Mireya got over her ear infection, but she has still been grumpy. She is always such a happy baby and the only time that she gets this ornery is when she's sick. We took her to the pediatrician on Tuesday to be 100% positive that her ears had cleared up. They looked great and she had even gained quite a bit of weight. She is now 18 pounds 5 ounces! She's still skinny, but that shows that her new love of food is helping.
We decided to just keep an eye on her and see if any other symptoms developed. After all, it was really only my mother's intuition telling me something was wrong. On Wednesday, I found out that I was right. I put her down for her morning nap and about a half an hour later, I heard a funny noise and then she started crying. I rushed in there and it was horrible! She had vomited everywhere! The poor girl even had it coming out of her nose. :( I picked her up and whisked her into the bath tub. She was fine, but it was definitely traumatizing for everyone involved. Jason had the fun job of cleaning up the crib, while I cleaned up the baby. Then we had to clean ourselves up, because we somehow managed to get covered in vomit too. Oh the joys of having a sick baby.
She must have some kind of a stomach bug. She hasn't vomited since that first time, but she now has really gross, smelly diapers. Yeeeaaahhhhh stinky poopy pants! Hopefully she'll feel much better soon! I'm sure she's tired of feeling gross and I know that we both miss having our sweet, smiling baby around.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Mireya LOVES Food Now!
Mireya has become an eating machine! Lately she has been eating us out of house and home. We had been so worried about her weight, but I don't think it will be an issue for much longer. She eats everything in sight and then comes to me a half an hour later and signs, "eat eat eat and more more more!" Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled she's eating more! Go baby go!
She has a new favorite food. We gave her fresh cut up strawberries the other day and she absolutely DEVOURED them! By today she just wants strawberry after strawberry whole. She makes a huge mess, but they are so good for her that it doesn't matter. She is so cute! When she finishes one she grunts and complains and signs as fast as she can until that new one is in her little hands. Here are some pictures from this morning:
Strawberry number one is tasty!
You can see how frustrated she is, because we aren't getting it fast enough!
Whew! We gave her strawberry number two just in time...
The following are pictures from dinner on Saturday night. We had Baked Pasta and Artichokes. YUMMY!
She has a new favorite food. We gave her fresh cut up strawberries the other day and she absolutely DEVOURED them! By today she just wants strawberry after strawberry whole. She makes a huge mess, but they are so good for her that it doesn't matter. She is so cute! When she finishes one she grunts and complains and signs as fast as she can until that new one is in her little hands. Here are some pictures from this morning:
Strawberry number one is tasty!
You can see how frustrated she is, because we aren't getting it fast enough!
Whew! We gave her strawberry number two just in time...
The following are pictures from dinner on Saturday night. We had Baked Pasta and Artichokes. YUMMY!
Friday, April 1, 2011
Mireya's First Trip to the Park
Yesterday, I had a dental cleaning appointment and Mireya and Lane went with him. The dentist had recommended that we start getting Mireya used to being in the dentist's office. She was scared at first, especially when the hygienist turned around with his mask and gloves. She nearly cried. Eventually, after we made a big deal about how "fun" it is and how "exciting," she really had a good time. She went up and down in the chair and she even got to pick a toy (a Care Bear coloring book.)
After we left the dentist, we stopped by Great Harvest to get some lunch. We bought a sandwich and took it to the park to eat, considering it was such a beautiful Spring day outside. While we split the sandwich, Mireya ate the complimentary piece of bread from Great Harvest. Our sandwich came with a pickle that we let Mireya try. She loved it!
Once we were done with lunch, we headed over to the swings to let Mireya have her first experience with them. She was too small for the baby swing, even with her blanket behind her, so Mommy held her while they swung. I swung next to them and took lots of pictures and videos. She had a lot of fun!
As we were leaving the park, we let Mireya roam around on the grass. It took her a bit to get used to walking on uneven ground, but she was cruising around in no time. She found a piece of bark that we took as a souvenir. The wind was picking up by this time, so we then headed home.
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After we left the dentist, we stopped by Great Harvest to get some lunch. We bought a sandwich and took it to the park to eat, considering it was such a beautiful Spring day outside. While we split the sandwich, Mireya ate the complimentary piece of bread from Great Harvest. Our sandwich came with a pickle that we let Mireya try. She loved it!
Once we were done with lunch, we headed over to the swings to let Mireya have her first experience with them. She was too small for the baby swing, even with her blanket behind her, so Mommy held her while they swung. I swung next to them and took lots of pictures and videos. She had a lot of fun!
As we were leaving the park, we let Mireya roam around on the grass. It took her a bit to get used to walking on uneven ground, but she was cruising around in no time. She found a piece of bark that we took as a souvenir. The wind was picking up by this time, so we then headed home.
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Mireya Playing on the Grass
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Mireya Swinging with Mommy
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Guess What Mireya Can Do!
She sauntered into the bathroom right as I was finishing cleaning the toilet. She watched me wipe off the handle and as soon as I turned my back, I heard the toilet flush. I turned around and she was staring at the toilet with her hand on the handle. She then flushed it again and giggled. She flushed it over and over and over! Man! I am so glad that we installed toilet lid locks a couple weeks ago. Otherwise we could say goodbye to anything that she can carry. She already throws all our stuff in the garbage. She's a cute little stinker! Check out the video of her flushing the toilet right after she learned how.
