course had us laughing that she was claiming Jerrod's fart as her burp.
Yes, we are a twisted family....
She will burp then go "I burp" and just laugh! The other night Jerrod farted and she went "I burp" and laughed. Which of course had us laughing that she was claiming Jerrod's fart as her burp.
Yes, we are a twisted family....
Screaming
Julia has discovered the joy of screaming. Not screaming because she is crying, just screaming because she can!
While I love that she is learning new things and is expressing herself, the screaming needs to be limited to the outside. She especially loves to scream in the car. A closed space with her loud, high-pitched screaming, Oi! It is almost as bad as nails on a chalkboard.
I think I might need to invest in earplugs! Telling her to stop last all of about 10 seconds!
While I love that she is learning new things and is expressing herself, the screaming needs to be limited to the outside. She especially loves to scream in the car. A closed space with her loud, high-pitched screaming, Oi! It is almost as bad as nails on a chalkboard.
I think I might need to invest in earplugs! Telling her to stop last all of about 10 seconds!
On the mend?
I hope I am not jinxing myself, but I think Julia is on the mend.
She only had a very low grade fever yesterday and this morning her temp was normal!
Yesterday and today she has been running around like a fool, so she must be feeling better!
Swimming classes start tomorrow and as long as she does not take a downturn till then, I think we are safe to go. She will be so excited!
She only had a very low grade fever yesterday and this morning her temp was normal!
Yesterday and today she has been running around like a fool, so she must be feeling better!
Swimming classes start tomorrow and as long as she does not take a downturn till then, I think we are safe to go. She will be so excited!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Even higher fever
So much for Julia getting better.
She just woke up from her nap with a fever of over 104!!!!
Called the pedi and they are squeezing us in.
It scares me when her fever gets that high, even if they said a high fever in kids is not as serious as in adults.
*Update*
Pedi thinks it is just a virus. I am not convinced. This is just how thing started last time. I have to wonder if the antibiotic did not knock out all the strep and now it is back.
I will not let this go on as long as last time. It went on for 8 days before I demand they do something.
She just woke up from her nap with a fever of over 104!!!!
Called the pedi and they are squeezing us in.
It scares me when her fever gets that high, even if they said a high fever in kids is not as serious as in adults.
*Update*
Pedi thinks it is just a virus. I am not convinced. This is just how thing started last time. I have to wonder if the antibiotic did not knock out all the strep and now it is back.
I will not let this go on as long as last time. It went on for 8 days before I demand they do something.
Another high fever
Urgh..... Julia just got over being sick!
I noticed that Julia was a little warm on Saturday and Sunday. I figured she was either running around too much or she was teething again. She acted just find so I did not think too much about it. On Monday she seemed fine, maybe just a touch warm.
Yesterday morning when I got her up, she seemed a little warm. I took her temp and it said it was about 100. She was still acting fine so I thought it as either from teething or from sleeping all cuddled up with her Blankie.
BUT.... I get a call at lunchtime saying Julia is running a fever of 102.5 and that I needed to come get her. By the time I got her home and took her temp it was up to 103. Luckily, she took the Motrin like she used to and I did not have to force it in her like I did the antibiotics. Motrin brought the fever back down and Julia was back to running around.
Unfortunately, the Motrin wore off before the next dose was due, so she spent about an hour on my lap feeling awful.
So today I am home with Julia. Boy, I have been really going through my sick leave lately. Jerrod is working on a big project at work, so he cannot stay home with her.
Fortunately, she is doing much better today. Still running a fever, but it has not climbed as high. Hopefully, it was just a little bug that is on its way out now.
I noticed that Julia was a little warm on Saturday and Sunday. I figured she was either running around too much or she was teething again. She acted just find so I did not think too much about it. On Monday she seemed fine, maybe just a touch warm.
Yesterday morning when I got her up, she seemed a little warm. I took her temp and it said it was about 100. She was still acting fine so I thought it as either from teething or from sleeping all cuddled up with her Blankie.
BUT.... I get a call at lunchtime saying Julia is running a fever of 102.5 and that I needed to come get her. By the time I got her home and took her temp it was up to 103. Luckily, she took the Motrin like she used to and I did not have to force it in her like I did the antibiotics. Motrin brought the fever back down and Julia was back to running around.
Unfortunately, the Motrin wore off before the next dose was due, so she spent about an hour on my lap feeling awful.
