Ear Tube Update

All went well. We left our house at 6:30am and were home for 8:30am. Matt's mom was kind enough to come stay, so that we didn't have to ask Jennifer to get here that early. Addison has been fussy all day and hasn't really eaten well. But they said to expect that. My friend told me that it is one bad day, and then we will see a huge improvement. It seems like she is starting to get better now, but it has been a long day.

Seeing Shadows

It was a pretty day today, so we took the girls to the zoo today and I guess Regan noticed her shadow for the first time. We were leaving and she was walking along, and she said"Oh! There are two of me. I am a big girl."

In other big girl news....Regan poopied on the potty tonight! I still think we have a long way to go before she is potty trained. I'm not even sure she knew she did it. She doesn't seem to quite make the connection, yet. She more sits on the potty for fun or for a stall tactic. But I was in the middle of reading her book to her this evening and she said I want to go sit on the potty. So maybe she is making the connection, I don't know. Either way, we were very proud of her.

Bowling

We went bowling with some friend's yesterday. Matt and Regan bowled. I am not a very good bowler, so I was happy to have Addison as an excuse. It was Addison's second time out in a inside public place. We took her to the book store last weekend. Bowling lanes are smoke free now, so we didn't have to worry about that. She is getting older, so we are slowly letting her out of house arrest.

Regan dressed for spring, because she wanted to wear her new dress. I bought it yesterday, and I tried it on her to make sure it fit. She was so excited about it, that we let her wear it. Even though it is not officially Spring, it is Spring like weather right now.

I think Regan had a lot of fun, and Matt was happy because he won among the adults. I think one of my friend's husband's is just as competitive as Matt, because he said that he and Matt are going to have to play again.

Addison's Ear Tubes

We saw the ENT today. Her surgery for her tubes in her ear's is scheduled for Monday morning. We are hoping that this will be the answer to our prayers.

Update

First the good news. Addison gained 6 oz. at the doctor yesterday. Their scale was, again, 3 oz. higher than ours so I will not be shocked if on Thursday she hasn't gained again according to their scale. However, the doctor seems to be leaning towards no feeding tube. He said that as long as she continues on an upward trend at a good rate that we should be fine. He told Addison that she was doing well. That she was making everyone worry about her, but that she was doing well.

Regan has an ear infection and a sinus infection. She has had a cough for a few days and yesterday we noticed that she was wheezing, so I made an appointment for her. She has to do breathing treatments every four hours for two days and she is on an antibiotic and an oral steroid. We are worried that she could be asthmatic. The doctor said that it is a possibility, but that he is not going to say that right now since we have only had two episodes of wheezing. Three, if you count the first one that I did not take her to the doctor for. He said that if she is, there is nothing that we can do to prevent it. The good news is that at least this time we are already getting up with Addison. So, it's not like last time when I was pregnant and we had to get up.

As for potty training....we had our first accident today. She wanted to wear panties and sit on the potty yesterday morning until Jennifer got here and then she wanted her diaper back on. Last night she wanted to sit on the potty, but didn't have any luck. This morning she wanted to wear her panties and sit on the potty. No luck, but she wanted to keep her panties on. Well, next thing I know she had a stain in the back. So, I took them off and cleaned her off and she wanted a new pair of panties. I reiterated that she should tell me when she needs to go potty, while not making a big deal about the accident. She wore her panties for about an hour and a half and just now asked for a diaper. I think she gets annoyed with us asking her if she needs to go potty. It's hard not to, though. Anyway, I see this as progress because before she would not wear panties or sit on the potty. I am going to tell them at school to at least take her to the potty everytime her friend Maddison goes. Maddison is potty trained, and I am all about positive peer pressure.

Visit

Our friends, the Liuzza's, from Mandeville came to visit for the day, and to see Addison. We had a great time with them, and are so glad that they came. Regan really liked playing with her friends. And the best part..... Regan tee-teed on the potty tonight, and we think it is all thanks to them. Their oldest is a year older than Regan and is, of course, potty trained. Well, she sat on the potty before she left and Regan and I sat in the bathroom with her. Tonight Regan tells us that she wants to tee-tee on the potty. I think it helped that it was bedtime, and she saw it as a stall tactic. We sat for a half hour, and she would not get up until she tee-teed. I was starting to think we were going to be there all night, but I didn't want to make her get up when she wanted to sit there because she NEVER wants to sit there. Especially on the big potty, which is where she was sitting. She finally did and she was very excited. We gave her stickers to reward her. We are very proud of her. I am going to try to convince her to wear panties tomorrow. We will see how that goes. Stay tuned!!

Regan Helping

Regan's Love for Elmo

Saturday night we went to a birthday party for one of our playgroup friends, and leave it to Regan to find the elmo in the house. He was attached to a push walker. Of course, Regan wouldn't walk behind one when she was learning to walk....prefering our fingers instead... I guess I should have gotten one with Elmo on it.

She also thought it very important that we all wear our birthday hat's. She wore her's the whole time, and everytime she discovered that I was no longer wearing mine she would bring me another one.

Regan Learning to Peddle

She is getting the hang of peddleing, but has not figured out the whole stearing thing. I think it would help if Elmo didn't have to go with her. It would also help if her wheel wasn't about to fall off. The piece that holds her left wheel on is defective. I have tried putting it back on, but it is done. So, I have to call the company tomorrow to get them to send me a new part.

