Time for a new thermometer in the Conrow household. Adeline's not having any more of this "bottom" temperature thing, if you know what I mean, and I hate doing it to her too. We've tried underarm and I just can't do it well enough to get an accurate reading, especially with a squirmy toddler.
I'm looking at the Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer and the Braun Thermoscan (mostly for ear). I don't think she's ready for the oral method just yet, and ideally I'd like to get something the whole family can use - even Pink Floyd when the time comes. Anyone have any experience or thoughts on either of these?? Or know of a less expensive tympanic thermometer that's known to be reliable and accurate? Adeline really dislikes her ears being touched so something with a quick readout would be ideal. Come on Moms - help me out here! :) We've all had sick kiddos!
By way of update, Adeline is doing better today. Fever has come down and the runny nose is not as bad. She is, however, a little monster. I don't know if it's the drugs making her loopy or if she just doesn't know what to do with herself being so sick and in pain - probably a combo of all of the above - but she has sudden fits of uncontrollable screaming and flailing. It's actually quite scary. Continue to pray for her little body. We're on antibiotics for 9 more days...
As for me, I've stopped taking Tylenol as I'm pretty confident I'm no longer feverish, but we'll see how today goes. Aches and pains are back to regular pregnancy aches and pains, so that's good (???). Throat still hurts and head feels like it's in a complete fog. I can't hear very well and don't dare try to talk above a whisper as anything with any voice behind it sends me into coughing fits (which then freaks out Adeline who, depending on her mood, will either come over and pat my back, telling me "You're okay...", or she'll scream and run for Daddy because Mommie is scary sounding). I do feel like I'm getting a little better, but really wish I could take a decongestant. I'm anxious to get out of the house today - it's been 5 days! - so I think that might consist of a little errand to get some throat lozenges which the midwife assured me were okay. A little trip to Target can always make you feel better, right?? :)
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Sickies :(
Not a whole lot going on this week, other than that Adeline and I are both sickies :(.
Amma came over for a visit on Monday and we went out to lunch and fooled around for a while. That night whatever this bug is - cold, flu, something - hit me like a ton of bricks. Adeline had had a mild fever for a couple days that we had brought down with drugs so we didn't think much of it. She seemed to continue to do okay until the last 24 hours or so. Her fever spiked twice and could only temporarily be relieved with some Motrin. As I type this Alan has her at the doctor's office. Hopefully they'll diagnose something and give her drugs to take. The last couple times we've been to the doctor for her she's been so sick - fever, aches, lethargy, runny/stuffy nose and coughing - they've basically just told us to wait it out, which I found more than mildly irritating. Not that I want her to have an ear infection or something dreadful, it would just be nice to know that all of this is not meaningless.
As for me, the achiness in my whole body but especially my joints rendered me useless on Tuesday. At my midwife appointment that morning she did take a strep culture just to check, but we were both pretty sure that wasn't it. But being to close to my due date we need to get me on drugs to get rid of whatever this is if necessary. They also took my temp - 99.9. They really don't like you to be feverish when you're pregnant, so I'm on a steady diet of Extra Strength Tylenol to keep the fever at bay. I'm pretty confident as of today it is gone. The last two days have been absolute misery - I seriously cannot remember the last time I was this sick. My mom came over yesterday (with her friend Cathie who's in town from CA) to help take care of Adeline and me so Alan could actually get some work done this week. This morning seems to have brought a little relief, but I'm still quite sick. I'm now going in for my regular pregnancy check-ups weekly till the end, and this coming week a midwife was not available so I'll be seeing an OB. If she's still concerned about how sick I am then I will seek out a primary care provider (don't have one yet because I haven't needed one, being pregnant and all!) and see what they say.
Once this latest series of illnesses pass in the Conrow household we are sanitizing EVERYTHING! No stuffed animal will go unwashed and no toothbrush from this period of time will remain. It is very important we get all signs of sickness out of this house before Pink Floyd comes, because I do not want a sick newborn.
Anywho, despite my being sick the midwife did say that the baby is still doing quite well. Her heart rate was a little elevated which apparently is not uncommon when Mom is sick, but it is still well within the "normal" range, so no need to worry there. Pray for healing and continued wellness, and pray that the fever is indeed gone. Also pray that I don't have to end up on any antibiotics or anything, because I have such severe reactions to most of them I'm worried what a doctor will feel like putting me on to get me well even though I'm preggers. There seem to be a few in category B that I could take if necessary, but I really don't want to.
