Friday, April 13, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Share and Share Alike
Tabitha is 11 months old. She has just gotten over her 3rd ear infection in 2 months.
I was losing it the other night. She didn't sleep for 21 hours straight. She was happy as long as she wasn't laying down when I took her to the doctor my worst fears were confirmed.
yep
another 'effin ear infection. I could not believe it. We had to get 2 shots of antibiotics in our chubby little thighs which made us cry. Yes, the both of us cried.
She is also on a liquid antibiotic which has given her,
enough yeast to bake her own cupcakes.
I feel badly for her because it looks so very painful, the good news is that her spirits are high and she is as funny and charming as ever. I took her to the mall today to pick up a couple of things and she was chattering and laughing and talking to everyone.
Then, tonight at dinner she decided that she needed to share with her momma. She would eat a pea, I would have to eat a pea. SHE would eat a bean, I would have one smashed up my nose and all over the lenses of my glasses. Tabitha would eat a blueberry, I would pull one out of my hair...all the while laughing merrily to herself. She is very charming when she wants to be.
In other news, Tabitha has her first boyfriend. He is another little boy from daycare. When I brought he in this morning she crawled over and he walked over and they kind of tackled each other and fell to the floor. He smashed his face against her face, he shared his toy and then they both just lay there drooling and fondling each other. She is not even one yet, do I need to have the 'talk' with her already? Does she need to be on birth control?
It was super cute I must admit. Tabitha and little D make cute babies. She is a bit of a tease, there is another little boy named G who really likes her and follows her around all the time and then cries when I pick her up at the end of the day.
She went to her first tech conference this week with Daddy. She was of course the belle of the ball. I have pictures to share soon. I have to get them off the digital camera but I haven't' yet.
She was wearing her TCP/IP but mostly IP shirt.
I have to start planning her 1st birthday party. Can you even believe that? Where did the time go?
I was losing it the other night. She didn't sleep for 21 hours straight. She was happy as long as she wasn't laying down when I took her to the doctor my worst fears were confirmed.
yep
another 'effin ear infection. I could not believe it. We had to get 2 shots of antibiotics in our chubby little thighs which made us cry. Yes, the both of us cried.
She is also on a liquid antibiotic which has given her,
enough yeast to bake her own cupcakes.I feel badly for her because it looks so very painful, the good news is that her spirits are high and she is as funny and charming as ever. I took her to the mall today to pick up a couple of things and she was chattering and laughing and talking to everyone.
Then, tonight at dinner she decided that she needed to share with her momma. She would eat a pea, I would have to eat a pea. SHE would eat a bean, I would have one smashed up my nose and all over the lenses of my glasses. Tabitha would eat a blueberry, I would pull one out of my hair...all the while laughing merrily to herself. She is very charming when she wants to be.
In other news, Tabitha has her first boyfriend. He is another little boy from daycare. When I brought he in this morning she crawled over and he walked over and they kind of tackled each other and fell to the floor. He smashed his face against her face, he shared his toy and then they both just lay there drooling and fondling each other. She is not even one yet, do I need to have the 'talk' with her already? Does she need to be on birth control?
It was super cute I must admit. Tabitha and little D make cute babies. She is a bit of a tease, there is another little boy named G who really likes her and follows her around all the time and then cries when I pick her up at the end of the day.
She went to her first tech conference this week with Daddy. She was of course the belle of the ball. I have pictures to share soon. I have to get them off the digital camera but I haven't' yet.
She was wearing her TCP/IP but mostly IP shirt.
I have to start planning her 1st birthday party. Can you even believe that? Where did the time go?
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
A couple of notes from the mad house
Well,
Tabitha has recovered very nicely from her diseases. She ended up on an antibiotic for 12 days to clear up the double ear infection that she managed to get.
We went on a road trip in the MoHo (nicknamed Galaxy Quest) to Southern California. We went to Disneyland and Legoland, then took the long scenic route home. It was really fun.
David put her crib mattress in the space between the wall and the bed and that is where she slept.
Which she did really well, she almost slept through the night every night that we were on vacation.
You have to love a man who loves wearing the baby!!
Tabitha loves her MeiTai carrier!!
She really is a good baby. She laughs so much and shows such personality. We cannot keep her off the stairs. If we turn around, there she is. On the stairs, climbing and ready to play play play. She has been sleeping really well lately too. She only wakes one time per night usually. Sometimes not at all, which we really love love love.
She has been going to daycare 3 days a week and is charming all of the people in the place. She waves and laughs and smiles and makes them love her.
There was this one day when she wasnt acting like her normal charming self, she was crying and whineing and carrying on, finally she started crawling to the back of the motorhome. She started beating on her bed, so we picked her up and put her down on her bed, she grabbed a binky, rolled over, and went to sleep...ALL ON HER OWN
WAY TO GO BABY!!!
David and I were shocked, amazed and so happy!!
Let's hope she does that again sometime soon.
