Rylee is finally getting over her bug that's had her for over 3 weeks now. After week two of wheezing and still just not being right, it was back to the doctor. A chest x-ray was ordered for Rylee in hopes to find out what was really going on and why the wheezing wasn't getting better. An initial report of the x-ray said that Rylee had pneumonia, but after an exam by our pediatrician, it was clear it wasn't pneumonia that was invading Rylee. In fact, Rylee had a portion of her lung collapsed and was still dealing with an ear infection. But Grandma (Na-Na) was coming to save the day. Two days later, on Thursday afternoon, Grandma abandoned Pa once again and flew in to help take care of Rylee and keep her while at home since she couldn't go to daycare. After three weeks of the gunk, it was another trip to the doctor to check out the ears and we found out that Rylee had fluid on her right ear. So we were sent home with Round 2 of antibiotics in hopes it would help.
We had our 6 month well child visit today and Rylee did great! No more ear infections, no fluid on the ears and lungs sounding better. Rylee still has thrush, but once we finish the antibiotics and ween off of the breathing treatments, we should be clear of that as well. We'll have to go Tuesday night for the repeat chest x-ray to be sure the portion of her lung that collapsed has reopened, but things are really starting to look up for Rylee.
Rylee is a pro at rolling over now (thanks to tons of floor time with Grandma) and immediately flips herself to her belly when she gets in her crib to go to sleep. She's realized that if she continually rolls on the floor, that she can get to her toys. We're imagining that crawling will take place any day now, as she's begun to get up on her knees and rock back and forth. We try to entice her to crawl to toys, but Spencer has learned how to nudge toys with his head towards her so she doesn't cry when she can't reach them. I guess he's just taking care of his baby girl!
We were given the green light to start finger foods as well with Rylee, like the puffs, teething biscuits, small soft vegetables and over-cooked pasta. We started today with a few puffs, to see how Rylee would react. She doesn't pick up the puffs with her thumb and forefinger, but instead with her forefinger and middle finger--she's super skilled! She isn't quite sure she likes them, as she melts them in her mouth and spits them back out. We'll give it a few tries and see how it goes.
We were given the green light to start finger foods as well with Rylee, like the puffs, teething biscuits, small soft vegetables and over-cooked pasta. We started today with a few puffs, to see how Rylee would react. She doesn't pick up the puffs with her thumb and forefinger, but instead with her forefinger and middle finger--she's super skilled! She isn't quite sure she likes them, as she melts them in her mouth and spits them back out. We'll give it a few tries and see how it goes.
Rylee's weighed in today at 18 pounds and 12 ounces (90-95th percentile)and 28 inches long (>97th percentile)-she must get it from her daddy--and thank goodness because short length jeans are hard to find!
Rylee took her first trip to the zoo last weekend. Rylee, Mommy, Daddy and Grandma all went to the zoo in Asheboro. Rylee rode in the stroller and got to hang out in the Baby Bjorn. Although she did enjoy seeing the animals (she's used to seeing ones in her bedroom as it is the jungle babies theme), we think she enjoyed seeing all the crazy people more! We're excited to get her on her next zoo trip, possibly one of the two in South Carolina!
The two new pictures are from this morning (4/24/09) before Rylee went to her doctor's appointment. In the one, she's looking at her Elmo basket that the Easter Bunny left her, trying to figure out how she's going to get to him.
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