We got back from Jon's parents' house on Wednesday so they'll be a post about our trip soon, too. Elizabeth had a great time, especially hanging out with all her cousins. Here's a quick picture from Frederick:
Friday, June 26, 2009
Elizabeth first joke
She just started doing this in the past week or so. She loves hats, but she'll take a random object that she finds laying around (like her doll or a piece of clothing) and put it on her head and say, "Hat, hat!" Then she bursts out giggling. :-)
We got back from Jon's parents' house on Wednesday so they'll be a post about our trip soon, too. Elizabeth had a great time, especially hanging out with all her cousins. Here's a quick picture from Frederick:
We got back from Jon's parents' house on Wednesday so they'll be a post about our trip soon, too. Elizabeth had a great time, especially hanging out with all her cousins. Here's a quick picture from Frederick:
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Why won't she EAT?!
Today I took Elizabeth to the local nursing store where they weigh babies for free and the lactation consultants are there to talk. Elizabeth hasn't gained any weight in the past 3 weeks, despite following her around at every moment of every day pleading with her to eat various high calorie foods! So much for that. Of course, having the roseola virus last week didn't help the cause. But the lactation consultant was extremely reassuring that all is well and that despite the lack of weight gain, Elizabeth is happy and healthy and that there's nothing I can do to make her eat any more until she decides she wants it.
So I was feeling upset, but reasonably calm until I came home and made a huge mistake--I plotted her current weight on the growth chart and saw that she dropped a bit further (10% to 6%). Then I proceeded to freak out. Why won't she just eat?! It's driving me crazy, especially because her weight has been an issue since she was in the WOMB and measuring small. Rationally, I totally understand that she's meant to be a small person, doesn't seem to have any underlying oral/sensory/physical issues, eats like a bird, is extremely active, and meets or exceeds all her developmental milestones. But then I see that darn number and I just want her to GROW!!!
So another exercise in letting go of my worry and trusting in the Lord, which I am so far handling in a pitifully anxious way. Her follow-up appointment with the pediatrician is on Monday so we'll see what he has to say. But all of the above is just further evidence to conclude that this parenthood is way harder than I thought it would be (and I thought it would be pretty hard)! And we haven't even had anything actually truly wrong yet!
So I was feeling upset, but reasonably calm until I came home and made a huge mistake--I plotted her current weight on the growth chart and saw that she dropped a bit further (10% to 6%). Then I proceeded to freak out. Why won't she just eat?! It's driving me crazy, especially because her weight has been an issue since she was in the WOMB and measuring small. Rationally, I totally understand that she's meant to be a small person, doesn't seem to have any underlying oral/sensory/physical issues, eats like a bird, is extremely active, and meets or exceeds all her developmental milestones. But then I see that darn number and I just want her to GROW!!!
So another exercise in letting go of my worry and trusting in the Lord, which I am so far handling in a pitifully anxious way. Her follow-up appointment with the pediatrician is on Monday so we'll see what he has to say. But all of the above is just further evidence to conclude that this parenthood is way harder than I thought it would be (and I thought it would be pretty hard)! And we haven't even had anything actually truly wrong yet!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Spring Fever
Elizabeth has been sick! She may have caught something on the way to or from Boston past weekend where we went to visit friends on a last minute whim. The past few days she's had a fever and been a little out of sorts. Friday it was 103.7! But overall, she's held up remarkably well. The infant motrin helps! Today the fever was gone and she's on the mend. Hopefully, she'll get really good long stretches of sleep tonight, although I never hold my breath for that.
Yesterday, two friends and I had a garage sale at our house. It was my first experience putting on a garage sale ever. The weather couldn't have been any more beautiful (warm and sunny, but not hot). It was such a good day for a yard sale, in fact, that pretty much everyone in the county was also having one. This means that the traffic wasn't fantastic because there were just sooooooo many to choose from, but we did get rid of quite a bit of stuff and made a bit of spending money. I thought we had an amazing selection of quality items. Almost everyone who stopped did end up buying something. Poor Elizabeth had fun but I think all the excitement wore her out in her sickness and she went to bed super early. One thing is for sure, though-- yard sales are a lot of work! I had no idea so much goes into them.
Other than that, we are trying to enjoy every minute of Jon's break and wishing we had longer before it ends. Elizabeth is still resisting eating any good quantity of food, of course. My friend Kristen says she's put herself on a supermodel diet. Mostly, I spend my days following her around with a variety of options trying to get her to eat. So really I'm ending up eating quite a bit more than usual, I think. :-)
*UPDATE! We think Elizabeth had roseola because she got a rash on her back and chest/tummy 48 hours after the fever went away. Apparently almost all kids get it before kindergarten and then they develop the immunity, so she was going to get it sooner or later. Cross that virus off the list!
Yesterday, two friends and I had a garage sale at our house. It was my first experience putting on a garage sale ever. The weather couldn't have been any more beautiful (warm and sunny, but not hot). It was such a good day for a yard sale, in fact, that pretty much everyone in the county was also having one. This means that the traffic wasn't fantastic because there were just sooooooo many to choose from, but we did get rid of quite a bit of stuff and made a bit of spending money. I thought we had an amazing selection of quality items. Almost everyone who stopped did end up buying something. Poor Elizabeth had fun but I think all the excitement wore her out in her sickness and she went to bed super early. One thing is for sure, though-- yard sales are a lot of work! I had no idea so much goes into them.
Other than that, we are trying to enjoy every minute of Jon's break and wishing we had longer before it ends. Elizabeth is still resisting eating any good quantity of food, of course. My friend Kristen says she's put herself on a supermodel diet. Mostly, I spend my days following her around with a variety of options trying to get her to eat. So really I'm ending up eating quite a bit more than usual, I think. :-)
*UPDATE! We think Elizabeth had roseola because she got a rash on her back and chest/tummy 48 hours after the fever went away. Apparently almost all kids get it before kindergarten and then they develop the immunity, so she was going to get it sooner or later. Cross that virus off the list!
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