So today I am home with Julia. Boy, I have been really going through my sick leave lately. Jerrod is working on a big project at work, so he cannot stay home with her.
Fortunately, she is doing much better today. Still running a fever, but it has not climbed as high. Hopefully, it was just a little bug that is on its way out now.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Latest Julia tid-bits
Julia has been so fun lately.
She loves to sing. They do what they call "circle time" at daycare almost everyday. I think circle time is when all the toddlers sit in a circle and sing songs. It is really neat to hear Julia to start singing a song, complete with hand/arm motions. Most of the time I can even pick up what song she is singing! Her current favorite songs are: The Wheels on the Bus, Itsy Bitsy Spider, BINGO, Old Mac Donald, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, ABC's, among others.
Julia is also obsessed with colors. Right now she can identify blue, yellow, green, and purple. If she sees any of these colors she makes sure you know it! She is also starting to get the other colors too.
She is starting to count. The other day she was climbing the stairs and was counting each one on the way up! I did not think a 20 month old toddler was supposed to be able to count and say her ABC's! I work with her, but I think the daycare plays a big role in this.
Julia's vocabulary and language skills continue to amaze me. This was a conversation between Julia and Debbie (MiMi).
Julia (to Debbie) - Did you poop?
Debbie - Um....Did you poop?
Julia - Yep!
I think Julia is going through a growth spurt because she has really been eating. A LOT. Sometimes it really amazes me just how much she can eat. I am not sure where she puts it all. Last night she had have her first Oreo cookies. It took her less than 20 seconds to figure how to take the top off and lick the filling!
Finally, I signed Julia back up for swimming classes. She loved swimming so much this summer, I wanted to have her take swimming classes this winter just to stay comfortable with the pool. The classes start this Saturday. They are a bit of a hassle, but Julia really enjoys them, so they are worth it.
She loves to sing. They do what they call "circle time" at daycare almost everyday. I think circle time is when all the toddlers sit in a circle and sing songs. It is really neat to hear Julia to start singing a song, complete with hand/arm motions. Most of the time I can even pick up what song she is singing! Her current favorite songs are: The Wheels on the Bus, Itsy Bitsy Spider, BINGO, Old Mac Donald, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, ABC's, among others.
Julia is also obsessed with colors. Right now she can identify blue, yellow, green, and purple. If she sees any of these colors she makes sure you know it! She is also starting to get the other colors too.
She is starting to count. The other day she was climbing the stairs and was counting each one on the way up! I did not think a 20 month old toddler was supposed to be able to count and say her ABC's! I work with her, but I think the daycare plays a big role in this.
Julia's vocabulary and language skills continue to amaze me. This was a conversation between Julia and Debbie (MiMi).
Julia (to Debbie) - Did you poop?
Debbie - Um....Did you poop?
Julia - Yep!
I think Julia is going through a growth spurt because she has really been eating. A LOT. Sometimes it really amazes me just how much she can eat. I am not sure where she puts it all. Last night she had have her first Oreo cookies. It took her less than 20 seconds to figure how to take the top off and lick the filling!
Finally, I signed Julia back up for swimming classes. She loved swimming so much this summer, I wanted to have her take swimming classes this winter just to stay comfortable with the pool. The classes start this Saturday. They are a bit of a hassle, but Julia really enjoys them, so they are worth it.
Not my taste buds!
My German taste buds cannot handle spicy/hot food. Growing up, our food was always pretty bland. We liked it that way. Jerrod likes his food on the spicy/hot side. It has only been in the last several years that I am actually starting to tolerate some spicy/hot food. Not as spicy/hot as Jerrod likes it, but it is a start.
Julia, on the other hand, must not have inherited my German taste buds. She loves spicy/hot food! She loves Mexican food and even Indian food (especially curry!!!!)! On Saturday night we went out to a Mexican restaurant. Julia got her own bowl of salsa. At one point she gave up trying to eat it with chips and was eating it with her fork! Chucks of tomatoes, onions, and all! She finished off her bowl and was asking for more. She then ate most of her burrito too! She just loves Mexican.
It is so weird for me to see a toddler eating salsa and curry. It makes for some REALLY nasty diaper too!
