Double-Knee Hop, Downward Dog, & Army Crawl

Syd is definitely mobile now. I can place her on the center of her blanket but 1 minute later she is off the blanket on her belly reaching for the nearest toy--or non-toy. The end of last week (Jan 5-7) she really was getting the moving thing down. She would be on her belly and get up on all fours. Or she would be on her back one minute and then be sitting the next. After some serious concentration, she figured out that she needed to move her arms to go forward. She wasn't quite sure what to do with her legs. She would rock back and forth. Then she would sort of jump pushing on her feet so both her knees would be off the ground...the double-knee hop. Then she would push her butt in the air...the yoga move called Downward Dog. Then she would get tired and just lay down on her belly and rest her head on the floor for a bit. And today, she has the army crawl down. She really gets that left elbow out there and "grabs" the floor, while also pushing with her feet. Eight-months-old and definitely MOBILE! And all this while fighting croup and oral thrush (and come to find out, the beginnings of an ear infection)!

Sydney's First Illness

Oh the joys of daycare...Sydney came down with croup last week. She had picked up a cold at back-to-back days at daycare. The weekend of the New Year she started getting a runny nose and was quite congested. She developed a cough after 4-5 days. Then she began getting hoarse. She sounded like a girl who had been out partying all night! As I worked on Wednesday, she developed a fever at daycare. Nana picked her up early. The next day we saw the doctor. Croup and oral thrush! Thursday night was the worst night of her life. Wouldn't settle down unless she was upright being held in the chair. When I would lay her down, she'd be ok for 10-15 minutes, then cry and wake up again. Then she'd wake up sweating, skin on fire from a fever. It was like that until 2:30am. I probably got about 3 hours of sleep that night. Friday and Saturday we decided to keep the ibuprofen on board around the clock, which helped. She seemed more herself. Sunday morning and no fever. Until after morning nap. Day 5 of fevers. Monday morning no fever, but I called the Pediatrician Monday morning as she'd had more than 3 days of fevers. They said if it came up again, to call back and be seen. Sure enough, after her morning nap: 102.7 in one ear and 103.2 in the other ear--which was the one she was sleeping on. We were seen at 3pm. Looked like the beginnings of an ear infection. We got some amoxicillin and started it tonight...only she wouldn't drink the 2 oz of formula with the 4 ml of amox. Then fever again. Added ibu to the mix. Still a no-go. And now she is conked out on Daddy's chest, with hardly anything in her belly, a little bit of antibiotic and an even smaller amount of fever-reducer. I expect her up any time hungry, hot and pissed. That said, I think I'll go to bed...

Bailey Quotes

Bailey talked today about learning a new word. Throughout the day she would say one. But there was one she was saving for when Daddy got home tonight. (I don't know what that ended up being...yet) The first one was "February." I asked if she learned that at school and she said No she learned it at home. The other words were "junior high," "forecast," and "Arizona." She knows it is warm in Arizona, as that is where Grandpa is right now for a "long time."

Bailey slept in her footsie jammies last night. When I took them off to get her dressed, I snuggled up with her and told her she was toasty and warm, "just like an oven!" She replied, "No I'm not! I have feet! And a head!"

We read the book "Dinosaurumpus" tonight. Not one that we have read in a while, as we have been reading new books from Christmas lately. She "read" the first 2 pages (4 sentences)! Obviously not reading but from memory. I was shocked. As I went a long, she would say a few words here and there with me. Amazing. Oh, and one of the Words of the Day was "quiver" which happens to be on page one of this book.