Ella will not give up trying to squeeze into her bumbo even though she always gets stuck and we have to come bail her out.
Is this a normal phase of toddlerhood... trying to see exactly how small of a space you can wedge your little butt into?
Ella and Grandma on Grandma's Birthday. Ella loves her earrings and since they're clip ons, Ella get to wear them.
More Birthday celebration.
Ella's hair is getting so long and unruly. I really want to take her to get it cut, but I'm scared. She's so squirming and hates any one messing with her, so I'm worried it'll end up a disaster.
Daddy's attempt at pigtails.
She loves imitating everything we do. Earlier today I was trying to get her down for a nap and she was being less than cooperative. I kind of threw my head back, looked up at the ceiling and took a deep breath, (so I wouldn't strangle her) and when I looked back at her she did the same thing- eye roll and all. It's pretty amusing to she your behaviour mimicked by a one year old, puts it in a whole different perspective.
Mommy's attempt at pigtails. It was pretty cute, but it didn't last very long.
Ella is sick, sick, sick again. She never got over the cough from her last cold and her allergies have been kind of bad, but now she's full blown sick. Looking back, I think it started Monday. She stopped eating or drinking much, but she can be really picky, so we didn't think too much about it. Then Thursday night, she was coughing so much that she threw up four times from about 11pm-2am, sheets and pj changes included. Friday morning she seemed surprisingly ok, but we put a call into her pedi's office to ask about the coughing. She ended up taking a very long nap that afternoon and when she woke up she was burning up. I took her temp and it was 102.1. She was very listless as well and just wanted to be held. Her doctor's office still hadn't called us back, so I called again and left another message. I managed to get a dose of ibuprofen in her and with in about 30 minutes she started to perk up some. They finally called back from her pedi's office at 6pm and wanted me to bring her in at 7:30 that night. I said no since she seemed a little better and usually goes to bed at 7. So they said to bring her in the next day.
We took her in yesterday after I got home from work. She was not happy about being examined- she screamed every time a stranger tried to touch her. After hearing Ella's history and examining her, the nurse practitioner felt like it was allergies with either RSV or strep. So they did the rapid tests for both, which included a nasal swab and throat swab, so you can imagine how that went. Turns out she has allergies, RSV, AND strep. There's not much we can do about the RSV, it just has to run its course, which can take a month or more. We have to make sure she stays relatively hydrated and oxygenated and if not, she would have to go to the hospital for "supportive therapy". I'm hoping we're passed the worst and that won't be necessary. For the strep, she has to take antibiotics. This is much more challenging than it sounds. For one thing, she fights us like crazy and it's ridiculous drama to try to get any kind of liquid meds in her. For another thing, she's been throwing up any liquid medication we give her. We managed to get most of the first dose in, not so much of the second. We'll see how the next 18 doses go...
As if all this wasn't enough, she still trying to cut those bottom molars. Her little gums are so swollen and blue, I know that can't feel good. Poor baby! She's been challenging to say the least, but I'll take the grumpy over the listless any time, that was scary! I'm just so ready for her to be well.
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