So that's the current news from the Conrow household. Hopefully there will be more, and better, news soon.
Much love,
Meredith
**5 minutes later... Adeline and Alan just returned from the doctor. Adeline has a double ear infection. She's never had one before, and of course the first time she gets one it's not one, it's two! Pray for her little body that she heals and feels better soon.
Amma came over for a visit on Monday and we went out to lunch and fooled around for a while. That night whatever this bug is - cold, flu, something - hit me like a ton of bricks. Adeline had had a mild fever for a couple days that we had brought down with drugs so we didn't think much of it. She seemed to continue to do okay until the last 24 hours or so. Her fever spiked twice and could only temporarily be relieved with some Motrin. As I type this Alan has her at the doctor's office. Hopefully they'll diagnose something and give her drugs to take. The last couple times we've been to the doctor for her she's been so sick - fever, aches, lethargy, runny/stuffy nose and coughing - they've basically just told us to wait it out, which I found more than mildly irritating. Not that I want her to have an ear infection or something dreadful, it would just be nice to know that all of this is not meaningless.
As for me, the achiness in my whole body but especially my joints rendered me useless on Tuesday. At my midwife appointment that morning she did take a strep culture just to check, but we were both pretty sure that wasn't it. But being to close to my due date we need to get me on drugs to get rid of whatever this is if necessary. They also took my temp - 99.9. They really don't like you to be feverish when you're pregnant, so I'm on a steady diet of Extra Strength Tylenol to keep the fever at bay. I'm pretty confident as of today it is gone. The last two days have been absolute misery - I seriously cannot remember the last time I was this sick. My mom came over yesterday (with her friend Cathie who's in town from CA) to help take care of Adeline and me so Alan could actually get some work done this week. This morning seems to have brought a little relief, but I'm still quite sick. I'm now going in for my regular pregnancy check-ups weekly till the end, and this coming week a midwife was not available so I'll be seeing an OB. If she's still concerned about how sick I am then I will seek out a primary care provider (don't have one yet because I haven't needed one, being pregnant and all!) and see what they say.
Once this latest series of illnesses pass in the Conrow household we are sanitizing EVERYTHING! No stuffed animal will go unwashed and no toothbrush from this period of time will remain. It is very important we get all signs of sickness out of this house before Pink Floyd comes, because I do not want a sick newborn.
Anywho, despite my being sick the midwife did say that the baby is still doing quite well. Her heart rate was a little elevated which apparently is not uncommon when Mom is sick, but it is still well within the "normal" range, so no need to worry there. Pray for healing and continued wellness, and pray that the fever is indeed gone. Also pray that I don't have to end up on any antibiotics or anything, because I have such severe reactions to most of them I'm worried what a doctor will feel like putting me on to get me well even though I'm preggers. There seem to be a few in category B that I could take if necessary, but I really don't want to.
So that's the current news from the Conrow household. Hopefully there will be more, and better, news soon.
Much love,
Meredith
**5 minutes later... Adeline and Alan just returned from the doctor. Adeline has a double ear infection. She's never had one before, and of course the first time she gets one it's not one, it's two! Pray for her little body that she heals and feels better soon.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sentences!
Adeline speaks in so many sentences these days. And if she's not speaking in a sentence in the proper sense, you can always tell what she's talking about when she gives you a series of words. For instance...
"walk...step...park...bird...sky...whee!...doggie...woof! woof!...good boy...squirrel...bye bye park!"
Translation: Daddy and I took a walk to the park (had to go down the front steps when we left the house). I saw birds in the sky. At the park I went down the slide - whee! We saw a doggie who was being a good boy and we saw some squirrels and then we left.
"go go...vroom vroom...car...shopping...cart...push"
Translation: Mommie and I went in the car to go shopping. I sat in the cart while Mommie pushed.
"movie...watch...blankie...Doug...cozy...couch..."mote"...Pooh"
Translation: I want to sit on the couch and get cozy with my blankie and Doug and watch a movie, namely "Winnie the Pooh". ("mote" = remote, for added emphasis :)
And finally, Adeline's first full length, makes perfect sense sentence:
"I go potty like a big girl!"
