On the Mend….Maybe

A couple weeks ago we heard Maggie coughing/sneezing through the monitor overnight and the next morning she sounded super congested and had a lot of junk coming out of her nose. Just thought it was the weather changes, but when I went to go pick up the girls later that day, Maggie's left eye was a bit swollen and my mom said she was constantly pulling stuff from her nose. Off to the doctor we went. Left with a sinus infection diagnosis and amoxicillin for ten days. After a few days, we still weren't seeing improvements and was occasionally running a low grade fever but knew it could take 10 days to start working. Luckily we had her four month appointment on the 14th and so we would follow up then.

At her four month well check, Dr. Patten said she clearly wasn't still feeling good and on top of that, had an ear infection. Poor girl is now off amoxicillin and on cefdinir. Because she was sick, we pushed back her four month shots to do when we did a follow up appointment on the 30th. We did measurements as well and our big girl is weighing 18 pounds 2 ounces (97th percentile) and is 27 inches (100th percentile) in length. She's the size of an average nine month old! Emma was always tall for her age, but Maggie sure does have her beat.

We are almost a week into the cefdinir and can't wait to be done with it. It is causing havoc on her tummy and she projectile spits up all day. She has seemed a lot better….until today when she sounds congested again. Grrr!! Hello cold and flu season, I have not missed you!

So happy to be seeing this girl smile again! 

Maggie: Four Months

Likes/Dislikes: Maggie is loving tummy time, sitting in her bumbo, being talked to and sucking on her hands. She's still not liking having her bottle taken away to burp or being over tired.

Development: We, okay Emma, got Maggie to laugh out loud giggle for the first time. You forget how amazing that sound is. It was the sweetest thing that had us all laughing and both girls with hiccups from all the laughs. Maggie's head control and just overall body control has become a lot stronger. She is SO close to rolling over that I'm actually shocked it hasn't happened yet. Grasping toys and blankets is also a new development that she enjoys. Maggie's learning to coo more and more and can't stop smiling when she does.

Sleeping: It's funny how much can change from month to month. When you think they will never outgrow something or sleep, they prove you wrong. Last month she was only napping in her rock n' play and adjusting to sleeping to her crib. This month she solely sleeps in her crib and hardly sleeps in her rock n' play anymore. We also are about two weeks in of breaking her of the swaddle. She did AWESOME with that transition. It was a struggle with Emma, but with Maggie it was an absolute breeze. She's still consistently going to bed around 7:00 p.m. and waking up once in the night. We have had a handful of nights of her sleeping through the night, which is heaven.

Eating: Maggie's eating was about the same during the month: four ounces every three to four hours with one middle of the night feeding. Since she turned four months, we have upped it to five ounces.

Family Update: Matt headed to Spain for 11 days in August and so it was just the girls and I. We did surprisingly well. Maggie was a rock star and Emma did good, but started pushing boundaries and was really missing her dad. Thank goodness my parents are down the street for help when I needed it. Football season has started and that means Matt's weekends are now spent working again. I took the girls tailgating for the first game of the season. They made it for about two hours (in 90 degree weather) before my mom took them home so I could go to the game. Both girls are doing really well for my mom and their one day a week at daycare. We are lucky to have such amazing care for them.