She is sleeping away right now after her traumatic morning of getting her 12 month vaccinations. Poor girl. I hate when she does that hyperventilating crying, and holds her breath. Makes my heart break. Hopefully after some rest she'll be back to her regular self. (fingers crossed for no fevers or anything)
Weight 17 pounds, 13 oz
Height 63 cm
Head circumference 43 cm
She is tiny. Her height especially is way below the bottom of the chart. Her weight is slightly below. Her head circumference is right in the middle (at least one thing is on track!)
The Dr asked if I wanted to be reassured and send her to the pediatrician to be checked out. After some discussion, I opted not too. She is a very happy, and busy little girl, so I'm not overly concerned. We decided to see the numbers at her 15 month appointment. If they are still not improving he will refer me elsewhere at that point.
So her small size is still nagging at me a bit, but not enough to prompt me to investigate further at this point. I hope that was the right decision.
Now off to finish enjoying my last week of not working!!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Happy First Birthday!!!
Because I will be away on her actual birthday, and this week is busy, thought I would celebrate her birthday here now!
I can't believe that in just over a week, at 7:35 pm, it has been a year since my daughter entered this world! I can still picture that moment when they showed her to me. It still brings tears to my eyes!
The journey...
I never thought I would be a mom. In fact I never thought I wanted children when I was younger. But after meeting my husband and helping to take care of step children I knew that I desperately wanted a child of our own.
After a failed vasectomy reversal in 2007, ultrasounds, bloodwork, hsg test, a bunch of money, and whole heck of a lot of waiting we were blessed to get pregnant with our first IVF attempt in Sept 2008.
In June 2010, via an emergency c-sxn she entered my life. I have never felt so much love as I do with her.
It is impossible to summarize the last 12 months, but if I had to, this is what I would have to say about my life with her and adapting to motherhood. (the good, and the hard parts)
As I did for several of her "monthly" birthdays, this is what I know about her right now...
Here is a collage that shows how much she has changed over the year....amazing!
I can't believe that in just over a week, at 7:35 pm, it has been a year since my daughter entered this world! I can still picture that moment when they showed her to me. It still brings tears to my eyes!
The journey...
I never thought I would be a mom. In fact I never thought I wanted children when I was younger. But after meeting my husband and helping to take care of step children I knew that I desperately wanted a child of our own.
After a failed vasectomy reversal in 2007, ultrasounds, bloodwork, hsg test, a bunch of money, and whole heck of a lot of waiting we were blessed to get pregnant with our first IVF attempt in Sept 2008.
In June 2010, via an emergency c-sxn she entered my life. I have never felt so much love as I do with her.
It is impossible to summarize the last 12 months, but if I had to, this is what I would have to say about my life with her and adapting to motherhood. (the good, and the hard parts)
- Tiring
- Stressful
- amazing
- thrilling
- life changing
- Challenging
- confusing
- Loving
- exciting
As I did for several of her "monthly" birthdays, this is what I know about her right now...
- She is still such a happy baby
- She is a busy busy girl
- She is stubborn, just like mom and dad
- Little Miss Independent
- She has taken a couple steps, and I am sure she will walk anytime now.
- She (or more like I) has survived a few minor illnesses
- Her nickname is now Hover, because she finds every spec of anything on the ground
- She is the fastest crawler around
- She loves water
- She is cute!
- Her favourite book is the peekaboo baby animals book. (she says dog and duck...although only hubby and I can tell it at this point in time :) )
- She loves to look at people
Here is a collage that shows how much she has changed over the year....amazing!
HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY MY LITTLE GIRL!!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Out of the funk
Well whatever little funk I was in, seems to have passed. Yippee!! I'm still stressed, but that is just a ton of things to do, going back to work kind of stress. That kind of stress I can handle. Married life is back to normal, (but we still plan on working on some things once things slow down a little.) so that makes me feel so much better.
As for little oh. She's still a sleeping machine. Too much I think, but thinking it should be ok until her vaccine appointment at the end of June when I'll talk to the Dr. Thinking she must still be recovering from the rash/virus thing she had. But playing that day by day.
