My Big Girl

Dear Olivia~

You were such a big girl today.
I can't believe you are 9 months old, already...
I was so proud of you
for not crying for your shot today.
I remember the first one,
when you cried for an hour after.

I remember the day you were born,
you weighed 8 pounds and a few ounces.


You were perfect.

Now at nine months old,
your weight,
almost twenty pounds...

You are very long.
You have grown ten inches!
I love when you kick those long legs!

Your little patch of hair
has grown out to be so long!
You have two teeth,
and more on the way!

The silly little voice you started using yesterday,
it's sounds so funny,
like a little 'valley girl'!

I Love

The way you try so hard to stand up,
even when you are already so tired.

How you get so excited
when you see your Daddy.

The way you chase after the kitties,
and scream at them to let you touch them!

I love how big you are getting...
everyday.

Happy 9 Month Birthday

Love~
Mommy

Poo Poo In The Potty!

So over the last few months, since starting solids, Olivia has been having bouts of constipation :(
She will go a few weeks passing poop just fine, then she will have one really bad one. We tried 'helping' the poo out by bringing her knees to her belly while she pushes, but it takes almost 10-15 minutes for it to come out that way + so many tears :(
It's the worst thing to see your baby cry like that.. Recently Ben was at the store and decided to take a chance and purchase a training potty for her! I thought this was funny, because there is no way for her to let us know when she has to go? Then, today I noticed that while playing she got really quiet, I looked over at her and she had this look on her face, i've seen that look before.. she was trying to pass a hard poo :(
Just to see how she would react, I first checked her diaper to make sure there was still time, then I sat her on the potty. In 2 minutes, it was over!! I looked in and sure enough SHE WENT!
No tears this time :)
She was so happy when it was all over! It is so relieving to know that I can stick her on there and try to get her to get use to it (I totally thought she would try to get off the pot and go all over the floor!!) I think it will work especially well for those times when she gets a little backed up :)
Yay!! Well, that's my rant for this week!!

Sore Throat

So yesterday Olivia woke up from her morning nap with a fever of 102.4.. Yikes! So, I gave her some Ibuprofen and teething tablets (since she has been shooting teeth out since last week)! After that didn't work I gave her a cool bath, it seemed to do the trick. After the bath she had a bottle and took an hour and a half nap :)
Though when she woke from said nap, her fever was back to over 101.4 :(
I gave her more medicine (since the last dose was long worn off), and the temp never seemed to go below 100.4.. this went on all night long! She slept from about midnight til 2:30am, then she went back to sleep at 5:30, then woke up at 7am! Still feverish (101.3), I called the doctor and made an appointment. We saw the Doc. and he said her throat looked red (no bumps!) But did a STREP TEST anyway.. it came back negative!! So, back to not really knowing what it could be?
If she is still having fevers tomorrow morning, I will take her back again for more tests!

How do you get an 8 month old with a really bad sore throat to eat?