yeah, I’m late…give a girl with pus covered tonsils a break, will ya???
Behold the destructive powers:
Yup, she is a monkey!
In other news, we had the girl’s parent teacher tonight, and got her report card yesterday. Our little girl is in grade 1, and doing awesome. She is French Immersion, and so far, it seems to be going well for her. Grade 1 is DRAMA though!
Now the girl has had the flu for a couple days, since she woke up yesterday with a temperature. She is doing okay…when she is on Advil. When it wears off she is feverish, exhausted and achy. Tomorrow is a PA day, so at least she has an extra day to recover before she starts missing school. Now I am really unsure what she and I should do about the vaccine.
Charlotte actually got the vaccine last week, Thursday-she had no reactions. My doctor told me they had a clinic running that night, and the man and I made a sudden decision for me to take her and get it if it is not busy. We walked in and out in 10 minutes. She may have already had the virus…but she is so young and vulnerable and we don’t know, so we decided to just do it. The fact that we heard about the 3 month old who died of H1N1 that day was probably a factor.
I don’t know what the girl and I will do. My doctor said that the flu going around now is H1N1, so if we are sick it was probably that…but also said the official recommendation is if your flu was not confirmed as H1N1 (and they aren’t testing anymore so mine was not and Zoë’s wont be unless she, god forbid, ends up in the hospital) then to assume it was not and get the shot. Great! That helps! I don’t want us to get it if we don’t need it, for many reasons…not the least of which is that there is already a shortage. Which is not surprising since I know many, many people who have been able to talk their doctors or the clinics into giving them shots even though they are not in the priority group…which is upsetting. Believe me I understand being scared and wanting to be protected, but they priority groups exist for a reason, and I certainly would not want to be taking the vaccines from a pregnant woman, or vulnerable infant or someone with already compromised health, and it makes me both sad and angry that so many healthy low risk people would.
1) It is hot. Too hot. I know a lot of people have complained about how cool the summer has been, but I am not one of them. I hate the heat. I am hot and crabby and sweaty and anti-social in the heat. Blech.
2) Charlotte is teething. Or has a virus. Or both. She has been feverish and fussy for days. She also HATES medication, to the point that she makes herself throw up if I force it into her…so it has been difficult to keep her temp down and pain under control. Daytime has been okay (with a lot of baby-wearing and nursing) but nights have been hellish. Besides waking a lot more than usual, getting her to sleep has been a chore. Usually she nurses to sleep between 8-8:30pm quite easily, but not in the last several nights. Instead, she has fussy and tired and WILL NOT NURSE (even though she nurses fine all day). She’ll latch for like 2 seconds, then pull off (sometimes after biting me) and starts screaming and crying until she calms down, and nurses again, repeat. Last night she did this for 2 hours, and then the man walked her up and down the stairs until she fell asleep. Seemed to be on the same cycle tonight, but she did eventually settle a bit more easily than last night. Fingers crossed that this is an indication of improvement. She is lucky she is so cute:
3) I have had to wear Charlotte a lot. I mean, I always have out of the house since it is easier than lugging a stroller all over (I reallly only use one for places like the mall, for quick trips or to go to places I will be setting her down anyways, I never do) but these days she likes to be close to me always and I have had to wear her at home a lot too, mostly on my back since I cannot get anything done with her hanging from my front. I have a new (to me) Storch and am working on my back carry (not easy). Luckily I can get her on my back in the Mei Tai very easily.
4) Did I mention I am hot and grumpy?
5) I am really into silver these days. Ihave been wearing a pile of silver bracelets I got, and a silver necklace with some Brighton charms my mom got me. I was always a gold girl in the past, but these days for some reason silver is winning me over!
6) I am very very hot. Hot and sweaty and miserable because I am so hot.
7) The girl has morphed into a dramatic, sassy, attitudy, non-listening wannabee tween. Luckily, she is cute too (I don’t have a recent picture you have not seen, loads on the previous post though).
8. Hot. Very Hot.
we had a great time, but I am too tired and achy (I got a cold…I always get sick when I travel…grrr) to write much now. so I will leave you with some pictures…
Random Pictures:
i gave her the pickle as a joke…joke was on me she sucked it for at least 30 minutes
Pics from Santa’s Village:
The grounds at our resport (The Baldwins…we really enjoyed…more later):
beach pics (a little cool for Charlotte, so I stayed out with her):
Pics from the Aspen Valley Wildlife Santuary (amazing place):
Photo-shoot on our last evening, when we walked to the beach:
late again, but here is my big baby girl, who turned 7 months old on Thursday:
and last month:
I don’t think she is much bigger, but she sure looks older.
Talking about getting older, the girl has finally learned to swim, without water wings!!! She was making some progress in the shallow end a few weeks ago, and today she just went for it. She was even jumping into the deep end of the pool (with me or her father right there in the water, of course) and then swimming to the shallow end! Sniff, my big girl is growing up. I am so proudof her though!!! Too bad we did not have the camera. She is sure ot get some practice on our little trip next week though, and I`ll get some pictures then!
Like me, her swimming is not the most aesthetically appealing, not much style there, but she stays afloat and has fun and that is what matters!!!
As for Charlotte, not so much is new. She is eating solids now, but does not touch baby-food. It is sorta funny…baby-led weaning was my original plan for Charlotte (basically giving her a bit of whatever age-appropriate foods we are eating, and letting her eat what she can or wants to eat) but then because of her (dairy and soy) allergies, I decided to go the traditional route of starting with pureed foods at 6 months.
Well, she was not a fan and was barely eating anything (which was fine with me, I just kept offering once a day but did not really force or encourage her, just offered it on a spoon at her lips), and then a couple weeks ago she grabbed a french fry and went to town on it!!! Not the best food choice, but it was pretty clear that she preferred feeding herself, and was able to do so. So I started offering her whole foods to finger feed instead, and she loves it. So much easier for me too…no feeding her, just putting food on her try, and eating my own dinner while she (sorta) eats hers.
Now, she does not eat an awful lot…but since she still breast-feeds about 8 times a day and at this age solids are more for practice eating and accepting new foods than for nutrition, no worries.
Some things she likes to eat are rice cakes, pita, avocado, banana, mango, watermelon, broccoli, asparagus, potato, sweet potato, carrots and egg yolk. Since I have a freezer full of purees, I am spreading them on her rice cakes and pitas…and plan to make soup and sauces with them in the fall and also use them as dips when she has the ability to do so. I also sometimes (when we are out and she is eating in the stroller and not with a tray or table) use the mesh feeder for softer foods like banana and avocado.
So, while it is not full on BLW (I do need to keep on eye on what she eats and introduce new things slowly and avoid things with tonnes of different ingredients to catch any intolerances, and I will not give her things I consider wholly inappropriate for a baby this age like cake or chocolate, and I do use the mesh feeder on occassion as well as continuing to spoon feed her applesauce at her pace) it is pretty close and I wholly recommend it!!!