Julia, on the other hand, must not have inherited my German taste buds. She loves spicy/hot food! She loves Mexican food and even Indian food (especially curry!!!!)! On Saturday night we went out to a Mexican restaurant. Julia got her own bowl of salsa. At one point she gave up trying to eat it with chips and was eating it with her fork! Chucks of tomatoes, onions, and all! She finished off her bowl and was asking for more. She then ate most of her burrito too! She just loves Mexican.
It is so weird for me to see a toddler eating salsa and curry. It makes for some REALLY nasty diaper too!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Back to normal!
Well, we are never "normal", but we are back to "life as it is".
We lucked out and got power back on Saturday. Apparently, some crew supervisor for DP&L was driving around and saw our power line laying in our front yard and so he told his crew to get over to our house and fix it!!! YEAH!!!! We would still be waiting for power if it was up to DP&L dispatch to send someone out. The crew supervisor stopped about 10 minutes after the crew left and asked if we had power back. I told him yes and that is when he told me he was the one that sent the crew to our house! I almost kissed him!!!!
Julia is doing MUCH better now that things are back to the way they should be. She actually slept in on Sunday. (Which means she was up by 7:30am but played in her crib and let me get a little more sleep. I think I finally went in and got her about 8:15-8:30).
Now my fridge is squeaky clean inside from having to clean it out. I need to get to the store and re-stock it.
We lucked out and got power back on Saturday. Apparently, some crew supervisor for DP&L was driving around and saw our power line laying in our front yard and so he told his crew to get over to our house and fix it!!! YEAH!!!! We would still be waiting for power if it was up to DP&L dispatch to send someone out. The crew supervisor stopped about 10 minutes after the crew left and asked if we had power back. I told him yes and that is when he told me he was the one that sent the crew to our house! I almost kissed him!!!!
Julia is doing MUCH better now that things are back to the way they should be. She actually slept in on Sunday. (Which means she was up by 7:30am but played in her crib and let me get a little more sleep. I think I finally went in and got her about 8:15-8:30).
Now my fridge is squeaky clean inside from having to clean it out. I need to get to the store and re-stock it.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Up means down!
Julia is so funny.
She has the "up, up, up.." thing down pat. She is constantly saying "up" when she wants picked up. But she is having a little trouble remembering "down" even though she knows what it means. So when she wants down she says "up", even though she is already in my arms. It is so funny to be holding her and have her say "up, up" when she CLEARLY wants DOWN! LOL Every now and then, she remembers to say "down" instead of "up" when she wants down, but most of the time it is "up" when she really wants down. Silly girl!
Still no electricity
We still have no electricity. Last report said it will probably be next week before we get it back.
This is getting really old, really fast. I don't like having to do everything by flashlight. I am tired of soup and peanut butter sandwiches.
And tomorrow we are going to take on the task of trying to clean up our yard. The city has a place we can take all the limbs and tree debris. So at least we don't have to worry about chipping it up and finding a home for the big stuff. It is just going to be a LONG day.... I finally took pictures of the yard, but until we get electric on back home, I cannot upload them to the computer to post them.
I think we are going to spend some time at someone's house who has electricity this weekend!!!
Oh, Julia is still all upset about everything. When Jerrod got up this morning at 5am, Julia was crying in her crib. Since the baby monitor needs electricity and I cannot hear Julia from our bedroom, I have no clue how long she had been crying. She just seemed so scared. She refused to go back to sleep, so we just got up and got going. I was in the office EARLY this morning...
Edited to add - I just called the power company and they said it would be at LEAST next week before we would get power back!! I think we will be spending most of the weekend somewhere else!!!
This is getting really old, really fast. I don't like having to do everything by flashlight. I am tired of soup and peanut butter sandwiches.
And tomorrow we are going to take on the task of trying to clean up our yard. The city has a place we can take all the limbs and tree debris. So at least we don't have to worry about chipping it up and finding a home for the big stuff. It is just going to be a LONG day.... I finally took pictures of the yard, but until we get electric on back home, I cannot upload them to the computer to post them.
I think we are going to spend some time at someone's house who has electricity this weekend!!!
Oh, Julia is still all upset about everything. When Jerrod got up this morning at 5am, Julia was crying in her crib. Since the baby monitor needs electricity and I cannot hear Julia from our bedroom, I have no clue how long she had been crying. She just seemed so scared. She refused to go back to sleep, so we just got up and got going. I was in the office EARLY this morning...
