It amazes me how much Miss Lydia picks up in such a short period of time. It seems like she learns SO FAST! Babies are amazing. Here are the words she can say at 15 months old (almost):
Mama
Papa
Dada
Palmer
Bubbles
Ball
Puppy
Uh-oh
More
Please
Birdie
Belly (and can point to it)
Nose (and can point to it)
Roo (as in Roxy)
Baaaaaah (For sheep)
Woof Woof (For dog)
Bottle
Shoes
Wheeeeeeeee (mainly when she is pushing her doll stroller)
Nums (Her pacifier)
Diddle (DH's nickname for her)
Hi
Buh-bye
Wow
In other Lydia news... She seems to have gotten a yeast rash :( It does not look pleasant! It started out looking like a strange diaper rash. It hung around for a couple days and then it just exploded - It is all over her diaper area and has even spread to her arms. She has a horrible fever on Friday and that is when it got a lot worse. I might have to take her into the doctor if it doesn't seem to be getting better. I hope she is ok and that it is nothing serious. Poor baby.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Feeling Trapped
I can't think of many feelings I dislike more than the feeling of being trapped. It's kind of like claustrophobia, but instead of small spaces, it's limitations on life. There are several decisions I have made that have gotten me to this point.
Decision 1: not to re-apply to dental school after getting wait-listed the first round.
Decision 2: thinking dental therapy was going to be a comparable career path.
Decision 3: deciding to leave my baby and return to finish my dental therapy program, in the hopes I could have a great career helping people.
Well, turns out the job market for liscensed dental therapists isn't what we thought it would be. Out of the 6 available dental therapy graduates (the rest of my class), ONE was hired. It's been 4.5 months. So here I am, 7 years of post highschool education, up to my ears in student loan debt and no job prospects. Which has lead me to the feeling of being trapped. DH makes the money in the family, which in turn, leaves me having to report every purchase I make - Ask permissions for anything other than gas or groceries I want to buy.
I guess I just needed to vent a little. I'm going to sleep on it and hope I feel better in the morning. Good night.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Trip to the Park!
Something happened yesterday that hasn't happened in a long time... It was beautiful outside AND it was my Spring Break!!! I was a very lucky girl yesterday! It was a pretty busy day, but I enjoyed every moment of it :)
Lydia and I slept in until 10:30, then I dropped her off at daycare (I had a meeting at a dental office later in the afternoon). I met a great friend at Starbucks (my fave!) for coffee. We had some wonderful mama time, which in my opinion, can be grossly underrated! After coffee, I scoped out a prospective pediatric dental office to work at, then headed to my meeting at a dental office near my house. All this was done with sunglasses on and sunroof open. Fabulous.
Then it was time to truly enjoy the beautiful day! I picked up Lydia from daycare and we went for a long walk to the park. She wasn't completely sure about all the safety of the play set... We headed to the swings first. We started out in the bucket swing while she got used to the idea of playing at the park. Then we graduated to the baby swing that she could sit in by herself! She laughed and laughed! Then she got scared. Haha
She really wasn't sure about the slide. I think part of it was the two older kids that kept following us around and playing where we were. Do all kids do that? Personally I thought they were pretty rude. They kept running into Lydia when she was sitting on top of the slide (It was a double slide, so they were going down the other side). Then they decided they were going to occupy both sides of the slide. I just calmly told the little boy (8 years old?) that we were still using the slide and asked him to please move :) It was weird. Maybe I just don't understand children?
After all the playing (and fending off random children) we decided to relax and explore in the grass for a little while before we headed home.
It was such a beautiful day with my little Love Bug!
Lydia and I slept in until 10:30, then I dropped her off at daycare (I had a meeting at a dental office later in the afternoon). I met a great friend at Starbucks (my fave!) for coffee. We had some wonderful mama time, which in my opinion, can be grossly underrated! After coffee, I scoped out a prospective pediatric dental office to work at, then headed to my meeting at a dental office near my house. All this was done with sunglasses on and sunroof open. Fabulous.
Then it was time to truly enjoy the beautiful day! I picked up Lydia from daycare and we went for a long walk to the park. She wasn't completely sure about all the safety of the play set... We headed to the swings first. We started out in the bucket swing while she got used to the idea of playing at the park. Then we graduated to the baby swing that she could sit in by herself! She laughed and laughed! Then she got scared. Haha
She really wasn't sure about the slide. I think part of it was the two older kids that kept following us around and playing where we were. Do all kids do that? Personally I thought they were pretty rude. They kept running into Lydia when she was sitting on top of the slide (It was a double slide, so they were going down the other side). Then they decided they were going to occupy both sides of the slide. I just calmly told the little boy (8 years old?) that we were still using the slide and asked him to please move :) It was weird. Maybe I just don't understand children?
