When It Rains It Pours

January 26, 2011: We've had a rough stretch health wise at our house. We moved Molly onto a soy based formula to help constipate her and it worked, stopped the diarrhea and then her bottom healed, but after I moved her back onto the regular formula her diarrhea started up again. Apparently infectious diarrhea can cause a milk intolerance so she has to be on soy formula for awhile. We'll test out regular in 6 weeks. Anyways, shortly after that problem was solved Casey came down with the stomach bug. She threw up all night on a Wednesday and was sluggish for two days after. Julia threw up all night Saturday night and Molly on Sunday. James and I caught it Monday night and it was awful. Molly has diarrhea again which I think is part of this bug.



Molly is sitting up now, she still needs some pillows around her as she will topple over if she leans too far in one direction. She got her first two teeth on the same day last week. She licks them with her tongue all the time. Also, I tried some solid food again and she took a little sweet potatoes the other night. She certainly did not devour them like Julia did when she was a baby, but at least she did not cry and spit them back at me. I have backed off since b/c of the stomach upset but I hope she will start taking it again.



Julia continues to crawl out of her crib endlessly. She does it at night and in the morning. Every morning for about two weeks she would crawl into our bed at 5 am and wake us up. It was not fun. We've gotten her to stay in a little later now thankfully. Julia wears nothing short of four different outfits a day. She switches clothes all the time. It is funny but also I end up doing way too much laundry. Julia is potty trained now though which is great. She still wears a diaper at nap time and night time. She also does a funny thing where she asks, "can I?" all the time. For example..."Can I get this puzzle out Mamma, can I?" It is very cute in her little voice.






We've had tons of snow this month. Casey has missed a few days of school. The girls do not love going out in the snow. They just get too cold. Casey is just getting to the point where she will tolerate it and have fun for awhile. Also Casey really only wants to wear dresses now. First it was pink, then skirts and now she only wants dresses and her "party shoes". It is really amazing to me. Today there is a snow storm and she is wearing a little Lily Pulitzer pink dress (same one she wore yesterday).

Always Something...

January 8, 2011: Molly had developed diarrhea almost two weeks ago while taking the ammoxicillin for her ear infection. It has not stopped and the other day I noticed some bloody mucus in her diaper. I spoke with our pediatrician around 6pm and he was worried about the symptoms and sent us to the ER at the children's hospital in Hartford to rule out the worst case scenario, intussusception. This is an intestinal disorder that I actually had as a child. It was one of those nights when I was so exhausted and could not wait to put the kids to bed and veg out on the couch but the night had other plans. At 7pm Molly and I headed off to Hartford and did not return home until just before 1am, fortunately with the ultrasound revealing that it was not intussusception. We also ruled out another dangerous infection and her diaper was sent to a lab for further testing. Now that the two worst things are out of the picture we are going to wait a few more days and see what happens. In the meantime Molly's poor bottom is in the worst shape of any diaper rash I have seen in my time as a mom. It pains me to see it.



JJ started climbing out of her crib two days ago. She sauntered into the living room after nap time the other day and James and I both asked if the other had gotten her. Now in the mornings she takes her sleep sack off, takes her pjs off to get rid of her wet diaper, puts them back on, and climbs out and comes to wake me up. I decided to lower the crib rail and we put a gym mat under her bed to lessen the chance of injury. Casey never climbed out of her crib so this is new for us. We're going to stick with the crib for now and wait to move her into a bed as long as we can. One thing about Julia I have to mention...she can be a real handful, but she is so nice and so sweet too. She will come up to James and I seemingly randomly and say, "I love you so much". It is so cute. Casey was crying the other day and she went and got a towel and came up to Casey and said, "let me dry your tears Case". She always shares her things with Casey and is just generally a very nice girl.