Bronchitis

Bronchitis?! Are you kidding me. I am trying not to let this blog deteriorate into a report of Elise's latest illness, but she does seem susceptible to everything. The good news is that now that she has the inhaler she is sleeping much better. It seems to be the vicious running joke that the nights I stay up with Elise are really bad. I took a series of 30 minute naps Wednesday night. Elise went to the Doctor again Thursday at 9:30. She got an inhaler and now she seems much better already. She is very clingy, but just wants to sleep.
Stephanie stayed home with her today. She woke up once last night. This cosmic joke is getting old.

Latest Dr Appointment

I took Elise to the Doctor Tuesday for a follow up on her ear infection and the antibiotics shots worked! Elise is illness free for the first time in... I can't remember when.

Somehow she has turned in to the perfect baby again. She is still dentally challenged and climbing on everything, but perfect. She has the standing thing down cold and she is starting the stepping thing. She is going to be walking before she is chewing.

We have one more piece of news... Elise is NOT lactose intolerant. I guess her stomach is more European than Asian. I was worried that she would never know the joy of ice cream, cheese, chocolate milk and yogurt.

I'll try to get a video of her standing up soon.

They grow up so fast

Okay they do grow up fast, but no that fast.

Elise was getting her first tooth Tuesday night. Stephanie and I decided to take shifts since we both had to be at work on Wednesday and I took the first shift. The first shift had a whiny, crying, pained baby. She would sleep for 15-20 minutes then start screaming until 2:30 in the morning. Poor baby, we gave her Orajel, teething tablets and finally infant Tylenol. She was having such a rough time with her tooth. She would bite down on her binky and it would hurt so she couldn't sooth herself, so I had to hold her for 4 hours. - Side note: 17.4 lb is heavy after an hour. - She finally fell asleep enough for me to put her down at 2:30 and I was ready for the shift change. I was so tired I could feel my skin weighing me down.

Stephanie had the second shift and I felt bad for her, but not so bad that I stayed up. I was asleep in 20 seconds; if it took that long. The next morning Stephanie made me get up and in the shower first because she was so tired. When I got out of the shower she was already making bottles for daycare, such a trooper. I asked Stephanie how many times she had to get up during her night of horror. She looked so tired as she said "Once at 4am for 15-20 minutes for a feeding".

I am still stunned at the unfairness of life two days later. I would cry, but I still don't have the energy.

It seems that Elise's tooth was actually an ear infection and she was fine once the eardrum burst and the pressure was gone. I swear I felt a tooth, but I was REALLY tired. Elise is back on the drops, getting antibiotics shots and is getting a ENT referral for tubes.

She is back at daycare and still dentally challenged.

I'll post another video or pictures soon.

Crawling Video

I promised a video and here it is.