Olivia had had a hard time putting on weight, we all know this by now, no? So at her 12 month appointment they were pretty worried when she went from a pretty consistent 3rd % to being off the charts. They had me come back at a later day to do a weight check with the Doctor who knows her so well. Today was that day.
Weight? Well, she lost an ounce in 3 weeks. Not what they wanted to see. Puts her even further off the chart than before. The good news? She now gets to drink Carnation Instant Breakfast to her hearts content. Bad news? Dr. Gill checked her ears and saw that she had a terrible ear infection in BOTH! She asked if she'd been grumpy? Sleeping poorly? This was the case last week but I thought it was all teething related. I told her I even had a friend check her ears to be sure and that all looked well. She let me know that even if things were clear a week ago these things can go downhill really fast. Which they did for Liv.
The funny part is that my friend told me to look for higher fevers, to watch for poor sleeping. He told me that if she was grumpy or upset to bring her in. I watched for all of those things and she was fine. She ate well, the past few days she has slept about 17-18 hours in a 24 hour period, pretty normal for her. So I never thought of it again.
Right, so I felt like Mom of the year today.
Again, does this just not prove that sometimes no good can come from being so good and happy. The Dr. said she should be miserable. But my girl? Its just not in her I guess.
Sorry Olivia... and why are you so perfect?! I am just one lucky Mama.
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Ava was in about the 3% till she was about a year. Our doctor had us give her pediasure, and she has gained a ton of weight. I think she is now about the 15% but thats a big jump! Ava loves it too!
She is just so cute too!! That hat and jacket on her ...darling! I am glad she is such a good girl. That smile is just killer.
Seriously, she is SOOO cute!!
Primary Christmas ideas. Do you mean for a church program or an actual primary activity? We haven't really done a lot of Primary Christmas activities. We do them more in November or earlier because Christmas gets so hectic. But, I have heard of doing a service project then, or taking the kids and singing at a rest home and having the kids make a little gift you can leave with the people, or also just doing a morning thing with cinamon rolls and hot chocolate and reading fun christmas stories and having the kids in their pajamas. If it is for an actual program for a ward activity that the kids have to put on we have done a couple of those. Let me know if that is what you meant. Hopefully this helps a little.
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