She is sleeping up to 16-17 hours a day...isn't that an insane amount of sleep?? Yet she's super happy/active when she is awake, and goes right to sleep when I lay her down. So she must need it right?? I'm on the fence about whether or not to worry. 1 minute I think I should, the next not. But if I do, I will call the Dr again.
Walking...not yet. But oh soo close. She stands for a while, and has even taken a couple steps ( a few times the last couple of days), but she much prefers to sit down and then crawl.
Eating...miss picky.
Here is my daily routine.
Uggh...becoming frustrating. Can a baby eat too many fruits? Out of all of these attempts she will get some amount of other food into here, but not soo much. I think, maybe just maybe she's getting more other foods into her now, but it sure is a fight. Oh and she rips any type of bib right off, so these fruits make a nice mess when we are out, and she can't be naked :)
Weight
At her pediatrition appt she was only 17.5 pounds. On the infamous chart, but at the bottom. I need to have her rechecked at her vaccine appt. Hopefully she's gained some by then. If not, we'll see what happens then.
As for little oh. She's still a sleeping machine. Too much I think, but thinking it should be ok until her vaccine appointment at the end of June when I'll talk to the Dr. Thinking she must still be recovering from the rash/virus thing she had. But playing that day by day.
She is sleeping up to 16-17 hours a day...isn't that an insane amount of sleep?? Yet she's super happy/active when she is awake, and goes right to sleep when I lay her down. So she must need it right?? I'm on the fence about whether or not to worry. 1 minute I think I should, the next not. But if I do, I will call the Dr again.
Walking...not yet. But oh soo close. She stands for a while, and has even taken a couple steps ( a few times the last couple of days), but she much prefers to sit down and then crawl.
Eating...miss picky.
Here is my daily routine.
- I try and feed her (insert food here) on a spoon, she hits the spoon out of my hand,
- I try to get her to open her mouth to feed it by hand, and she closes her mouth, and hits my hand, til the food goes flying. No amount of chew chew, or little songs usually help here.
- I put the food on the highchair, and she throws it off the highchair
- I put a raspberry (or other fruit) with other food , and she grabs it and hits her hand on the highchair until the other food falls off, and then just eats the raspberry.So smart!!
- I put a fruit on the table, and she eats it!
Uggh...becoming frustrating. Can a baby eat too many fruits? Out of all of these attempts she will get some amount of other food into here, but not soo much. I think, maybe just maybe she's getting more other foods into her now, but it sure is a fight. Oh and she rips any type of bib right off, so these fruits make a nice mess when we are out, and she can't be naked :)
Weight
At her pediatrition appt she was only 17.5 pounds. On the infamous chart, but at the bottom. I need to have her rechecked at her vaccine appt. Hopefully she's gained some by then. If not, we'll see what happens then.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Better
Well its amazing how a couple hours can make a world of difference.
Seems hubby and I just had a little blip, that got blown well out of proportion! What we've come away with, is that this marriage thing takes more work then we have been putting into it lately. We need to focus on "us" along as our little girl, and everything around us.
This quiz here, `test your marraige` has helped us realize that we do really have a great marriage, and that we can at least acknowledge our `problem` areas. So we've committed to working harder at our relationship.
I probably shouldn't even blog about this, since it's so private, but nobody seems to talk about this that I know of unless they are in dire straits, so it feels good to be able to vent here, without anyone thinking we are headed for divorce!
Seems hubby and I just had a little blip, that got blown well out of proportion! What we've come away with, is that this marriage thing takes more work then we have been putting into it lately. We need to focus on "us" along as our little girl, and everything around us.
This quiz here, `test your marraige` has helped us realize that we do really have a great marriage, and that we can at least acknowledge our `problem` areas. So we've committed to working harder at our relationship.
I probably shouldn't even blog about this, since it's so private, but nobody seems to talk about this that I know of unless they are in dire straits, so it feels good to be able to vent here, without anyone thinking we are headed for divorce!
All better
Yeah, the rash is almost completely gone! Great news!
As for me, I'm feeling kind of blah these last few days. Feeling kind of depressed if I'm being honest. Blaming it on financial problems, marital problems, and also I think because my baby is almost 1 and I'll be going back to work soon.