After all the playing (and fending off random children) we decided to relax and explore in the grass for a little while before we headed home.
It was such a beautiful day with my little Love Bug!
Friday, March 9, 2012
Sleep Training at 13 months???
For the past week-ish, Lydia has decided she does not want to go to sleep in her crib. We have always snuggled with her at night until she fell asleep (around 8:00) and then gently set her in her crib to continue in her restful slumber. Well, the new trend is we cuddle her until she falls asleep around 8:00pm then head up to her room to put her to bed....just like before. But now, as soon as we open her door she starts squirming and crying. We have been trying to figure out if something is wrong with her. Does she not feel well? Is she teething? As far as we can tell, she just doesn't want to go to bed in her crib. Great. Now what? Two nights ago, DH tried to cuddle her all night. Picker her up and cuddling was the only thing that got her to stop crying. So she went to bed with us. That did NOT work. She tossed and turned and squirmed and whined all night. I don't know that any of us really got any sleep. This led to crabby Thursday for a very sleep-deprived mamma.
I was curious to find out how her day at daycare was yesterday. They said she did just great! Took 2 good naps and was her happy self all day. Hmmmmm.... I think that confirms our hypothesis that she feels fine. We were hoping her sleep issues were just going to be a phase, so we were hopeful that we could go back to our normal bedtime routine. No such luck. Last night was much of the same as the night before. We needed a game plan. We decided that it might be time to do some sleep training. Ugh! So she fell asleep with me last night around 8:00, I went to put her down, she threw a tantrum, I comforted her for a little while then left the room to let her cry. We let her go for about 15 minutes at a time and then we would go in and reassure her. This went on from 8:45-10:30. Then I decided I had to go to bed. So I'm not sure how long after that it lasted. But I do know that DH and I were in our bed this morning and Bean was sleeping in hers. This might mean that I'm on baby duty tonight :-\ I'm really hoping this works....and quickly!!!
In other life news... I passed my dental boards!!!!!!!!!!!! Yippppppeeeeee! Now I have a bunch of competencies to complete at school before I graduate in MAY! Now it's time to hit the job hunt hard!
Spring break starts for me at 4:00pm today! I decided it was a good day for a half day. I slept in until almost 9:00. It felt soooo good. I have a patient this afternoon, so I couldn't take the whole day off ;)
For a little comedy - Lydia hitting the bottle:
I was curious to find out how her day at daycare was yesterday. They said she did just great! Took 2 good naps and was her happy self all day. Hmmmmm.... I think that confirms our hypothesis that she feels fine. We were hoping her sleep issues were just going to be a phase, so we were hopeful that we could go back to our normal bedtime routine. No such luck. Last night was much of the same as the night before. We needed a game plan. We decided that it might be time to do some sleep training. Ugh! So she fell asleep with me last night around 8:00, I went to put her down, she threw a tantrum, I comforted her for a little while then left the room to let her cry. We let her go for about 15 minutes at a time and then we would go in and reassure her. This went on from 8:45-10:30. Then I decided I had to go to bed. So I'm not sure how long after that it lasted. But I do know that DH and I were in our bed this morning and Bean was sleeping in hers. This might mean that I'm on baby duty tonight :-\ I'm really hoping this works....and quickly!!!
In other life news... I passed my dental boards!!!!!!!!!!!! Yippppppeeeeee! Now I have a bunch of competencies to complete at school before I graduate in MAY! Now it's time to hit the job hunt hard!
Spring break starts for me at 4:00pm today! I decided it was a good day for a half day. I slept in until almost 9:00. It felt soooo good. I have a patient this afternoon, so I couldn't take the whole day off ;)
For a little comedy - Lydia hitting the bottle:
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Happy 1st Birthday, Baby Girl!
Leading up to Lydia's first birthday party, the whole family had been sick. Lydia had been fighting an ear infection and cold, and I had been fighting a sinus infection. Needless to say, we were running a little behind on the party planning. By the grace of God, we were all finally feeling better by the time the big day rolled around! Obviously we didn't do it alone, we had some wonderful help!
Auntie Jill and Uncle Ben were the amazing decorators. They arrived at our house first and put up all the balloons and streamers and picture line! Jill used to work at party city, so she took on the balloons, making sure each bunch was absolutely perfect. And Ben, well he must just have a knack for decorating ;)
My good friend, Crystal made the adorable cake for Lydia's party. It was quite the hit. Not only was it adorable, but it was oh-so-goooood! Coconut and chocolate - Yummmm!!!! Lydia thoroughly enjoyed it as well! At first, she was unsure what it was. I don't think she understood that it was food. Once she tasted the delicious sugar, she knew exactly what to do with it :)
Besides the cake, we had some other goodies! I made red velvet cheese dip, cookie dough dip, brownies cookies and Oreo pops (most ideas found from Pinterest!). Lots of sweets for her first birthday! And the main dish was PIZZA (Papa Murphys)! We has several different toppings to choose from and we blew through 5 pizzas!
