Doing a little better...

Layla is doing a little better today. It helps that I gave her some tylenol with codine (left over from Hannah over a year ago, but hey - it worked).. She slept until about 1:30 and then was up for a little bit - put her back down around 3 and she slept until 7. So better. Sleep is helping her heal. Her cough doesn't sound as violent. She is still pretty congested and coughing, but her fevers aren't as high so we know she is over the worst. She is still not drinking a lot, but she is taking about 3oz now so that is better. I was really worried last night that we would be in the hospital today, but then she drank 4 oz before bed - whewww! We are going to take it easy this week and get all better!

On another note - potty training began today with Hannah. So far it is not going well. We have had 4 accidents and it is only 10am. Here is to hoping we improve quickly! Thank goodness for a good steam cleaner.

Surgery cancelled

We spent the night in the ER with Layla because she spiked a temp of 103.9 and started coughing uncontrollably. She has RSV. This is the 3rd leading cause of death in kids under 1! She is home and on breathing treatments now. We will see how long we can stay at home as she is not drinking today. We are going to give her until tomorrow midday to start drinking or it is back to the hospital we go. Her surgery will be delayed about a month until she is fully recovered from this virus. Poor girl cannot catch a teeny tiny break. She is just miserable and we have been up for over 36 hours now.....Please send us healing vibes so we can at least enjoy the holidays a little bit.

Surgery Tomorrow

Layla is having her surgery tomorrow. She will be having her ear tubes put in and she will also have an upper endoscopy. The GI will do 3 biopsies while she is in there to see if we can determine why her reflux is so bad. I am a very nervous mommy today.
I'll update more after the surgery is over and Layla is awake and playing. I am planning to hold her for 24 hours afterwards just to be safe :)

Baby update

Layla weighed in at 18lbs 4oz (75%) and 26.5 inches (50%) yesterday. She is a little chubby monkey :) The pediatrician is going to talk to the GI about further testing because Layla is still having a lot of tummy trouble. We don't know if she just can't handle the cereal or what is going on. It is so hard to tell. Here are some new pictures and some other Hannah b-day pictures that were too cute not to post. You can also see Matt's new 'baby' in the background here.

Big Birthday Party and Birthday Pictures

Hannah had her huge birthday party this weekend and it was a blast. There were about 40 people in my very medium sized house, so it was very crowded! The party was a huge success and Hannah had so much fun. The little girls did candy crafts and were so good the whole party. Hannah got a new big girl bike and so many fun things. We put away some of the new toys to bring out later in the winter when she gets bored :)

We also had the girls ped appt yesterday and Hannah was 38.5 inches tall (97%) and 31 lbs (just under 50%). She did great on her developmental screening and got the flu vaccine in the form of a nasal mist. She is a perfectly healthy 3 year old. We need to make her first dentist appointment soon so that will be a treat. She is ahead of the curve in her speech and her learning skills (in fact she was writing the letter H over and over on the dr's table paper) so he was very impressed with her. My big girl......

Pictures and a video!

6 Months & 3 Years

Oh my - I'm late again. Sorry.

Well Layla had her 3rd ear infection and another round of antibiotics. It has been very crazy here! We did get in to the ENT and she will have tubes placed on the 20th. We cannot keep having ear infections like we did with Hannah all last year. The surgery risk is low and hopefully it will help us avoid this problem all winter!

Layla weighed in at 17 lbs 2 weeks ago so she is on track for weight gain still. We don't know how tall she is yet, but I would venture to say - short :) She's a chubby monkey though and so sweet with all her baby rolls. She is sitting pretty well for short times so she should master this skill this month. She also rolls from her belly to her back pretty easily now. She hasn't yet figured out the other way, but whatever. We started cereal this past week and she is liking that in the evenings. Now that antibiotics are done, we will try carrots this weekend - yum!

Layla is still pretty happy despite her continued belly issues. She plays a lot and has a pleasant disposition. She loves Hannah and just giggles up a storm at her. It is very cute.

I can't believe my big girl is 3! We had a very fun birthday party at school and her BIG party is this weekend. It should be a blast and we will take tons of pictures. She is so excited about her birthday this year which is fun. She is also super excited about Christmas so we know that will be awesome. All in all - things are pretty good here. We are looking forward to the holidays and being home with the girls for a week (it is potty training week for Hannah - oh my!) I'll update more after the party!

Take care.