Edited to add - I just called the power company and they said it would be at LEAST next week before we would get power back!! I think we will be spending most of the weekend somewhere else!!!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Poor confused Julia
The remains of Hurricane Ike blew through on Sunday and unexpectedly picked up power. We were one of the millions effected. We lost several HUGE trees and the tops of of many more. Our electric line has been completely snapped off from the power pole and is laying in our yard. Some minor damage to our house (spouting ripped off, hole in the screened-in porch, etc..), but we are without power. We have been told it will be the end of the weekend or even the beginning of next week before we get power back. (My work has power, that is how I am posting this.)
All of this is really confusing Julia. She is old enough to understand that something is wrong and different, but not old enough to understand what is going on. I think it really confuses her that we are eating in the dark and the TV has not been on for several days. I also think the whole thing is stressing her out. She picked up on our stress on Sunday and Monday (we have now got things under control and have no problem riding it out), so she is also stressed. Everything is different to her and she does not know why. Normally her room has a nightlight, so I think that is scaring her some too, having to sleep in the complete dark.
Then this morning you could just see the stressed/confused look on her face when I dropped her off at daycare and they too were in the dark. Several days without going to daycare and when she finally does, it's also has no lights (they have plenty of windows, so it was not REALLY that dark).
Poor girl. She does not deal well with change anyway, and to have all these strange things happening, well it must be hard on her.
All of this is really confusing Julia. She is old enough to understand that something is wrong and different, but not old enough to understand what is going on. I think it really confuses her that we are eating in the dark and the TV has not been on for several days. I also think the whole thing is stressing her out. She picked up on our stress on Sunday and Monday (we have now got things under control and have no problem riding it out), so she is also stressed. Everything is different to her and she does not know why. Normally her room has a nightlight, so I think that is scaring her some too, having to sleep in the complete dark.
Then this morning you could just see the stressed/confused look on her face when I dropped her off at daycare and they too were in the dark. Several days without going to daycare and when she finally does, it's also has no lights (they have plenty of windows, so it was not REALLY that dark).
Poor girl. She does not deal well with change anyway, and to have all these strange things happening, well it must be hard on her.
Friday, September 12, 2008
MINE!!
Oh, give me strength!!!
Julia is getting very demanding and vocal about her things as of late.
For the last couple of day when we try to take something away from her or she really wants something she screams "MINE!!"! Oh my!!! We no longer get "please", we get "MINE".
If someone keeps this up, she just might discover how fun "time outs" are!
(I think someone is slightly spoiled!!)
Julia is getting very demanding and vocal about her things as of late.
For the last couple of day when we try to take something away from her or she really wants something she screams "MINE!!"! Oh my!!! We no longer get "please", we get "MINE".
If someone keeps this up, she just might discover how fun "time outs" are!
(I think someone is slightly spoiled!!)
Hurt, hurt....
Luckily, we have NEVER had a problem with diaper rash with Julia. We knew she had sensitive skin, so we were really careful about constantly changing her so she never sat in a wet/dirty diaper. So we rarely had to use any diaper cream.
So imagine my surprise when Julia started to develop a rash on her bottom. I put a little diaper cream on it figuring it would clear right up. But it didn't. It did not really spread, but you could tell it was hurting Julia. She would squirm and fussy when I would touch it to put cream on it.
The other night she pooped in her diaper and then immediately grabbed her butt and starting whining. I went to go change her. As I set her down on the changing table, she lifted up her butt so it was not touching the pad and said "Hurt, hurt". I cleaned her up, all the while she was saying "hurt, hurt".
With her being on antibiotics and the rash not clearing up with regular diaper cream, I figured it had to be a yeast rash. Called the pedi, who called in a prescription cream for Julia.
It is looking much better today, but she is still fussing and squirming every time I touch it to put the cream on it, so it most still hurt.
Poor baby.....
But in good news, she is back to feeling 100%!!!! We also finished up the antibiotics this morning, so no more struggling to get it into her.
So imagine my surprise when Julia started to develop a rash on her bottom. I put a little diaper cream on it figuring it would clear right up. But it didn't. It did not really spread, but you could tell it was hurting Julia. She would squirm and fussy when I would touch it to put cream on it.
