Roseola

The Bug has it. I had to really under expose this pic to be able to see the rash. The bright flourescent kitchen light + camera flash really made it hard to see on the pic otherwise.

Daycare noticed the rash at around 4pm on Thursday. Mentioned to D when he picked her up. By the time I got home, I took one look and called Kaiser. I was transferred to an advice nurse who asked me many many many questions. Her recommendation was to get her in to be seen that night. We got an 8:15 appt. We got there at 8pm. Weren't called back until 8:40pm. Doc didn't get to our room until just after 9pm. But the doc was very very good with her. Talked to her, played with her hair, and just generally kept Bug interested in her. Doc told me a few times that I was a lucky mom since she was such a good baby. Awwww - that's my Buggy!

Turns out Roseola is most contagious usually in the week before the rash breaks out (so Bug has now passed this on to every child at daycare). And the incubation time is approx 10-12 days or so (so in couple weeks we'll see which kids at daycare have it). She is still contagious as long as she has a rash. The rash should last 3-4 days. She will be fine to return to daycare on Monday.

Oh, and she also has ear infection #3. :::sigh:::

Here is Buggy in the waiting room.

(isn't she looking more like a little girl and less like a baby?)

and she loves looking at herself in the mirror:

trying to lick (or chew on) the mirror:

uh oh. Now she has a grasp on the paper.

Whining cuz daddy is keeping her from playing with the paper. And Daddy mocking her.

Yay! More fun with the paper!

demolishing it

and of course, she needs to try to chew on it.

9 month stats

had her 9 month "well-baby" appt 1 week late.

weight: 16 pounds, 10 ounces (15th percentile)

height: 26.5 inches (46th percentile)

head circumference: 17


- she's actually dropped quite a few percentiles. She was born @ 14th perc. But up to the 78th percentile at 4 months. And at 46th percentile at 6 months.

Doc said she's still on the charts, and just active. Also, since she was breastfed for so long, she said BF babies tend to be a little skinnier. After hearing our feeding schedule and how much Buggy gets, doc said it sounds like she's eating enough. I asked if I should be still waking her up at 9pm for a bottle since she falls asleep usually around 7 - 7:30pm. Doc said to keep waking her for one last bottle especially with how low she is on the weight chart. She can definitely use the extra calories.

Activity Table!

Since I had to stay home half day today (Buggy had a fever yesterday at daycare, so she couldn't go back in today - long weekend for her!), I busted out the Fisher Price Laugh & Learn Activity table that I had bought her last weekend. She seemed to enjoy it. Her favorite piece was definitely the little purple receiver for the phone. She found it detached, and therefore could be stuck in her mouth. She gave it a good old-fashioned "chewing on" today.

This table is nifty because you can take off the legs and the table part can sit on the floor

Chewy Girl

Now she's chewing on EVERYTHING! These pics are from Saturday - Monday.

a pan:

a spatula:

the bars to her playmat:

her sleeve

half a plastic easter egg:

we thankfully were able to keep her from chewing on newspaper:

her stroller:

(not a chewy picture, but just cuz she's cute)

her new ball:

her teething edged crinkle book:

the coffee table:


Yay! Chewy Bug!

(and the Drool! OMG so much drool!)

Nine Monthday!!

Happy 9 monthday to our little Bug!

Mommy didn't have time to make the goofy construction paper sign that she usually does - being that she's working 70 hour weeks right now. So, for this month - a quick pic on the couch with my little point-and-shoot before leaving for daycare + a little playing around with the photo once I got to work will have to do. (actually, I think I like the text on the picture better then the little goofy signs)

I didn't have much time to get her to smile or anything. And 3 pics were all I took. The one above is the best, but it was taken before I brushed her bangs out of her face. Oh well, it's a pretty true representation of what she looks like most of the time.

The 2 pics that follow we're not "played" with in any manner. But at least in the last one, I got her hair out of her eyes.

Sunday @ Church and Don Jose's (04-11-10)

(oh, and Happy Birthday Dana!)

Here is Buggy with the Birthday boy after Church (gotta love that "cabbage patch" face):

Meet "The Claw". The girl scratched the heck out of my neck in church with all her fingers. Now I call her "the claw". And I cut all her nails down last night after she fell asleep.

just looking cute for all of her adoring fans at church:

Later, we used our "buy one entree, get one free" coupon for Don Jose's.

the Bug waiting patiently:

a silly face:

uh oh. Mommy's fajita's have arrived. The sizzle and steam ALWAYS upset her. Poor baby.

Since it was so mild, I gave Buggy a fingertip full of guacamole to try. A lot ended up on her chin:

once daddy was done eating, he took over Bug duty. She played with her snacks for a while like it was a tamborine:

And look what a great kid she is. Here she is picking up the check:

Tried to get a good pic of daddy and Buggy together:

Take 1 was awful. Daddy's eyes were way too droopy & no smile.

Take 2 - still a tad droopy, but at least he's smiling:

so I said, "You must be blinking with the flash. Try to keep your eyes open".

this is what I ended up with next (take 3):

^ he looks psychotic.
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finally, take #4:

Saturday @ the Olive Garden (04-10-10)

Saturday I was craving Olive Garden salad. And we had a gift card (thanks, Mom). So that's where we went for dinner. D got the Bug dressed while I was driving home from work - I think he did a good job picking out her clothes (I grabbed the headband that matched since he didn't know it existed)

Buggy and her Daddy


at first I had Bug in a highchair on the outside edge of our table, but she kept throwing her toys at other tables - so I switched with her and put her on the inside next to the wall.

I had to turn her to face me with her back to the window, because she quickly learned how to grab onto the window blinds and swing them all around.

Cheeks!

I brought with us her Puffs and Cheerios. She picked at these while we ate. (she'd just eaten regular meal before we left). I broke off tiny bits of the breadsticks - the underside without the garlicy stuff, and she wasn't interested. She threw it on the floor. She also tossed some lettuce that I tried to give her on the floor. But if I offered her Puff or Cheerio, she was more than happy to eat those. Only a few of those ended up on the floor.

A manager-type lady brought us our check. She exclaimed that she didn't even know there was a baby over here because she's been so good and quiet. (which she was). Such a well behaved child. So far.

Bathtime:

Later that night it was bath time! Her hair is out-of-control after her bath. This time I made it into a cupie-doll 'do.