We were debating whether or not to open gifts with everyone there because it seemed like Lydia was going to konk out any second! I'm so glad we decided to do a gift opening - Lydia had so much fun! She got the cutest gifts! Our family and friends are the best!!!! Not only did they drive out to Timbuktu to our house for the party, but they came with the most wonderful gifts! We just had the most amazing time! The party turned out to be better than we could have ever imagine!
Auntie Jill and Uncle Ben were the amazing decorators. They arrived at our house first and put up all the balloons and streamers and picture line! Jill used to work at party city, so she took on the balloons, making sure each bunch was absolutely perfect. And Ben, well he must just have a knack for decorating ;)
My good friend, Crystal made the adorable cake for Lydia's party. It was quite the hit. Not only was it adorable, but it was oh-so-goooood! Coconut and chocolate - Yummmm!!!! Lydia thoroughly enjoyed it as well! At first, she was unsure what it was. I don't think she understood that it was food. Once she tasted the delicious sugar, she knew exactly what to do with it :)
Besides the cake, we had some other goodies! I made red velvet cheese dip, cookie dough dip, brownies cookies and Oreo pops (most ideas found from Pinterest!). Lots of sweets for her first birthday! And the main dish was PIZZA (Papa Murphys)! We has several different toppings to choose from and we blew through 5 pizzas!
We were debating whether or not to open gifts with everyone there because it seemed like Lydia was going to konk out any second! I'm so glad we decided to do a gift opening - Lydia had so much fun! She got the cutest gifts! Our family and friends are the best!!!! Not only did they drive out to Timbuktu to our house for the party, but they came with the most wonderful gifts! We just had the most amazing time! The party turned out to be better than we could have ever imagine!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
On the Mend?
Lydia has always been a fairly healthy baby, but these past couple weeks have been a different story. At first I thought it was just a cold, then it was an ear infection + teething = high fever, then the amoxicillin first prescribed for her wasn't strong enough and we couldn't keep her fever down without ibuprofen. Then we switched to augmentin (a stronger form of amoxicillin). She seemed to be doing better. Her nose wasn't running as much and her fever finally ended on Sunday. WHEW... Still with me?
Monday night she comes home with a rash all over her back and torso. Ugh! Now what!?!?! Back to the doctor. Good news! Ear infection is gone, she is having a reaction to the augmentin but isn't allergic; the rash should go away in a couple days. I think she is on the mend. Thank goodness/knock on wood.
Poor baby.
She has been very snugly lately. Anyone that knows Lydia, this is very strange. It has been a very nice change of pace. Except when I drop her off at daycare and she clings to me like an octopus. That has been really hard. She has cried the last two days I have dropped her off. I am really hoping it is only because she hasn't been feeling well.
In some positive news, LYDIA IS ONE ON FRIDAY!!!!! I can't believe it! She is getting so big and it went so fast and I just love her so much! And now, I must go on Pinterest and find some party ideas for Saturday :)
Monday night she comes home with a rash all over her back and torso. Ugh! Now what!?!?! Back to the doctor. Good news! Ear infection is gone, she is having a reaction to the augmentin but isn't allergic; the rash should go away in a couple days. I think she is on the mend. Thank goodness/knock on wood.
She has been very snugly lately. Anyone that knows Lydia, this is very strange. It has been a very nice change of pace. Except when I drop her off at daycare and she clings to me like an octopus. That has been really hard. She has cried the last two days I have dropped her off. I am really hoping it is only because she hasn't been feeling well.
In some positive news, LYDIA IS ONE ON FRIDAY!!!!! I can't believe it! She is getting so big and it went so fast and I just love her so much! And now, I must go on Pinterest and find some party ideas for Saturday :)
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Teeth + Ears
Apparently, teething and ear infections commonly go hand in hand... Who knew?! Ms. Lydia has been feeling under the weather for about a week now. I thought all was fine after she had a weekend + Monday of rest, but daycare called Tuesday and said her fever was up to 105. Yikes!! I had DH take her to urgent care (I had a patient). The doctor said she is teething and has an ear infection. The two of them apparently frequently occur together, making her fever worse :-\ Poor thing. So she has been on a regimen on ibuprofen and amoxicillin.
DH stayed home with her again yesterday because we he forgot to get a doctor's note. She is back at daycare today. I hope she is doing alright. I miss her so much this week! She has been so cuddly, which is super strange for her. I like it :) I just don't like that she is sick.
Her party is next weekend already! So much to get done! I'm still waiting for her headbands to get here, and I need to put her decal on her onsie. And prepare food. And clean... A lot. Meanwhile I have a crazy week ahead of me! Oi!
Annnd, some pictures!
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