The other night she pooped in her diaper and then immediately grabbed her butt and starting whining. I went to go change her. As I set her down on the changing table, she lifted up her butt so it was not touching the pad and said "Hurt, hurt". I cleaned her up, all the while she was saying "hurt, hurt".
With her being on antibiotics and the rash not clearing up with regular diaper cream, I figured it had to be a yeast rash. Called the pedi, who called in a prescription cream for Julia.
It is looking much better today, but she is still fussing and squirming every time I touch it to put the cream on it, so it most still hurt.
Poor baby.....
But in good news, she is back to feeling 100%!!!! We also finished up the antibiotics this morning, so no more struggling to get it into her.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Language EXPLOSION!
Julia has really had a language explosion over the course of the last 2 months or so. Multiple new words daily. More and more sentences. And not just simple sentences anymore, she is moving to complex sentences!!! Just constant jabbering...
The other night DH was changing cat litter, Julia and I were in the living room. She saw where DH went then looked at me and said "I go where dad go" before taking off after him.
Also, multiple times a day, Julia will look at one of us and jabber a sentence over and over. She obviously knows what she is saying, but because she is still working on her annunciation, we don't always understand what she is trying to say. She is so proud of herself for talking in sentences, but gets so frustrated when we don't understand her.
She is also fascinated by big trucks. Every time she sees one or hears one it is "big truck". She also knows what a bus is too and will say "bus" when we pass one. Monday morning the garbage truck came by as I was dressing Julia. She saw it out her window and she stood there the entire time it collected the trash watching it and saying "big truck"! We could not continue getting dressed until the "big truck" finished and drove away. Some parent at daycare drives a Hummer, and every time Julia sees it she makes sure I know it is a "big truck"!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Such a girl!
I know I have said it multiple times already, but Julia is really scaring me with how much of a girly-girl she is!! This is new territory for me!
The other night Julia took being girly to a whole new level!!
Picture this - She has a bracelet on each wrist, purse slung over her shoulder, her sparklely play dress-up shoes on, sparklely sunglasses on, and is pushing her shopping cart around the house!!! I really wish I had the camera handy for that scene! I was too busy laughing and being in a state of terror at what the years ahead will bring!
The other night Julia took being girly to a whole new level!!
Picture this - She has a bracelet on each wrist, purse slung over her shoulder, her sparklely play dress-up shoes on, sparklely sunglasses on, and is pushing her shopping cart around the house!!! I really wish I had the camera handy for that scene! I was too busy laughing and being in a state of terror at what the years ahead will bring!
More potty training success
Julia has yet to actually "go" on the potty at home, but she is having some success at daycare.
When I picked her up from daycare yesterday, they said that she actually pooped a little in the potty chair!!! That is the first for that!!! I think it helps that she sees all the other kids using the toilets and she wants to do the same.
I think she is starting to get the concept though...
On Sunday, Jerrod went to use the bathroom. Julia followed him in (we don't discourage her watching, we figure it will only help her figure it out). So she watched Jerrod "go". As soon as he was done and flushed the toilet, she grabbed her potty seat (it fits over top of the regular toilet), and put it on the toilet. She then tried to get undressed so she could sit on the potty. I guess she thought it was her turn. Unfortunately, she did not go. But she is really starting to understand the concept. Hopefully, she will have it figured it out soon.
When I picked her up from daycare yesterday, they said that she actually pooped a little in the potty chair!!! That is the first for that!!! I think it helps that she sees all the other kids using the toilets and she wants to do the same.
I think she is starting to get the concept though...
On Sunday, Jerrod went to use the bathroom. Julia followed him in (we don't discourage her watching, we figure it will only help her figure it out). So she watched Jerrod "go". As soon as he was done and flushed the toilet, she grabbed her potty seat (it fits over top of the regular toilet), and put it on the toilet. She then tried to get undressed so she could sit on the potty. I guess she thought it was her turn. Unfortunately, she did not go. But she is really starting to understand the concept. Hopefully, she will have it figured it out soon.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Colors and "phew"
I have not really worked to hard on colors with Julia yet. We go over them occasionally when reading certain books, but generally I am not pushing it yet. Well, apparently she is picking it up anyway! She has known the color blue for a long time now, but she is now added yellow to the list of colors she knows.
