Turtle girl!

Clementine the Turtle girl! Can you find Clementine amongst all the Turtles?




BTW, she didn't fall, we laid her down on her tummy.

Doctor's visit - pneumonia Update

Clementine had a well baby visit yesterday & the doctor said she was doing great! She weighs 14 lbs, 10 oz (50th percentile) & is a little short for her age at 24 inches. The doctor didn't say that she was short, 24 inches puts her in the 25th percentile for her age. But that's OK, she's short & cute!

She said Clementine's lungs sounded good & that she was fine & ready for vaccines again. In fact offered to give her one that day. I opted to wait since she had just had one on the 15th & I want her immune system to relax a little.

Feeling Better

Clementine is feeling a lot better. She has started talking again and blowing bubbles like nobody's business! She is also working on sitting up & can hold it for about 5-7 seconds!

more adorable baby stuff

We need one of everything, thank you...
http://www.yellowlabelkids.com/index.php?cPath=423_424

Especially the cupcake hat:
http://www.yellowlabelkids.com/product_info.php?cPath=420_428&products_id=661

I can't believe the cuteness factor of these kid items...almost as cute as the plush sushi & wasabi/ginger I got for my birthday!

Doctors Visit - pneumonia

Clementine finally got bad enough that we had to take her to the doctor. She was wheezing pretty bad & had some major congestion.

We got in & they had trouble taking her pulse oxygen level, but finally got it & it was at 91! They were pretty concerned at that point and thought she might have RSV. They did a nasal swab & determined it wasn't, so took some x-rays of her chest. There was an infection in her right lung & they determined that she has a-typical pneumonia and did a breathing treatment with a nebulizer right then & there. Her pulse oxygen level went up to 97 & her breathing was better immediately!

So, the doctor prescribed her some antibiotics for the infection & a nebulizer machine & meds for her breathing.

Hopefully she'll recover quickly. She's still the happy little baby, but looks so sad & tired! It breaks my heart for her to be sick. I'm not too worried though, I'm sure she'll bounce back in no time!

Not a good week

My poor sweet baby is sick this week. She has major congestion & a croupy cough that just sounds terrible. :( Every time she naps it gets bad so I've been trying to hold her while she sleeps so her head can be elevated some & all the congestion will go down instead of up. It doesn't work very well, but it makes me feel a little better.

She's only been sick once before & it wasn't this bad, so I hope I'm doing all the right parental things I should be doing. I've been taking her temp but it has not been high, in fact it's been lower than what I expected especially since she seems to get sweaty every so often. Hopefully it will pass soon and Chris & I will be saved the joys of getting sick ourselves (Chris still has a cough from the last time we were all sick, it's pretty nerve-wracking).

Here's a picture of Clementine before she was sick & was still smiling!

4 month shot & not a peep!

Yesterday Clementine had her 4 month shot. It was her second installment of the DTaP and we have finally found the magic time period (we hope) for using the lidocaine (a Rx we got from her doctor). We put it on her thigh about an hour before she got the shot and she did not cry *at all*.

Seriously.

We laid her down on the table, I held her hands while the nurse gave the shot. Clementine just looked at me the whole time & I told her she was OK & it was no big deal. When it was over (aprox 4 seconds) we got her up & left.

Thank goodness for lidocaine! I hope (and pray) every shot experience goes this smooth in the future!

Butterfly wings!

Can I get this in my size?
http://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=36692&pid=733967&vid=1

Probably not.

We are going in circles!

I had a gift from Clementine for my birthday on Wednesday. Clementine learned to roll onto her tummy!! So now she can roll onto her back then onto her tummy & repeat. She spent this morning rolling around the floor & off the blanket I put down for her. Pretty soon I won't be able to keep up!

Thumbs up!

Clementine has made a new discovery - her thumb. Yep, she has discovered the convenience of having a thumb. She has never been too fond of the binky anyway, but I still believe it would be easier later to break her of a binky than it will be to stop her from sucking her thumb.

Oh, well. I guess we will see how it goes!