12 February 2006
Mommy and daddy spent their first real night away from the baby. We hired John and girlfriend to come and supervise the house while we attended a holiday party. It was surprisingly liberating to be free of the baby and just hang out with other adults for a while. And we felt safe, knowing that we had fed Raina and put her to sleep before we left.
Unfortunately, poor Raina was slightly sick at the time, so she was guaranteed to sleep the whole night through. It wasn't until Monday, when she had fever that was too high to send her to daycare, that we realized something might be the problem. We split the day and took Raina to the doctor at 11:30. She was then sent to get her chest x-rayed and was diagnosed with mild pneumonia. She went on meds for the week. The meds didn't immediately help. She still registered fevers of 103 degrees and all she wanted to do was sleep and drink milk. She did plenty of both. This also coincided with the time that breast milk supply was running low, so we had decided to switch to formula soon. We tried it out this week and she was not adversely affected at all. Milk is milk, Raina says.
In addition, Raina has progressed with her sippy cup usage. If you put the cup in front of her, she will grab it and force it toward her mouth. She's pretty consistent in getting the piece into her mouth, but not consistent about tilting her head back to drink anything. She also is experimenting with solid foods. She gets a wagon wheel a day, and she immediately delivers that to her 6 chompers. She also enjoys eating pieces of mommy's fruit; when Raina sees Krystal eating food, she crawls over to beg like a dog. She often gets rewarded with banana pieces or orange segments. Her least favorite food so far is garlic hummus. Yuck.
Unfortunately, poor Raina was slightly sick at the time, so she was guaranteed to sleep the whole night through. It wasn't until Monday, when she had fever that was too high to send her to daycare, that we realized something might be the problem. We split the day and took Raina to the doctor at 11:30. She was then sent to get her chest x-rayed and was diagnosed with mild pneumonia. She went on meds for the week. The meds didn't immediately help. She still registered fevers of 103 degrees and all she wanted to do was sleep and drink milk. She did plenty of both. This also coincided with the time that breast milk supply was running low, so we had decided to switch to formula soon. We tried it out this week and she was not adversely affected at all. Milk is milk, Raina says.
In addition, Raina has progressed with her sippy cup usage. If you put the cup in front of her, she will grab it and force it toward her mouth. She's pretty consistent in getting the piece into her mouth, but not consistent about tilting her head back to drink anything. She also is experimenting with solid foods. She gets a wagon wheel a day, and she immediately delivers that to her 6 chompers. She also enjoys eating pieces of mommy's fruit; when Raina sees Krystal eating food, she crawls over to beg like a dog. She often gets rewarded with banana pieces or orange segments. Her least favorite food so far is garlic hummus. Yuck.
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