This morning I was getting her dressed. I was getting ready to put yellow socks on her. I soon as I started putting one on her foot, she pointed to it and said "yellow". I told her "that is right, your sock is yellow". I then put on her other sock, to which she pointed and said yellow again. She then looks up at me all proud of herself. Then she saw the shirt laying on the dresser that I was going to put on her. "Yellow", she said as she picked up the yellow shirt.
So we got blue and yellow down. We will just have to work on the other colors. Although she is also getting pretty good with "red".
I have accidentally taught Julia how to say "phew" when I change her diapers. Her poppy diapers smelled so bad, that usually once I opened the diaper I would go "phew". Well, Julia has picked up on this. Now when ever I change her diaper, regardless if it is poppy or not, she says "phew" as soon as I open it up!!
Oh, Julia saw a squirrel playing in the yard this weekend. She watched it intently and kept saying "kitty, kitty". Gavin has a pretty fluffy tail too, so it must be hard to know that a squirrel is not a kitty!! I just don't think that "kitty" will let Julia pet it!!!
This morning I was getting her dressed. I was getting ready to put yellow socks on her. I soon as I started putting one on her foot, she pointed to it and said "yellow". I told her "that is right, your sock is yellow". I then put on her other sock, to which she pointed and said yellow again. She then looks up at me all proud of herself. Then she saw the shirt laying on the dresser that I was going to put on her. "Yellow", she said as she picked up the yellow shirt.
So we got blue and yellow down. We will just have to work on the other colors. Although she is also getting pretty good with "red".
I have accidentally taught Julia how to say "phew" when I change her diapers. Her poppy diapers smelled so bad, that usually once I opened the diaper I would go "phew". Well, Julia has picked up on this. Now when ever I change her diaper, regardless if it is poppy or not, she says "phew" as soon as I open it up!!
Oh, Julia saw a squirrel playing in the yard this weekend. She watched it intently and kept saying "kitty, kitty". Gavin has a pretty fluffy tail too, so it must be hard to know that a squirrel is not a kitty!! I just don't think that "kitty" will let Julia pet it!!!
Sick Julia update
It has been a little crazy....
Fortunately Julia is FINALLY on the road to recovery.
After talking to my pedi early Friday afternoon, I ended up taking Julia down to Children's Hospital for a bunch more tests. They did x-rays, bloodwork, and another urine culture. All that and we still did not have any real answers. The pedi switched the antibiotic that we were giving Julia. Although, Julia's strep throat culture came back negative, my pedi felt VERY strongly that the strep had settled into her body somewhere, especially since I had strep throat at about the same time her fever started.
Poor Julia hated all the tests and would start crying "all done" as soon as anyone in scrubs would walk in the room. It broke my heart to hear it....
The change in antibiotics seems to have done the trick though. Because she was feeling better on Saturday and her fever did not spike very high. By Sunday, you would have never known she was sick at all. She had no fever and was running around playing.
Getting the medicine into her is a trick in itself. I even paid EXTRA for the pharmacy to flavor the meds, but Julia was having none of it. She had always been wonderful about taking medicine up until this point. I would just hand her the little cup and she would drink it up. But now Jerrod has to put her in a big bear hug, pinning her arms to her sides. I then hold her nose shut, tilt her head back and squirt the medicine in the back of her throat. She has to swallow it if she wants to breathe. Although she still manages to spit some out. I think we are lucky if she actually swallows half of the medicine she is supposed to get.
This is also the first time in Julia's life that she has had to have antibiotics.
The whole ordeal wore me out and had me quite worried, but Julia seems no worse for wear.
Fortunately Julia is FINALLY on the road to recovery.
After talking to my pedi early Friday afternoon, I ended up taking Julia down to Children's Hospital for a bunch more tests. They did x-rays, bloodwork, and another urine culture. All that and we still did not have any real answers. The pedi switched the antibiotic that we were giving Julia. Although, Julia's strep throat culture came back negative, my pedi felt VERY strongly that the strep had settled into her body somewhere, especially since I had strep throat at about the same time her fever started.
Poor Julia hated all the tests and would start crying "all done" as soon as anyone in scrubs would walk in the room. It broke my heart to hear it....
The change in antibiotics seems to have done the trick though. Because she was feeling better on Saturday and her fever did not spike very high. By Sunday, you would have never known she was sick at all. She had no fever and was running around playing.
