Who Ordered a Double?

When Sophie woke up on Tuesday, I took her downstairs to try to get her to drink something. She took a few sips of Pediasure and then refused to drink anything else. I asked if she wanted some water and she pathetically shook her head no. More Pediasure? Another small shake of the head. Food? Nope. Then she whimpered, made a gagging noise and puked. I caught most of it in my hands, though it still got on the carpet, her clothes, and mine. Of course once she finished puking she cried and wanted to be held. I still had my hands full of puke, so I dumped it on a blanket (should have held the blanket out instead of my hands - hindsight!!) and scooped her up. Her pajamas were already covered in puke, so what was a little more? I called the doctor's office as soon as it opened and made an appointment. It turns out that she has yet another double ear infection. Poor kid!  We had no idea. I thought maybe it was just a stomach bug or a normal cold. She hasn't had a fever and she didn't tug on her ears at all. I hate that we missed the signs (if there were any) for the ear infections.

Since she hasn't felt well, Sophie hasn't been to the baby sitter's all week! We were off school on Monday, but I took Tuesday off to be with her. Joe took off yesterday, and my mom had her today. She will go back tomorrow, which I am sure will make her happy. I know she misses her friends. Still, I'm glad that we have kept her home these past few days. She was miserable. Most of the time she would lay on us or sleep in our arms. She would shake her head no to any food or drink we offered. I would have to tell her to take a sip of water to convince her to even do that. She really didn't eat or drink much at all these past few days. I would ask if she wanted to go play and she would pitifully nod her head yes. Smiles were rare even, which is very abnormal for Sophie. She ate and drank so much better today though, and was happier, too. Maybe that is just because she was with her Grandma!



The poor thing has stayed on the couch most of the time that she has been sick.



Sophie slept on me most of Tuesday



Hopefully the Amoxicillin helps Sophie feel better quickly. I love all of the snuggles that I have been getting, but I miss my silly, smiley Sophie.

Sick

This whole past week Sophie's nose has been running (clear at least) and she developed a gross cough. Nothing else seemed to bother her, though she was eating less food (this isn't really an indicator of anything for us though, as we are used to Sophie's eating habits). Saturday morning though I noticed that in addition to a runny nose, Sophie's right eye was getting watery. This seems to always happen to her right eye when she gets a bad cold, so I had a feeling that things were going to start getting worse.

Runny nose

Watery eyes

Sophie acted fine the rest of Saturday, but right around midnight she woke up puking. Sophie has never puked like this before. She has spit up and there were a few times that she puked from her overnight feeds from her feeding tube, but nothing like tonight (meaning actual food and such). She puked again around 3am. There was some dried puke on her cheek, which makes me think she must have gotten sick sometime between 12 and 3. I always put 3 crib sheets and sheet protectors on her mattress which normally would be more than enough for a nighttime accident, but not tonight. She went through all 3 of the crib sheets. After wiping her down, cleaning out her nose (there was puke in there...gross) and changing her pajamas, I brought her downstairs to sleep with me on the couch. Around 4am she sat up and started wimpering. I had a small blanket ready and she puked right on it when I held it out in front of her. Luckily that was the last time she puked.

Sunday morning Sophie acted fine. She still had a runny nose and watery eye, but she was happy as can be. She wasn't interested in eating (I don't blame her), but she drank a lot for me. She had a really messy diaper that got all over her pajamas though, so I called the doctor's office to get their opinion on things. Of course it was Sunday, so I had to leave a message (they finally called back Monday afternoon and weren't concerned at all). As the day progressed, Sophie's eye started to ooze a little and her appetite continued to decrease. I'm glad she at least likes water because she was not interested in her Pediasure or Pedialyte. Her eye started to ooze more as the night went on. She didn't puke or poop anymore though, so I consider it a win for the day.

Her right eye is a little red because we kept wiping the gunk away.

Monday morning she woke up and her right eye was basically glued shut from all the gunk that had oozed out. (I kept a wet washcloth with me most of the day so that I could keep wiping off her eye. The gunk just kept coming back.) She drank a few sips of Pediasure and a little bit of water, but didn't want anything to eat. After an hour of being awake, she ended up falling asleep on my should for an hour and a half. When she woke up she played and laughed and acted like herself. A few hours later though she was felt really warm and was becoming crabby. I gave her some Advil and put her down for a nap. She ended up sleeping for 4 hours! She wouldn't eat or drink after she woke up. She did have some ice chips though, so at least she had something in her system. Her eye and nose kept running the rest of the day, both yellow in color. We kept wiping both away, and it seems we rubbed the skin under her eye raw! Poor kid.

