Well, we have survived Ava getting sick for this first time...sniff sniff. She started with a fever on Saturday night through Sunday and then just had a stuffy nose and cough. We took her to the dr. on Monday and her strep test came back negative and no ear infection---I say THANK GOODNESS but like Dr. Emm said, if it is strep or an ear infection they can fix that in 1 day. Unfortunately since it wasn't they can't give her anything and she just has to get better. Her appetite has gone down a little but I think it'll be back to normal once she's completely better.
Poor thing! You can just tell she doesn't feel good and her cough does not sound good. So far she is breathing ok overall, but we're watching it to make sure no pneumonia or anything more severe develops. She will go back to the dr next week for her 6 month well baby check up---providing she's better. Dr. Emm said he has seen several babies this week and last with the same thing. Last week they all had strep and this week they all came back negative. Interesting!
She weighed in Monday at just under 16 pounds and from our measurements on length (we just did it while we were waiting for the nurse) she was 25 inches. So, she's grown an inch since her 4 month appointment. :) Still a little peanut I think and I swear her feet have NOT grown!?? I can't seem to find shoes that actually fit her. All 6+ mo. are huge. Hats are a different story. She is in at least 6-12 mo. there :)
Anyway, I knew it was pretty inevitable she'd get sick and we'll survive (she's building immunity, right!?), but I will say that is the most helpless feeling knowing that your baby is sick and there isn't a thing you can do about it. I spent all of Saturday night and into the a.m. just holding her and though I'd never want her to be sick, it was nice to be able to snuggle with her. The worst was when she was actually whimpering!!! Heart breaking!
I stayed home with her yesterday and I'm happy to say that was the day she decided to start rolling over ALL of the time! She has done it before (both ways) but never has been a fan of her belly and would scoot around rather than rolling over, to get to something. It's pretty funny watching her. I grabbed my phone and took these pictures so they aren't the greatest but you can see it won't be long before she'll be into ANYthing and EVERYthing!
Here I go!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She always ends up stuck on her mat in some weird position...LOL...
I think she's saying "Ooooohhh Mommy hasn't baby-proofed the house yet!!"
Super excited for her 6 mo. photos this weekend and our family Christmas picture as well as hers. She got to see Santa last week at the mall in Springfield and actually smiled. Lately she's been a little scared of men in particular, that she doesn't know. We got a smile in the professional photo. :)
Thanksgiving post coming soon. :) Why does it seem I am always working out of order here???