Tabitha has recovered very nicely from her diseases. She ended up on an antibiotic for 12 days to clear up the double ear infection that she managed to get.
We went on a road trip in the MoHo (nicknamed Galaxy Quest) to Southern California. We went to Disneyland and Legoland, then took the long scenic route home. It was really fun.
David put her crib mattress in the space between the wall and the bed and that is where she slept.
Which she did really well, she almost slept through the night every night that we were on vacation.
Here is her first amusement park ride, the infamous, incedious
It's a Small World.
I do believe that this ride is an attempt at brainwashing. If it isn't brainwashing, it is certainly mind numbing. The babies all love it, I wonder why...It must be all those neon colors!! and the tinkle tinkle wah wah wah of the music. ARRRRRRG OH NO.....Now I have to do it to you.
It'a a World of laughter a world of tears
It's a world of hope and a world of fears
There's so much that we share
That its time we're aware.
It's a Small World After All
At least the baby is cute. Right?
It's a Small World.
I do believe that this ride is an attempt at brainwashing. If it isn't brainwashing, it is certainly mind numbing. The babies all love it, I wonder why...It must be all those neon colors!! and the tinkle tinkle wah wah wah of the music. ARRRRRRG OH NO.....Now I have to do it to you.
It'a a World of laughter a world of tears
It's a world of hope and a world of fears
There's so much that we share
That its time we're aware.
It's a Small World After All
At least the baby is cute. Right?
I think that someone is ready to start the family hobby!!!
She is already showing her abilities to steer the boat!
She is already showing her abilities to steer the boat!
You have to love a man who loves wearing the baby!!
Tabitha loves her MeiTai carrier!!
DUH DUT DUH DUT
Someone is getting eaten by a shark!!!
Someone is getting eaten by a shark!!!
She really is a good baby. She laughs so much and shows such personality. We cannot keep her off the stairs. If we turn around, there she is. On the stairs, climbing and ready to play play play. She has been sleeping really well lately too. She only wakes one time per night usually. Sometimes not at all, which we really love love love.
She has been going to daycare 3 days a week and is charming all of the people in the place. She waves and laughs and smiles and makes them love her.
There was this one day when she wasnt acting like her normal charming self, she was crying and whineing and carrying on, finally she started crawling to the back of the motorhome. She started beating on her bed, so we picked her up and put her down on her bed, she grabbed a binky, rolled over, and went to sleep...ALL ON HER OWN
WAY TO GO BABY!!!
David and I were shocked, amazed and so happy!!
Let's hope she does that again sometime soon.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Inconsolable
Oh
She got her first REAL sickness.
She began with projectile vomiting on Friday night while we were on our way to dinner. We turned around, went home, changed her clothes and tried to go out again.
We got further down the road when she started vomiting again.
Dinner was canceled and my seventh circle of hell began.
She spiked a fever that night of 102, then began the diarrhea. She was understandably not happy with life. Tabitha didn't want to eat anything and all she did was cry (more like scream and wail) or sleep. Most of the times, she would wake screaming and continue to do so until it was time to go back to sleep again a few hours later.
Her fever continues and the situation gets worse.
I start having to change her diaper every 45 min to an hour.
If I take longer than that, it is a scary monster movie mess....I dont need to describe you, you know what I mean.
The acidy poop burns the skin on her bottom and she gets the unholy diaper rash that you only see in medical books.
I start trying EACH and EVERY home remedy that anyone has ever suggested to me.
Cornstarch...check
zinc oxide...check
aquaphor...check
triple paste...check
Maalox...check
Desitin...check
Butt Paste...check
A disgusting concoction of all of the above....quadruple check
If someone told me to smash up snails and put them on her butt, I would have.
Thankfully, no one actually said that to me.
The only time that she was happy or even cracked a small bit of a smile was in the bath.
That was, until she diarrheas in it, then that had to stop too.
It got so bad that I would come at her with a diaper and she would start screaming just to LOOK at me.
I decided to take her to the pediatrician for the 2nd time that week. She had just been in for her well-baby check on Thursday (weighing in at a whopping 20lbs 2oz).
In three days she has lost 1.5 pounds. The ped was concerned and almost considered keeping her in the hospital for dehydration. I had only managed to get about 10oz of pedialyte in her the previous day and that day wasn't looking much better. She had a diaper rash that looked as if it was going to start bleeding any moment AND AN EAR INFECTION.
She never pulled or tugged at her ear at all, I never would have guessed that she had an ear infection on top of everything else.
I felt so bad.
She is now on Nystatin for her butt
and anti-biotics for her ear.
I have my fingers crossed that she will be well soon, I need some sleep.
Oh, and now I think that I have it too.
She got her first REAL sickness.
She began with projectile vomiting on Friday night while we were on our way to dinner. We turned around, went home, changed her clothes and tried to go out again.
We got further down the road when she started vomiting again.
Dinner was canceled and my seventh circle of hell began.
