Need we say more???

Ahh...she smiles!

I know that Halle is on the mend now because she smiled today for the first time since Sunday evening. She is almost back to her old self.(all 16 months old!) I took her back to the doctor today to get her ears checked and the ear infection is gone. The doctor said her breathing was a lot better too. Good news! I was starting to get worried about our flight! Halle and I are going to visit my family again. (I want to visit as many times as possible while Halle still flies for free. I`m not sure how I am going to contain her in the seat this time being a whole two months older... I`ll worry about that later. )

The croup and nothing but the croup...so help me!

Halle did okay last night. Her fever came back so I was measuring Advil at 3am using the light from the fridge while Halle was screaming mad because I tried to give her a drink. Yeeesh! Today was a pretty quiet day for us. Halle's energy level of yesterday was not there and she napped a lot which is good. I think we should see a big change in her by tomorrow afternoon when the antibiotics start to do their thing. Tonight she is back sleeping in our bed elevated on the pillows. I put her in her crib to sleep originally but she was coughing so much that she threw-up. Blankie is going to need another bath. I decided that one more night with me won't totally ruin her sleeping schedule. It just seems her cough is much worse at night. It's another damp, cool evening so I opened the windows to let some of that air into the room. Hopefully that will help Halle with her breathing. Poor little bug! I can't wait until you are better and back to your old self!!

Halle Update

Well, it must be nice to have the energy of a sixteen month old!! Halle was up today like nothing had happened yesterday!! She was jumping in her crib this morning, dancing to Barney and in a generally good mood. She wasn't very keen on taking in any liquids. I tried everything. Popsicles, juice, tea from my cup, ice water, milk...She had maybe 8 oz today which I don't think is enough. I'll be keeping an eye on her.

Hot! Hot! Hot!

No....not the weather...Halle. My poor little bug has a fever. She woke up around ten Sunday night kind of fussing so I went to check on her. She was boiling up. I took her temp and it was 39.5 Kinda scary for this first-time mom. I gave her some Tylenol and we ended up sleeping in the guestroom. She had a bad cough too so keeping her head elevated seemed to help. Monday morning at five I woke up because it felt like someone had burned me on my side. I realized that it was Halle's feet. They were so hot. I gave her some Advil because I was out of Tylenol. The taste of grape flavored medicine at 5:30 did not sit well with Halle so we got up and watched some Treehouse. (Yeah, I know. I'm breaking my rule about TV) We both fell asleep on the sofa and didn't get up until 10. Halle just sat on the sofa watching Rolli Polli Olli and not doing anything. She hardly moved. That is not my girl. Her temperature rose to 40.3 so we went to the doctor. She has the croup and an ear infection. As if one of those is not bad enough. Halle was given some meds and seems to be doing better today.

Rain, rain, go away....