Getting the medicine into her is a trick in itself. I even paid EXTRA for the pharmacy to flavor the meds, but Julia was having none of it. She had always been wonderful about taking medicine up until this point. I would just hand her the little cup and she would drink it up. But now Jerrod has to put her in a big bear hug, pinning her arms to her sides. I then hold her nose shut, tilt her head back and squirt the medicine in the back of her throat. She has to swallow it if she wants to breathe. Although she still manages to spit some out. I think we are lucky if she actually swallows half of the medicine she is supposed to get.
This is also the first time in Julia's life that she has had to have antibiotics.
The whole ordeal wore me out and had me quite worried, but Julia seems no worse for wear.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Very concerned and so tired!
We are now on day 8 (EIGHT!!!) of the high fever!!!!
I am getting really concerned. This long with a high fever cannot be good for her, neither can all the Motrin I have giving her to keep her fever under control.
I am getting conflicting opinions from the pedi office. Our regular one called yesterday morning put her on the antibiotics, since I has strep throat last week, she figures she caught something from me. The other pedi in the office (the one we saw on Weds) called yesterday afternoon to ask about her. When I told him she still had the high fever, he wanted to do chest x-rays and bloodwork. When I told him the other pedi prescribed antibiotics several hours ago, he relented on the other tests and agreed to give the antibiotics 24 hours to work first.
Luckily, Julia is still drinking fluids and I have been really pushing them. I don't want her to get dehydrated. I have been watching her diapers for it. She will also eat if the Motrin is working.
She was up at 4am this morning crying. She was just shivering!! (she has been like this the last 3 mornings). The house is not too cold and she is wearing pj's with long sleeves and pants. So I wrapped her up in a quilt and we just rocked. Less than an hour later, the shivering was gone replaced by the fever. She then vomited on me TWICE!! This was all before 6am!!!! She has not vomited for days. I think it happens when her fever spikes too high. Unfortunately she just had a dose of Motrin at 4am. By now, she really wanted something to drink, but I was afraid of giving her too much and then it coming back up. It was so sad because she was holding her cup up to me saying "more, more", in a pathetic voice.
My in-law's are watching her today so I can at least get some work done at the office this week. I am about to call and see how she is doing so I can call the pedi to figure out the game plan.
I am really worried about my baby and I am so tired from the lack of sleep!! I am actually surprised they have not put her in the hospital yet. This just seems too long to be waiting it out....
I am getting really concerned. This long with a high fever cannot be good for her, neither can all the Motrin I have giving her to keep her fever under control.I am getting conflicting opinions from the pedi office. Our regular one called yesterday morning put her on the antibiotics, since I has strep throat last week, she figures she caught something from me. The other pedi in the office (the one we saw on Weds) called yesterday afternoon to ask about her. When I told him she still had the high fever, he wanted to do chest x-rays and bloodwork. When I told him the other pedi prescribed antibiotics several hours ago, he relented on the other tests and agreed to give the antibiotics 24 hours to work first.
Luckily, Julia is still drinking fluids and I have been really pushing them. I don't want her to get dehydrated. I have been watching her diapers for it. She will also eat if the Motrin is working.
She was up at 4am this morning crying. She was just shivering!! (she has been like this the last 3 mornings). The house is not too cold and she is wearing pj's with long sleeves and pants. So I wrapped her up in a quilt and we just rocked. Less than an hour later, the shivering was gone replaced by the fever. She then vomited on me TWICE!! This was all before 6am!!!! She has not vomited for days. I think it happens when her fever spikes too high. Unfortunately she just had a dose of Motrin at 4am. By now, she really wanted something to drink, but I was afraid of giving her too much and then it coming back up. It was so sad because she was holding her cup up to me saying "more, more", in a pathetic voice.
My in-law's are watching her today so I can at least get some work done at the office this week. I am about to call and see how she is doing so I can call the pedi to figure out the game plan.
I am really worried about my baby and I am so tired from the lack of sleep!! I am actually surprised they have not put her in the hospital yet. This just seems too long to be waiting it out....
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Worried about Julia
Julia has had a high fever since Friday. The pedi said at our appt on Saturday that it was just a virus. It has now been 6 days and she is still running a high fever. So we went back to the pedi today. The pedi was also concerned that the fever is dragging on this long. Her ears are clear, her heart and lungs sound fine. Her throat was a little red, but nothing to indicate she caught the strep throat I had last week. But they took a swab of her throat anyway and are culturing it overnight. They also collected a urine sample to rule out a UTI. The initial tests looked fine, but they are also going to culture it overnight.
