On Sunday Alyssa went to her first movie ever. I had tried once before but we left 5 minutes into the movie because it was too loud and bright for her.
My mom, Duane and I took her to see Madagascar 3. She LOVED the movie and did really good. She started off sitting in my moms lap and then about half way through the show she moved over to my lap. She ate almost a whole small bag of popcorn by herself.
By the end she was getting a little antsy but was still sitting. I don't think a movies will become something we do often but I think it will be nice to be able to treat her to a movie every now and then.
In other big news of the weekend Alyssa decided that she was no longer going to wear pull ups at night. Last week her pull up was dry one morning. She came running into my room to tell me that her pull up was dry and she gets a pillow pet.
BACK STORY: For a few months we have been telling Alyssa if she keeps her diaper dry at night she would get a big present. So while we were on vacation she saw a commercial for dream lite pillow pet. She said she wanted one if she kept her diaper dry. Chris and I said Okay, yet when we talked later on we said we really didn't want her to have one because she would play with it all night.
Well now she is dry and remembers she wants the dream lite pillow pet. So after breakfast we sit down and order a pillow pet. She was still wearing a pull up at night but on Friday decided that she wanted underwear at night. We said okay and she has kept her underwear dry every night since she put them on.
I'm super proud of her and glad it didn't take many nights of bed wetting to get there.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Alyssa Sick
Friday while I was in the hospital with Colin I got a text from my mom saying Alyssa was running a fever of 99. I told her it wasn't a big deal.
The evening she called me and told me Alyssa had thrown up and had a fever of 102. I felt like the worst mom in the world that I couldn't be with her.
I sat in the hospital room crying because both my kids needed me and I couldn't be there for both. I did the next best thing and sent Chris home to be with Alyssa.
She was doing a little better Saturday morning but still running a fever. Sunday the blisters showed up for her, she also had Hand Foot and Mouth.
Her blisters are all in her throat making it harder for her to eat and drink. She is still eating and drinking enough that I'm not super worried about her, I just hope the blisters clear up soon.
The evening she called me and told me Alyssa had thrown up and had a fever of 102. I felt like the worst mom in the world that I couldn't be with her.
I sat in the hospital room crying because both my kids needed me and I couldn't be there for both. I did the next best thing and sent Chris home to be with Alyssa.
She was doing a little better Saturday morning but still running a fever. Sunday the blisters showed up for her, she also had Hand Foot and Mouth.
Her blisters are all in her throat making it harder for her to eat and drink. She is still eating and drinking enough that I'm not super worried about her, I just hope the blisters clear up soon.
Hospital Visit #3
On Thursday morning Colin woke up and I knew something was wrong with him. I called the doctor as soon as the opened at 8 and got him a 9:15 appointment. By the time we got to the doctor I knew he had pneumonia. The doctor confirmed the diagnoses and sent us home with some medicine.
I put Colin down for a nap and when he got up from the nap two hours later he was shaking, throwing up and couldn't sit up. I called the doctor again and they told me to give him more Motrin and if his fever wasn't down in an hour to take him to the ER. Well it was down slightly at the hour mark so I gave him Tylenol on top of the Motrin and he seemed to be getting a little better.
He ate dinner and then started to get clingy again. We put him down to bed, and within 10 minutes of laying him down he was throwing up again and his fever was back up to 102.6 so off to the hospital we went.
When we got there his fever was still 102.6 and his heart rate was over 180. We got back to a room and after waiting what seemed like forever we finally had a plan. We were going to give him more meds and try to get him to drink. If his fever came down and he was drinking we could go home, if not we were spending the night.
Well 45 minutes later he still wasn't drinking very much so we were admitted with iv fluids and a new medicine to help with the pneumonia.
On Friday morning I found out one of the kids in the day care had Hand Foot and Mouth disease so I told the doctor about that. All Friday Colin barely ate or drank. He slept a lot and just sat staring into space.
Friday evening I asked Chris to bring him a milkshake. That seemed to be the turning point for him. He started to drink more and eat a little. I asked the doctor if we could go home. He said no so we stayed another night.
Saturday morning he was eating and drinking much better and we were discharged and able to make it home in time for lunch. He also developed the blisters associated with Hand Foot and Mouth.
Sunday he was still a little under the weather.
Today he was back to his normal self. He was eating everything he could get his hands on.
It is so nice to have my baby back.
I am having a hard time knowing that he has been hospitalized twice now because of things brought in to the day care. I know in my head that if he went somewhere else he would be just as likely to pick it up, but it is hard.
I put Colin down for a nap and when he got up from the nap two hours later he was shaking, throwing up and couldn't sit up. I called the doctor again and they told me to give him more Motrin and if his fever wasn't down in an hour to take him to the ER. Well it was down slightly at the hour mark so I gave him Tylenol on top of the Motrin and he seemed to be getting a little better.
He ate dinner and then started to get clingy again. We put him down to bed, and within 10 minutes of laying him down he was throwing up again and his fever was back up to 102.6 so off to the hospital we went.When we got there his fever was still 102.6 and his heart rate was over 180. We got back to a room and after waiting what seemed like forever we finally had a plan. We were going to give him more meds and try to get him to drink. If his fever came down and he was drinking we could go home, if not we were spending the night.
Well 45 minutes later he still wasn't drinking very much so we were admitted with iv fluids and a new medicine to help with the pneumonia.
On Friday morning I found out one of the kids in the day care had Hand Foot and Mouth disease so I told the doctor about that. All Friday Colin barely ate or drank. He slept a lot and just sat staring into space.Friday evening I asked Chris to bring him a milkshake. That seemed to be the turning point for him. He started to drink more and eat a little. I asked the doctor if we could go home. He said no so we stayed another night.
Saturday morning he was eating and drinking much better and we were discharged and able to make it home in time for lunch. He also developed the blisters associated with Hand Foot and Mouth.
Sunday he was still a little under the weather.
Today he was back to his normal self. He was eating everything he could get his hands on.
It is so nice to have my baby back.
I am having a hard time knowing that he has been hospitalized twice now because of things brought in to the day care. I know in my head that if he went somewhere else he would be just as likely to pick it up, but it is hard.
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