Thursday, November 1, 2012

Crawling and sickness...

[Okay, so I wrote this waaaay back on July 9, 2012 and now it's Nov 1, 2012 and I realize I totally forgot to post it. I've been slacking on writing blog posts. So here's that post from way back then...]

First of all, Annelise had her 9 month doctor's visit! She weighed 18 pounds, 6 ounces, was 29.3 inches tall, and had a head circumference of 44.5 cm. That puts her in the 43 percentile for weight, 95 percentile for height, and 65 percentile for head circumference. Basically that means she's gonna be tall like her daddy.

Next up, sickness. Annelise first started getting sick the evening of the 4th of July, might have even begun earlier that day since she wasn't letting herself take her usual naps. Regardless, by the morning of the 5th, at 5am, she was miserable. I got up and changed her diaper, prepared her usual bottle, and she drank it up mostly as usual. But.. she had a stuffy nose, coughing, sweating like she had a fever. I checked her axillary temp right after the bottle, and it was right around 97.2, which was fine. We played for a bit, then it was time for her nap. She would not go at all. The nose clogged up, and I think her throat must have been hurting... I took her temperature again and it was 99.2. Just barely below what it would be to take her to the doctor. So because she wouldn't go to sleep, I ended up just letting her fall asleep on me, which was nice because she's never done that before and I enjoyed the snuggles, but I really wish she had been feeling good. She woke up after about half an hour sounding worse than before. By that time, Daddy came and was helping out, and he eventually got her to actually nap in her crib while I went back to work. The rest of the day was spent trying to make her feel better, but even today she's still got a runny nose. :( The rest of us around here ended up getting sick throughout the weekend. First starting as a sore throat, the next day being extremely tired and feverish, and a continuing stuffy nose after that. So Annelise must have had a sore throat on the 4th, and then the full symptoms started the 5th. Basically, sad girl for the holiday.. no wonder she didn't want to stay up for the fireworks!

Even though she's been sick, she's been amazingly resilient. With the exception of that first morning, she's tried so hard to be happy. It's amazing! If she felt anything like Mark and I felt while we were sick, it was an amazing feat that she was so chipper most of the time. And to top it off, she's figuring out how to crawl on her hands and knees more! She now takes up to 4 little steps. She's also a pro at sitting up all by herself, which she's been perfecting over the last week and a half or so. And, she also pulls herself up to standing on the couch now, pretty consistently. Last night, we put the crib down to the lowest position since she's getting so strong now!

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