Evie is a little too fearless for comfort! She figured out how to go up stairs a short time ago and now she has figured out how to get in and out of a chair. Yup, we have my old toddler rocking chair from when mommy was a teensy-weensy baby and she has been trying to pull herself up into it for a few days now. We thought it would be cute to show her visiting Nana and grandpa how she tries to climb in the chair and then she just did it and climbed/fell out but rather gracefully for a first attempt. After that she would climb up, then grab the back and pull herself up so she could stand and rock the chair (safe=no, cute=yes with daddy as a spotter behind her). Then, she would get a little bored with that and would climb out then back on again, she did this for like 10-15 minutes which is a LONG time for a baby.
It was so cute and amazing! Unfortunately it also reemphasizes that she has no fear!
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Rolling, Crawling, WALKING?!?!?
Evie June Bugger has started walking. She has been shuffle walking since this past weekend where she barely lifts her foot up or over and hardly moves but it looked like a precursor to walking and apparently was. On Tuesday after we got home from work EARLY--OSU was closed 1.5 days--woo hoo!--mommy was trying to show daddy how she could walk just barely holding onto one of my hands and she just walked all by herself instead. She has done 8+ steps in a row and made it about 4-5 feet without toppling over so far. She is still a little timid about walking and is a super fast crawler anyway, but she is really getting there. It took her a long time to learn to crawl but I guess walking wasn't that hard for some reason!
She also had her first Chris Fish's Birthday (aka Valentine's Day to the lay person) and we spent almost the entire day together since OSU had a snow day (can you tell I am still jazzed about that--we never get off). She had a special outfit for the day which started with:
her special v-day tiara
then moved into cutie -patootie work-out suit with onesie and heart front...
and a heart butt! Which is how mommy got sold on it:)
She also had her first Chris Fish's Birthday (aka Valentine's Day to the lay person) and we spent almost the entire day together since OSU had a snow day (can you tell I am still jazzed about that--we never get off). She had a special outfit for the day which started with:
her special v-day tiara
then moved into cutie -patootie work-out suit with onesie and heart front...
and a heart butt! Which is how mommy got sold on it:)Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Update on Mommy
I just got a call and apparently I have some weird bacterial infection of the intestines. My doctor said he was pretty sure that I still have Crohns but there is a chance that it is just a stupid infection you can get from being on antibiotics that you take antibiotics to get rid of--ironic, huh?
Unfortunately the type of infection is usually not common if you are otherwise healthy and has an increased incidence in people with auto immune problems...which goes back to Crohns.
Unfortunately the type of infection is usually not common if you are otherwise healthy and has an increased incidence in people with auto immune problems...which goes back to Crohns.
Monday, February 12, 2007
10 Months Old and A Surprise
Evie is 10 months old, which means Allison's birthday is right around the corner! I can hardly believe how fast time has gone OR how fast all the babies I know are learning things and progressing. It is insane that when Evie June bug came out she couldn't do anything for herself, not even hold her head up or get her hand to her mouth to eat and now she crawls, pulls herself up and does a little tiny shuffle walk where she takes minuscule steps by barely moving her feet off the floor. How come we don't learn stuff this important this quickly once we are older?
Evie is having problems at swim lessons because the pool is so cold. This past Sunday I watcher her really carefully to see when she started to turn blue/chatter her teeth and she turned blue instantly. She managed to tolerate everything for about 20 minutes but then she started acting weird--burrowing in me and had a death grip on my arm like she was afraid so I took her out early again. I emailed the RPAC people and asked them to address the temperature issue--everyone was turning blue by the end so it isn't just that Evie is too fair skinned or anything. I think its kind of cold in there myself.
The surprise is actually mine and it wasn't the good kind. I have been a little sick lately and I thought it was just stress from changing jobs and all the hoopla that went on there but it turns out I have Crohns colitis. Basically, these are fancy-schmancy terms for a disease that effects the entire GI track and that you can't outgrow and for which there is no cure. I was really upset to find this out on Friday, of course, but it does explain a lot of other weird health problems (kidney stones, bad abdominal pain, etc.) I've had in the past so that's the positive spin on this one. It also does not get progressively worse which is a good deal too.
Finally, Evie has got to be teething or something. She woke up early yesterday--like 5:30 a.m. and this morning I finally got up with her at 4:30 a.m. after she had woken daddy up crying 2 times before this (but we valiantly hoped she would go back to sleep and not wake up until morning). So I got to work stupid early--7 a.m. because I had already been up for 2.5 hours so why not!?
Evie is having problems at swim lessons because the pool is so cold. This past Sunday I watcher her really carefully to see when she started to turn blue/chatter her teeth and she turned blue instantly. She managed to tolerate everything for about 20 minutes but then she started acting weird--burrowing in me and had a death grip on my arm like she was afraid so I took her out early again. I emailed the RPAC people and asked them to address the temperature issue--everyone was turning blue by the end so it isn't just that Evie is too fair skinned or anything. I think its kind of cold in there myself.
The surprise is actually mine and it wasn't the good kind. I have been a little sick lately and I thought it was just stress from changing jobs and all the hoopla that went on there but it turns out I have Crohns colitis. Basically, these are fancy-schmancy terms for a disease that effects the entire GI track and that you can't outgrow and for which there is no cure. I was really upset to find this out on Friday, of course, but it does explain a lot of other weird health problems (kidney stones, bad abdominal pain, etc.) I've had in the past so that's the positive spin on this one. It also does not get progressively worse which is a good deal too.
Finally, Evie has got to be teething or something. She woke up early yesterday--like 5:30 a.m. and this morning I finally got up with her at 4:30 a.m. after she had woken daddy up crying 2 times before this (but we valiantly hoped she would go back to sleep and not wake up until morning). So I got to work stupid early--7 a.m. because I had already been up for 2.5 hours so why not!?
Monday, February 05, 2007
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.
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.
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