I know I will be better soon, just a down in the dumps kind day.
But I always keep these kind of feelings (especially financial and marital) to myself secret as much as I can in my "real" life. So I'll put on a brave face and hope that this feeling will soon pass. I am certainly looking forward to a group mom and baby party this week too get my mind off these things.
As for me, I'm feeling kind of blah these last few days. Feeling kind of depressed if I'm being honest. Blaming it on financial problems, marital problems, and also I think because my baby is almost 1 and I'll be going back to work soon.
I know I will be better soon, just a down in the dumps kind day.
But I always keep these kind of feelings (especially financial and marital) to myself secret as much as I can in my "real" life. So I'll put on a brave face and hope that this feeling will soon pass. I am certainly looking forward to a group mom and baby party this week too get my mind off these things.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
worse today
Here ae some better pictures...the rash is worse today.
At least she isn't itchy, and she's not sick otherwise.
At least she isn't itchy, and she's not sick otherwise.
Friday, June 4, 2010
What is that???
I just want to document, what happened today. It turned into a novel....sorry! :) so here is the summary so you don't need to read it all!
- Ohh Has a rash
- Thought it was measles, but its not
- Its another, virus, not too worry.
- Not contagious now that the rash has appeared.
- Go back next week to see pediatrician if still present
- Symptoms - Tired this week (sleeping more then usual), and rash today.
This morning started like all others. Woke up to a playing baby. Changed her diaper, brought her downstairs and fed her breakfast and a bottle. She was rather fussy, not wanting to eat (even less then normal...I'll have to blog about her poor eating habits another time), but I didn't think much of it.
I decided on short notice to go swimming with her, but upon getting her dressed noticed something alarming.
She had a rash. A rash behind one of her ears. Strange I thought, where is this coming from? Then I noticed it appearing behind her other ear. Now I was getting worried. I brought her downstairs for closer observation with my husband. Then I noticed that there were red spots appearing on her chest and belly, then on her back too. I admit, I was scared. I thought she was having some type of allergic reaction, and was watching closely for any swelling, or difficulty breathing. Thankfully that never happened.
I called my mom (I always do when something is wrong!) and she thought maybe a heat rash. She mentioned measles, but thought more likely heat trash. So I gave her a bath, and thought that the rash stopped spreading further.
For a couple hours hubby, my mom and me tried to figure out what it was. I was sure it wasn't measles, and thought it must be hives or something. But, we couldn't figure out what it would have been. I started googling, while she took a nap, and couldn't find what exactly it was. But was starting to think measles because of the pattern. After much humming and hawwing (hmm is that a word? lol) I called the Dr. and was sent to the pediatrition. I had to be there within 1/2 hour!!! I wasn't sure if it was because it was an emergency, or because of booking issues. Turns out it was the latter. But I am sure you can imagine the chaos as we tried to get her dressed, and gather up some supplies to be out the door in less then 10 minutes, all the while while we discuss what the heck was wrong with her.
We made it there with 1 minute to spare.
He examined her. (she weighed 17.5 pounds which is on the small side, and he mentioned wanting to recheck her weight later on)
First thing he said was, well, it looks like measles. YIKES!!! but its not. WHEW!!!
If it was measles she would be sick, have red eyes, have a fever etc etc.
So it is likely another virus ( which one, he said, didn't matter) and would go away on its own.
The only symptom she's had, has been being unusually tired this week. She has been sleeping her normal 12 hour nights, then taking a three hour nap, and then 2 more hours. I had been worried earlier in the week, but had called the Dr, and was told to keep an eye on her, and if she got worse or I became more worried to call. I still don't know if the 2 are related for sure, but I am highly suspicious. If she's been fighting a virus, then it makes sense that she's been tired.
If she still has it next week, I am too go back in. Fingers crossed that it will be gone. Especially since she's to go to daycare again on Wed, and I'm going to a group baby birthday party with 4 other babies.
So tonight the rash looked worse, but we gave her another bath, and she's sound asleep now. So we will see what tomorrow brings.
Ahh, what a day!
But oh so glad its not Measles!!!
I tried to take pictures, but they didn't turn out so well, but I'll still post a couple.
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