21 December 2005
Raina had the worst few days of her life last week. Not only was she sick with an illness that caused wheezing and sneezing and coughs we didn't recognize, but also her top two teeth were cutting through her gums AND she had an ear infection. Mommy got crazy worried by the cough and took Raina to the doctor -- she was promptly rewarded with antibiotics. The medicine smells just like the medicine Krystal used to take when she was a kid, and it's very disconcerting. It's like how the YMCA switched their bathroom cleaner to be the same type that Krystal's school used after someone puked. All sorts of parallels. Anyway, Raina is on meds -- amoxicillin and lots of Tylenol -- and they helped her through the weekend. Raina required LOTS of cuddling and sympathy, as she wailed in agony at most moments, and whimpered painfully during all the others.
The top teeth broke through on Monday morning, and they have made significant progress in just three days. And with the cold essentially gone and the ear infection being killed, Raina is almost back to her old self again. Which is very good, because we miss our happy baby.
Raina is soon to experience her very first xmas. Daycare asked if we celebrate xmas. I'm not certain that "celebrate" is the right word -- we travel to exchange and receive gifts. Raina is sure to receive many a gift. We're hoping that they are of the "non-plastic, non-battery operated" kind but you can never predict these things. Josh wanted to give her a snow suit, for when Raina runs around in the snow (in about a year or so). She has already received a few toys that are targeted to the 3+ years crowd. But honestly, she needs something because she is bored with her current toys. She'd much prefer to interact with 1) a baby food jar lid, 2) socks of any kind, 3) feet inside of socks of any kind, 4) her medicine make-shift rattle, and 5) her parents. One of her new favorite things is the hippo ride. Raina sits on the blue hippo and her parents shove her around the house. It cheered up a pretty unhappy baby over the painful weekend.
Raina scoots and boogies all over the place at this point. When sitting, she throws her hands forward and travels a little. Then she goes back to a sitting position, which tends to shove her backwards into a new spot. Then she does it all over again. The joy is in the movement, not the destination. We eliminated the boppy from her repertoire, as it just gets in the way of her moving around.
Raina was introduced to snow a few weeks back. Apparently, she put her hand in the bowl, took out some snow, sniffed it, and then stuffed it into her mouth. She also was introduced to a pot. She bangs on it heartedly, when she realizes that she can. That's our girl.
The top teeth broke through on Monday morning, and they have made significant progress in just three days. And with the cold essentially gone and the ear infection being killed, Raina is almost back to her old self again. Which is very good, because we miss our happy baby.
Raina is soon to experience her very first xmas. Daycare asked if we celebrate xmas. I'm not certain that "celebrate" is the right word -- we travel to exchange and receive gifts. Raina is sure to receive many a gift. We're hoping that they are of the "non-plastic, non-battery operated" kind but you can never predict these things. Josh wanted to give her a snow suit, for when Raina runs around in the snow (in about a year or so). She has already received a few toys that are targeted to the 3+ years crowd. But honestly, she needs something because she is bored with her current toys. She'd much prefer to interact with 1) a baby food jar lid, 2) socks of any kind, 3) feet inside of socks of any kind, 4) her medicine make-shift rattle, and 5) her parents. One of her new favorite things is the hippo ride. Raina sits on the blue hippo and her parents shove her around the house. It cheered up a pretty unhappy baby over the painful weekend.
Raina scoots and boogies all over the place at this point. When sitting, she throws her hands forward and travels a little. Then she goes back to a sitting position, which tends to shove her backwards into a new spot. Then she does it all over again. The joy is in the movement, not the destination. We eliminated the boppy from her repertoire, as it just gets in the way of her moving around.
Raina was introduced to snow a few weeks back. Apparently, she put her hand in the bowl, took out some snow, sniffed it, and then stuffed it into her mouth. She also was introduced to a pot. She bangs on it heartedly, when she realizes that she can. That's our girl.
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