Anyway, click the link below to watch her learning to peddle. I don't think it will be long once we get the new part and we have some consistently nice weather.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1782686109550918441&pr=goog-sl&hl=en

Another Ear Infection

Well, we got some bad news today. I took her to the pediatrician for a weigh in, and she has another ear infection and had not gained weight according to their scale. She has, however, gained weight according to our scale. I am trying not to freak out, even though I am anyway, and trying to wait until Monday's weigh in to see if maybe they just some how weighed her wrong this past Monday. Either way, she will be getting tubes in her ears. I have an appointment with the ENT next week to discuss when. We will have to decide about the peg tube before she gets the tubes in her ears, because they don't want to put her under anesthesia any more than they have to. The pediatrician thinks they will probably put her tubes in in about two weeks, so that gives us a two week window for her to do well on the bottle and gain weight on her own.

Addison at Two Months

Addison is starting to smile and respond to us, which is very exciting. I will try to get video of it next time she does it.

Stay of Execution

Well, Addison has finally started to take 3 oz. on the bottle pretty consistently. She started on Friday, and we are hoping that it isn't just a fluke. I took her to get weighed before her appointment with the surgeon and she had gained 6 oz. since Thursday. Dr. Baumboree was very happy with her weight gain, but he still wanted us to meet with the surgeon so that he would know who we are if this is a fluke. The surgeon explained everything to us, but said he does not anticipate seeing us again. Here's hoping he is right.

Dog Parade

Today was a busy day! We let Regan skip her nap to go to the dog parade here in Lafayette with some of our playgroup friends. Afterwards we headed over to chik fi le for some lunch. When we got home Regan spotted some of her neighborhood friends playing outside and so Matt took her to play with them. All of this and she has been in a good mood all day. The only time she got upset was when I was going to pick up dinner and she wanted to come with me, but it was very minor and short lived. It's amazing what adrenalin will do.

The dog parade was fun, but reminded me a little to much of a New Orleans Parade....and not in a good way. Here we were with a bunch of kids not standing right at the barracade and this adult couple and their dogs (with no kids) came and stood in front of us. I was a little aggravated. To me, a dog parade is for children. But they had no problem acting like we weren't even there with our kids. I had to hold Regan the majority of the time so that she could see. I thought my arm was going to fall off. Regan had fun, though. She was clapping and yelling yay! and putting her hand up for beads. It was obvious it wasn't her first time at a parade. She was more interested in the beads than the dog. Particularly the red ones that the people next to us caught in the beginning of the parade. Red is definitely her favorite color, although she likes purple too. I think it has something to do with her two favorite characters. We finally got a red pair of beads and her day was made.

Barney Train Ride

I heard Regan singing a choo choo song in her bed yesterday morning when I went to get her. When I went in her room she had her Barney's lined up on her white blankey in the corner of the bed and she said "Oh hi mommy. I am taking my Barney's on a train ride." I gave the standard answer of...you are? She said "yes, this is Daddy Barney, Regan Barney and Addison Barney." My first reaction was where is the Mommy Barney, but then I thought it was probably better that there was an Addison Barney.

Weigh in

Addison has not gained weight since Monday. We are meeting with the pediatric surgeon on Monday.

Addison's First Outing

We went to the zoo today with playgroup, and Addison came with us. The weather was in the 70's today and it was outside, so I figured she was at low risk of being exposed to anything. She slept most of the time, of course, but it was nice to be outside. The weather was really yucky here for a couple of weeks, and we were all suffering from cabin fever.

We are go to the doctor tomorrow for Addison's twice weekly weigh in. Here's hoping....

ENT

We went to see the ENT today, and I was very happy with the visit. She said that Addison will get tubes when they do the peg tube, if they do the peg tube. If she does not get the peg tube then she will get them when she has her palet surgery or after her next ear infection. Whichever comes first. I am very happy, because I hate that she has already had two rounds of antibiotics and she is not even two months old. Everyone I know that has gotten tubes for their kids love them. We go back in a month, if we haven't gone before then, and they will finally test her hearing. We are 99% positive that she can hear, but it will be nice to have the test confirm it for us.

Not Good

We went to the pediatrician this morning and Addison had only gained two ounces in seven days. She is doing better, but still not good enough. She only gained 2 ounces since Tuesday. So, it looks like she is going to get the feeding tube that they put in surgically through the stomach. He's not doing it right now, because her weight is still in a safe range. But if she doesn't gain properly within the next two weeks then that is what we are going to do. It's heart breaking, but I will do whatever I have to do to make sure that she develops properly. We go to see the ENT tomorrow about tubes. The pediatrician thinks that the tube down her throat is probably not helping with the ear infections which is another reason why he is considering the peg tube. He said she will probably get the tubes and the peg tube at the same time.

On a lighter note, Amy (my friend's sister who does my eyebrows), was kind enough to come over to do a house call on my eyebrows. Her sister and son came, too. It was an eyebrow waxing party! Spencer, her son, was so cute! He wanted to hold the baby, because she is so soft. He would rub his cheek on Addison's. It was very cute.