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Mookie's Sick :(
Poor Mireya has been running a fever since Monday evening. We were watching it closely, but it wasn't improving and she has been clearly miserable. We took her in to see the pediatrician yesterday and it turns out she has another ear infection. They gave her an antibiotic, so she should start feeling better in a day or two. She has always had different symptoms with ear infections, so we didn't pick up on this as quickly as usual. Normally she'll tug at her ears, not fever, and usually the infection is preceded by a lot of congestion. This time, she hardly bothered her ears at all, ran a high fever and she hasn't had much congestion at all.
She hasn't wanted to eat or drink anything and that's been the worst part. Just knowing that she is already really skinny and I don't want her to get dehydrated, but you can't make a toddler eat. She's down to 17 pounds 12 ounces. I've been bribing her with big girl cups and straws instead of sippy cups and that seems to work pretty well. Her sense of balance has been off, so I haven't been letting her walk around and that makes her frustrated. Poor baby girl. I just want her to feel better! It's really hard to look at her and see how pale she is and how clearly miserable. I wish I could be sick for her, as I'm sure all Moms do.
She hasn't wanted to eat or drink anything and that's been the worst part. Just knowing that she is already really skinny and I don't want her to get dehydrated, but you can't make a toddler eat. She's down to 17 pounds 12 ounces. I've been bribing her with big girl cups and straws instead of sippy cups and that seems to work pretty well. Her sense of balance has been off, so I haven't been letting her walk around and that makes her frustrated. Poor baby girl. I just want her to feel better! It's really hard to look at her and see how pale she is and how clearly miserable. I wish I could be sick for her, as I'm sure all Moms do.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Scaredy Baby
Mireya is changing so much, so fast. She is growing and getting bigger, but her personality is changing too. I have noticed that in the last few months she has become quite shy and she is getting more fearful of various things. She is much more wary around strangers and she takes longer to warm up to people. That's pretty typical of her age group I'm sure. The other stuff that she's afraid of here at home is what surprises me. She is deathly afraid of the printer. If it makes any noise whatsoever she starts to panic and if it spits out a paper, she starts to cry. We've tried to show her it's fine, but it never fails to produce the tears. Sometimes something I would never expect scares her and it's so sad to see that little pouty face! She can definitely be a bit of a booby.
She has also been having several nightmares a night for the last 10 days. It's so awful. She wakes up screaming and we have to soothe her until she falls back asleep. Normally she only gets a couple of nightmares in the few nights before a tooth pops through the gums. This time, though she is teething, I don't know why she's having so many nightmares. I wish I knew the cause, so that I could at least try to prevent them. :( I am having sympathetic nightmares of my own and Jason and I are losing a lot of sleep.
We had a family birthday party yesterday and one of my nieces (who is actually older than me) has a 4 year old boy, Alex. After Mireya warmed up and we had all eaten, she was toddling around and she and Alex noticed each other. They were so cute! Alex chased Mireya around while she giggled and squealed and he kept saying the funniest things! "Look! She's leaving!" "What a cute baby!" "She's walking, look!" "She hasn't gotten any bigger." They had so much fun. That was the first time Mireya has really gotten to play with another child. Poor girl is stuck at home with boring "old" people.
She has also been having several nightmares a night for the last 10 days. It's so awful. She wakes up screaming and we have to soothe her until she falls back asleep. Normally she only gets a couple of nightmares in the few nights before a tooth pops through the gums. This time, though she is teething, I don't know why she's having so many nightmares. I wish I knew the cause, so that I could at least try to prevent them. :( I am having sympathetic nightmares of my own and Jason and I are losing a lot of sleep.
We had a family birthday party yesterday and one of my nieces (who is actually older than me) has a 4 year old boy, Alex. After Mireya warmed up and we had all eaten, she was toddling around and she and Alex noticed each other. They were so cute! Alex chased Mireya around while she giggled and squealed and he kept saying the funniest things! "Look! She's leaving!" "What a cute baby!" "She's walking, look!" "She hasn't gotten any bigger." They had so much fun. That was the first time Mireya has really gotten to play with another child. Poor girl is stuck at home with boring "old" people.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Toddler Trouble
Hey! What's this?
A few days later... Toilet Paper!
Mireya is also very helpful when you need your fridge cleaned out... toddler style of course...
I thought I spent a lot of time cleaning up after Mireya before she learned to walk. Oy! The other problem is that she not only pulls everything out of every shelf, off of every counter, etc, she then carries it all around the house. I am starting to lose things. Half the time all I have to do is check in her toy box and voila! Clothes, books, Dad's missing slipper, Mom's missing phone, and everything else I've been looking for for two days. Good thing she's the cutest, sweetest baby ever!
A few days later... Toilet Paper!
Mireya is also very helpful when you need your fridge cleaned out... toddler style of course...
I thought I spent a lot of time cleaning up after Mireya before she learned to walk. Oy! The other problem is that she not only pulls everything out of every shelf, off of every counter, etc, she then carries it all around the house. I am starting to lose things. Half the time all I have to do is check in her toy box and voila! Clothes, books, Dad's missing slipper, Mom's missing phone, and everything else I've been looking for for two days. Good thing she's the cutest, sweetest baby ever!
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