Finally some sleep!!!

I think Bug's well on her way to better. Her fever broke and she's sleeping more (and in her own bed!). She slept 9 hours last night which means mommy slept 9 hours! She still won't eat as much as she used to but she'll eat about half her milk and solids and she drinks a lot of juice during the day so we're ok with it.

I went out late last night and bought Infant Motrin since so many people have recommended it. We don't know if that's what helped her sleep but she wasn't as fussy so I think it helped with the pain, which is, of course, it's purpose.

She's still got a bad cough but I'm hoping the Amoxicillin takes care of that. Now we just have to break her of her bedtime habits. She goes to bed at her normal time but wakes up within an hour and stays up for 2-3 hours before finally going back to sleep. Hopefully it's just a sick thing and will go away when her cold does. We'll see.

So that's where we stand on the Bug front. On her way to health, mommy on the other hand isn't feeling so hot today. I have a bit of a cough too. Ruh-Roh!!!!

Three's Company

We had a full bed again last night. Bug went to sleep on her own at 8:15 but woke up at 9 and wouldn't go back to sleep for three hours. We tried EVERYTHING. I almost lost my mind. She finally fell asleep after a quick bath and me rocking her (I think it was exhaustion that did the trick). I didn't want to risk laying her down just to have her wake up and start all over so I layed down with her and she stayed asleep. Thankfully she slept for 7 hours. Over the course of those 7 hours she woke me up 10 or 15 times with her squirming. Each time I was wide awake because I was afraid she was going to wake up so you can guess how I feel this morning....tired! She even managed to leave me with less bed room than last night. My body aches for a night of uninterrupted sleep in a big bed all to myself!

She seems to be doing a lot better though. Her temps down to 98 and she chugged her morning milk. She even ate a little solids! She's down for a nap now so we'll see how long she sleeps. Hopefully a while because she needs it!

I'll keep the updates coming

The results are in...........

We spent two and a half hours of our lives (and our only day with all three of us) at the doctor's office. What were we doing there? Why we were sitting on our asses. For two and a half hours. Waiting. Sitting. Accomplishing nothing but pissing off the Bug.

Finally the doctor comes in, looks her over for all of a minute and sends us down the hall for blood work where they prick my poor child's finger. Then it's back to the room where the doctor tells us the results. From the minute the doctor walked in to the minute we walked out the door totals 22 minutes. Seriously. Two and a half hours of waiting for 22 minutes. This is the second time this has happened with this doctor. I'm going to pull a Dexter on him.

Anywho, here's what we learned today;

1. Bug weighs 19.14lbs
2. She has a steady temp of 101 - 102
3. She has a cold
4. The infection has spread to her ear but is not an ear infection
5. She will be on Amoxicillin for the next ten days
6. She does not like tongue depressors or things pricking her finger
7. It is possible to stand in the doorway of a hallway, make eye contact and still have every single nurse ignore you
8. No matter how sick or what kind of sick you are, taking a large, nasty poop will make you feel immensely better
9. Laughing at the person who has to clean up the poop tops # 8

Great Baby of Fire!

When Bug took a 2 hour nap yesterday morning I figured she was catching up from the previous week when Nana and Grandpa were here. Then when she was acting tired again not two hours after she'd woken up I wrote it off to teething crankiness. Normally I love learning things from my mistakes, I think it helps you to understand the lesson more. Not this time. When it comes to my kid, the hard way is not the way I want to go and yet most likely is going to be the way it is.

She went to sleep at 7:30 last night, woke up and put herself back to sleep at 8, 8:45 and 9:15. Again I wrote it off to teething. Josh got home around 10 so when she woke up at 10:45 we decided to get her up for a little bit to see daddy and then put her back to bed. When we went in to get her she was burning up, you could feel heat radiating from her head from a couple inches away. She had a fever of 101.1. We gave her some baby Tylenol and comforted her and she fell asleep on daddy's chest.

Josh's work insurance has a 24 hour number you can call to speak to a registered nurse so we figured to play it safe and called. The gist of the conversation was that she was most likely fine, keep up with Tylenol, lots of fluids and checking temps, if she got above 104 take her to ER.

So we got her a bottle of juice and she slept with us. She'd wake up every twenty minutes with the exception of a two hour snooze. We'd give her some juice and her lovey and just comforted her until she fell back asleep. All in all I got about three hours of interrupted sleep, Josh on the other hand was out like a log at 12:45 and didn't wake (even though I practically shoved him off the bed at one point, but we all know how well he can sleep) for four hours. I was jealous but he was kind enough to get up with her at 7am and I was able to sleep for two more hours.



This morning she doesn't feel good but her temp went down to 99.9 and she's happier then the night before. She isn't eating much but I can't blame her, no one really has an appetite when they're hot enough to cook an egg on their forehead.



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Through the night Bug would sleep right next to me like a little portable heater. At one point I had less than a foot to sleep on. See how much room she has next to daddy? She just kept squirming closer to mommy.

This is adorable, she drank her juice leaning on daddy and then fell asleep like this. (and yes his hand is in his pants)

There's something extremely cute about a baby in a grown-up bed sleeping like a grown up :)

I finally got more of the bed....but sacrificed my arm!

One of her happy moments this morning. You can still tell she's sick though :(

We need an exorciser to get the demon out of my child

Josh's mom and step-dad are in town this week. Josh was able to take the entire week off for their vacation. It's been a really good week so far. We were all afraid it would take a while for Bug to warm up to them since she's going through stranger anxiety and everything. But apparently she knows her Nana real well. She was eating her bottle Sunday morning when Nana walked up and said hi to her. Bug cracked the biggest smile and does everytime she sees her, it's adorable. Grandpa Ronnie she was a bit unsure of at first. She's a friendly baby though, now she loves crawling on him and trying to steal his hat/sunglasses.

We had a good first couple of days until the inevitable happened. Everytime a grandparent comes to visit that kid starts sprouting teeth. She's got her two uppers coming in now and yesterday afternoon they must have made quite an effort because we could see the outline in her gums where we couldn't a day prior and if we weren't sure her attitude made it quite clear. Hopefully she'll cut those babies before Nana and Grandpa leave so I don't have to deal with Damionetta.

Well we're going to try to make it to the beach today. It's been pouring the past few days, no matter where we live it seems to rain everytime they're in town. I think they bring it with them. Hopefully today we'll be able to make it.

I'll try to post again later on in the week.

P.S. new Bug DVD coming soon!!!

Control Freak Much?!?!?!

Holy Crap what a jackass

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Much Needed Update

I do believe it's high time for an update.





Bug is now 7 months old! She's learned all sorts of new tricks too!





In addition to crawling, clapping and pulling herself up she can do new things!





She can stand on her own for a few seconds at a time.
{Don't have a good video or picture of this yet}




She can crawl up the stairs.












At bath time she eagerly crawls to the tub.


{I was going to post a video but she doesn't have a diaper on and it shows a bit more than just baby butt!}





She loves taking showers with mommy and/or daddy.
Everytime the shower turns on she races to the bathroom and bangs on the door until we let her in. At least I'm able to get a shower whenever I want!

She's also learned how to blow raspberries on people...

All in all she's a very happy baby. Now if we can just get her to sleep past 6:30am.....