The pedi said he is not sure the cause of the fever. If the cultures are negative tomorrow and Julia is still running a fever, they would be doing bloodwork to figure this out.
This afternoon, her temp spiked up to 104.2!!! Luckily it was time for another dose of Motrin and once that kicked in, the fever came down. She is not eating well, but she is luckily still drinking. It is times like this that I am glad she is on the chunky side, so I don't have to worry about too much weight loss on top of everything else.
I am worried about my baby.....
The pedi said he is not sure the cause of the fever. If the cultures are negative tomorrow and Julia is still running a fever, they would be doing bloodwork to figure this out.
This afternoon, her temp spiked up to 104.2!!! Luckily it was time for another dose of Motrin and once that kicked in, the fever came down. She is not eating well, but she is luckily still drinking. It is times like this that I am glad she is on the chunky side, so I don't have to worry about too much weight loss on top of everything else.
I am worried about my baby.....
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Still puny and the result of colic....
Still trying to get over the plagues here. I am feeling MUCH better now that our wonderful pediatrician gave me an antibiotic that actually will get rid of strep throat! My throat is still sore, but I doing so much better than I was. I thought Julia was doing better, hardly any fever at all on Monday, was happy and playing. But then around 10pm last night, I heard her crying. I go check on her and her fever had spiked back up to 103! So I gave her more Motrin and just rocked her for awhile.
This morning she just acted so puny. No temp, but she was actually shivering!! Her feet and hands were cold and slightly blue!! She had on pj's with long sleeves and pants, and it was not that chilly in her room, so I am not sure where that came from. She just wanted held, with her head buried in my chest/shoulder. I gave her another dose of Motrin, even though she did not have a fever, I thought it would help her feel better. Luckily, my mom was able to watch her today, so I could go to work. By the time we got to my parent's house (a 45 minute drive), the Motrin had kicked in and she was perking up. The pedi said that it could take 5 days for the virus to completely work through her system.
Poor little girl. Makes me so sad to see her like this.
I think this is an example of JUST how much Julia cried when she was going through colic......
The speaker in the baby monitor stopped working. Since Julia sleeps on a separate floor and there are 2 closed doors between us at night, I don't feel comfortable going without a monitor yet. I told DH I will get rid of the monitor when Julia is big enough to get out of bed (she is still in a crib) and come get us if something is wrong. But until that time, we need to have a monitor.
Luckily, the monitor I have has too receivers, but since one speaker already went out (and the fact I really like two receivers), I think it is time to replace the whole monitor system. Our current one was fairly cheap and was given to us as a gift. The main problem with our current monitor is that when the receivers are plugged in to an outlet (and they always are, otherwise it would eat through batteries), you hear a LOT of static coming through. It is REALLY annoying and I want to avoid it in our next monitor.
This morning she just acted so puny. No temp, but she was actually shivering!! Her feet and hands were cold and slightly blue!! She had on pj's with long sleeves and pants, and it was not that chilly in her room, so I am not sure where that came from. She just wanted held, with her head buried in my chest/shoulder. I gave her another dose of Motrin, even though she did not have a fever, I thought it would help her feel better. Luckily, my mom was able to watch her today, so I could go to work. By the time we got to my parent's house (a 45 minute drive), the Motrin had kicked in and she was perking up. The pedi said that it could take 5 days for the virus to completely work through her system.
Poor little girl. Makes me so sad to see her like this.
I think this is an example of JUST how much Julia cried when she was going through colic......
The speaker in the baby monitor stopped working. Since Julia sleeps on a separate floor and there are 2 closed doors between us at night, I don't feel comfortable going without a monitor yet. I told DH I will get rid of the monitor when Julia is big enough to get out of bed (she is still in a crib) and come get us if something is wrong. But until that time, we need to have a monitor.
Luckily, the monitor I have has too receivers, but since one speaker already went out (and the fact I really like two receivers), I think it is time to replace the whole monitor system. Our current one was fairly cheap and was given to us as a gift. The main problem with our current monitor is that when the receivers are plugged in to an outlet (and they always are, otherwise it would eat through batteries), you hear a LOT of static coming through. It is REALLY annoying and I want to avoid it in our next monitor.
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