Can't catch a break!

It has been a crazy week at La Casa Treboni. Last weekend, mommy contracted swine flu of all things and was out for the count for a great part of the week, then when she finally started to get better, Evie got it. Daddy and Frankie have dodged the bullet on this one--you go gentlemen!

As a result, I was housebound for a week and didn't have Frankie with me for quite a bit of that time to keep him from getting sick. My breast pump broke while Frankie was at nannygrandpas but I managed to borrow one from work and order a replacement one for myself for cheap, so that wasn't the tragedy it initially looked to be. Every surface in my house has been sanitized and cleaned multiple times and I have done more laundry than I ever would have thought possible. Not terribly relaxing but my understanding is that Evie and I are now safe from getting H1N1 again since we already had it. Small favors, right?

We had to miss my first family wedding ever, which was a total bummer, but giving this to other people didn't seem right. Frankie will have to meet his peeps a little bit later on in life. We also had to cancel his one month appointment so no clue how much he has grown but my spidey sense says he has grown lots! He is such a cutie and a really good-natured baby even when he spits up--which he does a lot. He just sits there and looks at you while stuff pours out his mouth and nose, poor little guy.

Today was my first day out and about since piggy flu hit and wouldn't you know, I was at the pharmacy to pick up Evie's prescription and there was a problem. Apparently, when the insurance company added Frankie to my health insurance they thought Evie should get a new birth date--instead of listing her as April 11, they had her in their system as June 11. So anyway, Evie is fixed (insurance and personal health wise), I am better, and we can finally move on from catching pandemic flu. This has been the weirdest!

In Frankie land, he slept 4 hours in a row/5 hours between feedings over the weekend which was amazingly awesome! He also is starting to show an interest in checking out life around him and I think he is starting to get the hang of smiling...he is super gassy so we get the pre-gas smiles lots but he has been smiling other times too which is very fun. I ordered a sling and we went for a short walk around the neighborhood with it and he did great. I think that's it for now?!

Evie is Sick:(

Evie has her first real yucky nasty illness (more than a bad cold and cough). She has her first ever ear infection which has also turned in to pink eye. I noticed her eye was all crusty and gross yesterday when she woke up but she wasn't running a fever and her eye was not red...so she went to school and I panicked and called the doctor and took her in. Good thing I did!

Her left ear is infected which caused her to get pink eye in her right eye (a little all over the place but oh well). She is on antibiotic and we caught everything really early so she should be good. She was so cute for the doctor and then I brought her to work for a few minutes to show her off and she charmed everyone here too. She was in her pout/quiet mode and looked adorable.

She weighed in at exactly 20 pounds (with clothes and shoes on) and is 29 inches long!

Not A Surprise

Evie is allergic to milk. This includes cow and goat's milk, both of which she had a 3+/4 reaction to (4 being the most severe). The good news is we pretty much figured she was allergic to milk already so no 'new' news.

She also had a 2+ reaction to cats and a barely 1 reaction to dogs. The doctor didn't see very concerned about these 2. She did not have a reaction to any of the other things she was tested for, and they pricked her 32 times. Maybe they would have done more tests if there had been more space but the 32 pokings covered her entire back already. It was more than enough for me since I had to hold her down!
Since she has hives she will either outgrow this much more slowly than most would or she could have this allergy for life. She could also continue to be allergic forever but have a less severe reaction over time, like being congested or sneezing lots or something like that. Her cat/dog allergy could explain why she seems to have had a cold since August. The other thing about hives is that apparently hives are common to people who have anaphylaxis so we did get prescribed an epi-pen for her. However, the doctor said it was extremely unlikely that we would ever need it because milk doesn't usually result in an anaphylactic reaction. He said he gave me the prescription for my piece of mind AND because if anyone I talked to heard she had hives and he hadn't given her an epi-pen they would think he was lax or crazy. So we have a prescription for an epi-pen for the 0.01% chance that she swells up and stops breathing.

We can try baked goods with milk because apparently those aren't always a problem, but we'll have to wait and see on that. Apparently hot dogs have milk in them, along with all the other chum in the world, but they should be ok. Otherwise no milk stuff until she is at least 2-2.5 years old.

Also, there was nothing we could have done to prevent this and it's just one of those things. Fingers crossed that she does outgrow this or becomes less sensitive as soon as possible.

Verdict in...

Evie does have a milk allergy according to her RAST test. It is 'moderately' severe and we are going to take her to an allergist soon to have the skin prick test done and see what we need to do from here. I am hoping: (1) that the RAST test was a false positive for milk allergy, (2) if it wasn't that she outgrows this, (3) in either case that she doesn't have any other allergies we just don't know about yet. Keep your fingers crossed.

Otherwise, Evie is super cute and loveable and fun and I am thankful everyday for her because she is the best thing I ever did and for sure the best thing daddy and I have ever done as a couple. She is awesomelicious!

Mommy started her new job on Thursday and hopefully this will mean more time with the Juner and less work stress overall, although learning the new in's and out's is going to take time, stress and making some mistakes probably. Fingers crossed for this too!

Last Sunday we went to Cinti to see the Voellmeckes and here is 4 generations of Voellmeckes:
If you zoom in you can see her poor bruised cheek from the coffee table fiasco. It is FINALLY starting to look better after 1 full week!

And here, just for fun, is Evie sleeping. She wouldn't nap on Monday unless I held her:)First swim lessons with all her friends: this Sunday!