Last night...for the first time... Magnolia rolled over! Granted it was from her back to the front and she did it with complete ease - which leads me to believe she would have done it earlier if I'd given her the chance. Anyhoo, we're excited.
This week, Magnolia had seemed exceptionally fussy and we just couldn't seem to ever get her happy for any extended period of time. Her sleeping patterns have seemingly gotten worse and more erratic than they've been in months and it's been hard to get her back to sleep after her nightly feeding(s)(sssss).
Well, Wednesday night was horrible. Both Jordan and I were up all night with our crying little monkey. Thursday, Magnolia and I went to IKEA with sis-in-law Heather , Grandma Cessie, and cousin Beth. Although she was fussy, Magnolia did OK for most of the 4 hours (YES - 4 HOURS!). Then...MELTDOWN. In the check-out line the back arching, red-faced, screaming monster came out! ...And this screaming basically continued until around 7:30 that night. It was about this time that Jordan and I decided to make a trip to an afterhours clinic.
We walked in and after a few minutes were called in to see the doctor. THIS GUY.....basically he said, "I don't know what it is. It could be anything! She doesn't have a fever or an ear infection. It could be anything!". We agreed and reminded him that's why we were there. He then said, "You need to go to an emergency room at a children's hospital and have some blood work done and x-rays". As you can imagine, this scared the you-know-what out of me. He followed his previous statement up with, "you need to go to the ER because one time, I told a lady that her baby wasn't sick and then a couple months later I was named in the lawsuit when something came up wrong with the baby".
AWESOME.
We ended up going to our pediatrician for a second opinion Friday and he said:
1.) that doctor was about as unprofessional as can be and he didn't think it was at all necessary for a trip to the ER
2.) She shows signs of eczema on her sweet, precious, slightly crusty face. this could cause itchiness and in turn - tears.
3.) She also has a virus that takes about 2 weeks to get out of your system. Where she got it? No one knows. It starts as a fever then manifests itself into a rash. Lovely - and makes you feel not so hot and in turn - tears again.
She seems to be feeling a bit better today and is smilier and gigglier than she's been in a long time. Just happy to have a bit of Magnolia back.
Also since my last blog - Jordan turned 29! I turned 29! and we celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary! Wee! I'm not good at math but I think this means we're OLD.
Here are some new Magnolia pictures. WARNING - She's ridiculously cute.
She'll sit in this every month to see how big she's getting!And here is some stuff Magnolia's done recently:
Grandmommy came to visit...
Went to the aquarium and met these guys. Not fishes.
Aquariums make me very very sleepy.
My cousins and Aunt Lisa.
Aunt Mandy came to visit!
And Ava...
and A.J. too!
Then we went to Oklahoma and hung with Uncle Jason. He was so comfortable with me!
I ate some cereal and wiped it into my hair and eyes.
DELICIOUS!
That's about it for me in the last month! I've been busy!
2 comments:
Annie! She is so adorable! I am sorry about the stupid doctor. What an idiot (which Levi has now begun to say...oops, remember they are listening, even when they dont look like it, they are listening and 6 months later they will REPEAT it!) I am so glad that she is gettign back to semi-normal. sick babies are the worst. Levi had a rediculous (which this is his new favorite word, he says, "it is rediculous mommy?" and I say, "yes, it is REDICULOUS.")fever a week ago. The fever lasted 6 days and he was 102-104.7 for the entire time. it is so hard to know when they need to see a Dr. i always feel stupid when i take Levi and he has a virus, but you just never know. And the Dr. usually is good about making me feel better and not so dumb for bringing him in. And the trick is if you wnat them to get better make a Dr. apt for arond 10 AM, then their fever will break and they will be PERFECTLY FINE by 9:45 AM. Just the way it goes...
Mommyhood ROCKS! Your a great mommy, I can tell by how cute your wee one is! I can't wait to see the monthly chair picture!
Poor thing. She had roseola. Sophia got that a few weeks ago. (the "Not a dry eye in the house" blog turned out to be that.) High fever followed by a rash=very worried parents. The doctor you saw should learn some bedside manners cause that is not cool saying that, especially to first-time parents. Glad she made it through though. It's hard when they cry and can't tell you what's wrong.
One another note - she's beautiful! You must be having so much fun!
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