She spiked a fever that night of 102, then began the diarrhea. She was understandably not happy with life. Tabitha didn't want to eat anything and all she did was cry (more like scream and wail) or sleep. Most of the times, she would wake screaming and continue to do so until it was time to go back to sleep again a few hours later.
Her fever continues and the situation gets worse.
I start having to change her diaper every 45 min to an hour.
If I take longer than that, it is a scary monster movie mess....I dont need to describe you, you know what I mean.
The acidy poop burns the skin on her bottom and she gets the unholy diaper rash that you only see in medical books.
I start trying EACH and EVERY home remedy that anyone has ever suggested to me.
Cornstarch...check
zinc oxide...check
aquaphor...check
triple paste...check
Maalox...check
Desitin...check
Butt Paste...check
A disgusting concoction of all of the above....quadruple check
If someone told me to smash up snails and put them on her butt, I would have.
Thankfully, no one actually said that to me.
The only time that she was happy or even cracked a small bit of a smile was in the bath.
That was, until she diarrheas in it, then that had to stop too.
It got so bad that I would come at her with a diaper and she would start screaming just to LOOK at me.
I decided to take her to the pediatrician for the 2nd time that week. She had just been in for her well-baby check on Thursday (weighing in at a whopping 20lbs 2oz).
In three days she has lost 1.5 pounds. The ped was concerned and almost considered keeping her in the hospital for dehydration. I had only managed to get about 10oz of pedialyte in her the previous day and that day wasn't looking much better. She had a diaper rash that looked as if it was going to start bleeding any moment AND AN EAR INFECTION.
She never pulled or tugged at her ear at all, I never would have guessed that she had an ear infection on top of everything else.
I felt so bad.
She is now on Nystatin for her butt
and anti-biotics for her ear.
I have my fingers crossed that she will be well soon, I need some sleep.
Oh, and now I think that I have it too.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Separation Anxiety
Last night I lovingly went over the list, checked each thing. I made sure that her clothes were labeled with her name, that there were enough bottles and formula packed. I obessively looked in her bag. Checking and double checking. Did she have diapers? wipes? rash cream? food? sippy cup? pictures of momma and daddy?
I wiped her little nose (she has a cold). We got in the car and drove the 16 miles to our destination. I unloaded the car and walked into the school.
Tabitha's first day of school.
I signed her in, gave her teacher all her stuff, kissed her and waved goodbye.
I can see what the rest of my life with her is going to look like. She crawled away, striking out on new territory while I stood at the door and watched.
She was very brave, her momma was not.
I wiped her little nose (she has a cold). We got in the car and drove the 16 miles to our destination. I unloaded the car and walked into the school.
Tabitha's first day of school.
I signed her in, gave her teacher all her stuff, kissed her and waved goodbye.
I can see what the rest of my life with her is going to look like. She crawled away, striking out on new territory while I stood at the door and watched.
She was very brave, her momma was not.
Monday, January 29, 2007
The Exorcist Redeux
*dont read this if you have a weak stomach, OK? Don't say I didn't warn you*
Did you see the movie The Exorcist?
Most of us have.
I went to look for a photo to go with this post and decided against it. The memories are painful, I cannot stand to look at that poor innocent face of Linda Blair with the devil inside of her.
Much like I couldn't look at my sweet girl's face yesterday when she did her impression of the little girl.
I thought that her head was going to spin around and her eyes roll back in her head all whilst voluminous amounts of green chunky sludge came continuosly out of her mouth. I felt so badly for her.
She had a BAD BAD BAD allergic reaction to some cottage cheese that I fed her.
Yes
I am that stupid.
My girl, who I know is allergic to milk protein, I fed cottage cheese...and peas of course.
She has been able to eat some yogurt with some success so I thought that I would risk it.
Oh
God
So
Not
Worth
The Risk
Sorry baby
no milky anything for you anymore.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Out as long as In
Today is the day.
Tabitha has officially been out of the womb as long as she was in it. Today I had to wipe the tears of laughter (and fear) off my face as I watched her push a stool across the kitchen tile and walk behind it. She looked like one of those little old people with the walkers with the tennis balls on the legs.
But
This time, it was an almost 9 month old.
She still has no teeth. She is my toothless wonder and she shows no signs of any teeth.
I think that she is going to walk before she has any teeth.
Really, I am fine with it. I guess it is a good thing that she doesn't want the boobie anymore. I wouldn't want to deal with getting bitten.
She really likes it when I sing to her. She isn't discriminating, she likes all music...especially if her name is part of the song. I personally think that she takes exception to her daddy's version of twinkle twinkle....it is, um, geeky to say the least. A kid song with the word scintillate, yes scintillate. I will spare you the rest unless you really want to hear it. I will give you David's cell phone number and maybe he can sing it for you. I on the other hand will be at work and unable to listen to the song (a girl can dream can't she?).
HAPPY WOMB DAY TABITHA
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