At the beginning of the day it looked like a bruise under her eye. By the end of the day it looked like this. I guess we rubbed her eye too much. :-(



The eye looked a little better after she got a bath. Still looks bad though. 



I hope this doesn't last much longer. I hate seeing Sophie not feel well!

All Clean

We brushed Sophie's teeth for the first time tonight. She has always enjoyed "helping me" brush my teeth (holding the toothbrush while I brushed) and playing with her gum massager (which looks kinda like a toothbrush), but we never ventured  into the actual brushing of her teeth. In the past instead of brushing her teeth, I've rubbed her teeth with a wet cloth (per the dentist's suggestion). Sophie has never been a fan of letting me stick my fingers in her mouth, so it didn't happen often. Plus, if you put your fingers in her mouth, she bites...hard! During bath time, Sophie always sucks on a washcloth, so I figured that she was helping to keep her teeth clean that way. Still, Grandma Z. decided it was time for us to start brushing those pearly whites for real, so she went out and bought Sophie some toothpaste and a toothbrush.

Sophie loved the toothbrush! Not necessarily the brushing aspect, just the toothbrush. She let me kinda brush for a minute before she clamped down on the toothbrush and giggled. Then she took over control of the brush. She had a lot of fun sucking the toothpaste off the brush and trying to brush her teeth herself. She also enjoyed watching the baby in the mirror brush her teeth. When I tried to take the toothbrush away so that we could put her to bed, she threw a fit! At least she enjoyed the "brushing" experience. Let's hope that she continues to enjoy good dental hygiene!

Cat Doors Aren't Just for Cats



Taking Off

It seems that as soon as Sara cut Sophie's hair, Sophie started walking. Maybe it was the hair in her eyes that was holding her back. Whatever it was, my girl has been walking up a storm this week! No more of the little one or two steps and then sitting down. Sophie will take about 7 steps before stumbling. Other times she will walk across the room! She will even stand around on her own, which she wasn't brave enough to do before. Today I even watched her go from a sitting to standing position, bend over, pick something up and stand back up again. Wow! Such a complete change from last week! I can't get over it!

I've decided that Sophie is too much like me for her own good. 18 months is coming quickly and that is when the doctors were going to suggest PT if she still wasn't walking a lot. That isn't a route we need to go down anymore (thank goodness). Seems to me that she is going to be a procrastinator, just like her Momma. Regardless, I am so proud of Sophie!

Standing around

Walking to the ottoman

Bend...

and snap! (I couldn't resist a Legally Blonde reference)

Love You

I was taking up the stairs to put her to bed. She had her head on my shoulder and was being so sweet. I told her, "Sophie, you are the best thing that I have ever made." Right after I said that, she replied, "Love you." *heart melts* I've thought I have heard her say that before, but it was very clear tonight. After 'momma,' those are the sweetest words I have ever heard. I love this little girl so much!

First Haircut

I've been putting off Sophie's first haircut. The hair that would be cut was the hair that she was born with...the hair that I helped grow. Just thinking of cutting it off made me sad. I knew it needed to be done, but my sentimental side always said no. If Sophie would  just keep clips or rubber bands in her hair this wouldn't be an issue at all. Those things get ripped right out by Sophie though. Finally this week, I just couldn't take Sophie's hair in her eyes (and mouth and nose) anymore. I sent Sara (Sophie's awesome Aunt) a text and asked if she would cut it this weekend. An enthusiastic "YES!" came back.

We went over to a family member's house to watch the Superbowl. During the second quarter, Sara cut Sophie's hair. Nothing too drastic, just trimming her bangs. She looks so different now! I love it! I am so glad that I finally gave in and let her have her hair cut. It really does look so much better. I was starting to forget that she had eyeballs!

The first snip - heartbreaking!

Sophie doesn't like being forced to stay in one place (unless it is her idea). She was a little annoyed that her Dad wouldn't let her go.








The next time that Sophie has her bangs trimmed, I am going to have Sara take a little off of the back to even things out. I wasn't brave enough to let her do it tonight!

How do you like the haircut? Don't mind the poor quality pictures. She didn't want to pose for me. (Go figure.)

No hair hanging in her eyes!

A side-by-side view of before the haircut and after