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Anna had her 18-month check-up last week on Friday. She now weighs 26.2 lbs (this after a day of throwing up! Thursday was not fun) and is about 33 or so inches tall. Everything seems to be on track!
I’ve been busy making Halloween costumes for Henry and Anna. We’re planning on taking them for pictures with their costumes - hopefully they will cooperate and wear them during the photo shoot.
We had dinner last night with Taara, Erik and Ian! We hadn’t seen them in about 6 months, and were amazed at how much the babies had grown. We had a great time and hope we can get together again soon.
Anna’s new orthotic is causing some bruising on her leg - so we have an appointment with the orthotist so he can modify the brace.
That’s all for now. It’s raining here…has been all day long. Very dreary and cold. Makes me want to stay in bed with the covers pulled up to my chin.
September 24th, 2007
I just posted a ton of pictures from the last month. We’ve been very busy lately with out-of-town guests and family. At the end of June we had my Mom and Rex visiting from Kansas, and at the same time, one of my roommates from college, Deirdre, was visiting Colorado for the first time! Before that we had Neal’s Mom spending the weekend with us. Most recently we had Neal’s Brother and Sister-in-law visiting (they hadn’t seen Anna since Thanksgiving!). We had a great time with everyone!!
Anna has changed so much since my last post! She’s really getting the hang of this walking thing. She can now stand-up in the middle of the floor without hanging on to anything. Her therapists are amazed at how quickly she’s progressed. It is still a complete trip to see her walking around. She has finally advanced to the next room at her daycare. Almost all of the kids in her new room are walking, which provides some very positive peer pressure for Anna. So far she seems to have adjusted well. She still gets pretty frustrated and often bites herself (yikes!) to vent some of that frustration. I’m not sure how much of that is her frustration with her left hand, her still-unsteady-walking, teething, or her language.
In the language department, Anna has made some very significant progress. She is constantly mimicing our sounds and tries to repeat words back to us. They may not sound like the same word, but she is practicing - so we are very happy. Her new favorite word is “Go!” She loves to ride in the wagon and will tell Dad to “Go!” when she wants to go fast.
Two of Anna’s canines have finally broken through. She was an extremely grumpy bug while cutting those. I think she’s working on her final two (until second-year molars) because she’s starting to bite everything in sight - herself, toys, furniture, carpet, me. On Monday Anna was just a mess. She cried at the drop of a hat and couldn’t stop. When she finally calmed down, she was a slobbery, snotty, tear-soaked mess. She was just wet all over. Ick. I will be so incredibly happy when she finally cuts these final teeth. I’m sure she will also be relieved.
July 11th, 2007
A little over a week ago we took Anna in for her 2-month check-up. We’re pleased to report that she is “thriving” - she was 11 lbs 14 oz and 23 inches long at that time. Those stats earn her a place in the 95th percentile for weight and height for her age! We figure her cheeks alone account for a pound or two, but she’s still a big girl!
As anyone with children knows, the 2-month check-up introduces the fun world of immunizations. Anna had her 2-month vaccinations, which translated into 4 different shots. Needless to say, this was not fun - neither for Anna nor for me. See, I have a pretty bad case of needle phobia…and well, it was not pleasant to see your little baby stabbed four different times! Each time the nurse administered the shot, Anna let out an ear-piercing wail and looked at me as if to say, “Why are you letting them do this to me.” I will admit it…I cried with her (perhaps not quite as wildly, but tears were certainly running down my cheeks). I guess the saving grace is her incredibly short memory. I’m sure one hour after we left the doctor’s office she didn’t remember a thing - I wish I could say the same.
The doctor and nurse warned us that Anna may have a reaction to the shots…and she did. Later on that evening she developed a fever and started screaming uncontrollably. It was actually kind of scary because NOTHING we could do would calm her down. She ended up screaming/crying for 3 hours straight and her temperature climbed to 101.8 degrees. And all this on the night before we were planning on leaving for Kansas to meet her grandparents and other relatives. At one point I was wiping her down with a wet washcloth and rocking her in my arms in front of the running dryer. This worked for about 15 minutes until I made a move to put her down - babies are incredibly hot (especially when they have a fever) and I was sweating like a pig! Stupid mistake.
Lessons learned from this trip to the doctor: make Neal attend the doctor’s appointments when she is scheduled to receive shots, never make such an appointment on the day before you are supposed to travel in the car for 12 hours, and try a little tylenol before going to the doctor’s office.
May 22nd, 2006