Happy Halloween

Sick Baby Again :(

Maddie got feverish again on Sunday with a temp of 100.5 and it continued this morning, though a little better at 99.5. She seems to have a full blown cold, as she is sneezing, with a runny nose, and watery eyes. She's doing okay, but is understandibly whiny and is missing Halloween playgroup today. Jessica spoke with the nurse at the doctor's office and she said to not give Tylenol unless Maddie looks like she needs it so Jessica is keeping a close eye on her temperature.

To make matters worse, Jessica is coming down sick too!

9 Month Dr. Appointment

Maddie had her 9 month checkup and the pediatrician was very happy with how she's doing! Her illness seems to have passed as quickly as it arrived and she never broke out into a rash. She weighed in at 15 pounds 1 ounce, which puts her at the bottom of the weight chart, but she had a growth spurt and is perfectly average in height at 27 1/2". Her head size is 30%.

The doctor was very impressed how Maddie is walking around . On her standard form, there isn't even a checkbox for walking like that at her age, just crawling and cruising. She also wrote that Maddie is an excellent eater after we described the amount of food she eats every day and she witnessed Maddie down 2/3 of a banana while we were in the exam room. She thinks Maddie has a fast metabolism.

She also instructed Jessica to try reintroducing dairy into her diet to see if Maddie is able to digest it! Jessica was nervous, but we went to celebrate that night by stuffing ourselves with sicilian pizza!

Maddie's top teeth seem to be coming in, albeit very slowly. They've been keeping her up at night several times this week.

Sick Baby

Maddie got her first illness yesterday

After she woke up from her nap, she was lethargic and running a fever of 101.5+. Jessica gave her Tylenol and rushed her to the pediatrician. The Tylenol did a good job at bringing the fever down and her white blood cell count was good so there's no infection. Dr. Allison says there is a virus going around and if that's what it is, Maddie may break into a non-itching full body rash in a day or two. She could have been exposed anytime in the past two weeks.

We kept her on Tylenol last night and she slept well. This morning she woke up without a fever so we hope it was a 12 hour thing.