Yes we're working on the potty training thing. She does enjoy her little seat and has gone potty a few times, but I think more by accident - she happened to go while she was sitting there. We ask her if she wants to sit on the potty when we can tell she needs to go #2, but she hasn't agreed to that just yet. We'll keep working on it :).
"walk...step...park...bird...sky...whee!...doggie...woof! woof!...good boy...squirrel...bye bye park!"
Translation: Daddy and I took a walk to the park (had to go down the front steps when we left the house). I saw birds in the sky. At the park I went down the slide - whee! We saw a doggie who was being a good boy and we saw some squirrels and then we left.
"go go...vroom vroom...car...shopping...cart...push"
Translation: Mommie and I went in the car to go shopping. I sat in the cart while Mommie pushed.
"movie...watch...blankie...Doug...cozy...couch..."mote"...Pooh"
Translation: I want to sit on the couch and get cozy with my blankie and Doug and watch a movie, namely "Winnie the Pooh". ("mote" = remote, for added emphasis :)
And finally, Adeline's first full length, makes perfect sense sentence:
"I go potty like a big girl!"
Yes we're working on the potty training thing. She does enjoy her little seat and has gone potty a few times, but I think more by accident - she happened to go while she was sitting there. We ask her if she wants to sit on the potty when we can tell she needs to go #2, but she hasn't agreed to that just yet. We'll keep working on it :).
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Shopping!
Well, this time we didn't actually buy anything, but the second I pulled the car into the mall parking lot this morning (you couldn't actually see the building yet...) Adeline said, "Shopping!" We've been to this mall maybe half a dozen times and it's not somewhere we regularly go, so I thought that was really funny :). The word "push" was out of her mouth moments later. She likes carts and strollers.
We had a fun time just moseying around the mall. We didn't actually shop for anything. It's just an overcast sort of rainy day (well, it was this morning) so I thought Adeline could use a different place to run around. We had a snack and she pushed the stroller all over. We visited our favorite place to get changed, the Lord & Taylor restroom. Seriously moms, if you change your kiddo anywhere else in 12 Oaks Mall you're crazy... L&T's is so nice! Adeline loves it. And of course we had to glance through the tiny baby things. So cute!
It was just as good for me to get out and about and walking around as it was for Adeline. I've been informed that half my family (well, okay, not half - but several CA family members we don't often see) will be coming out the first week of May and I'm supposed to have a baby to show them by then ;-). Pray pray pray! That's not the only reason I'd love to have this kiddo come early, but it definitely makes me wish for it quite a bit. Don't worry. I'm sensible enough to know that she'll come when she's ready - when God wants her to - and till then we will just wait with great anticipation :). But I do hope her Great Grandma Jo, her Papa, and her Great Uncle Jim will all be able to see her brand new.
Anywho, after the mall we went to the library and got some new VeggieTales movies to watch. We've just about gone through their whole collection, so I think we might be starting over. I'm thinking I may want to actually invest in having some of the VT DVD's at home because they're nice and short and Adeline loves them. If anyone wants to send Adeline some VeggieTales, we would receive them gladly (even old VHSes!) :).
Now in the quiet of nap time I'm going to continue reading through Jane Austen's novels. Mansfield Park is commanding my attention at the moment.
More soon.
We had a fun time just moseying around the mall. We didn't actually shop for anything. It's just an overcast sort of rainy day (well, it was this morning) so I thought Adeline could use a different place to run around. We had a snack and she pushed the stroller all over. We visited our favorite place to get changed, the Lord & Taylor restroom. Seriously moms, if you change your kiddo anywhere else in 12 Oaks Mall you're crazy... L&T's is so nice! Adeline loves it. And of course we had to glance through the tiny baby things. So cute!
It was just as good for me to get out and about and walking around as it was for Adeline. I've been informed that half my family (well, okay, not half - but several CA family members we don't often see) will be coming out the first week of May and I'm supposed to have a baby to show them by then ;-). Pray pray pray! That's not the only reason I'd love to have this kiddo come early, but it definitely makes me wish for it quite a bit. Don't worry. I'm sensible enough to know that she'll come when she's ready - when God wants her to - and till then we will just wait with great anticipation :). But I do hope her Great Grandma Jo, her Papa, and her Great Uncle Jim will all be able to see her brand new.
Anywho, after the mall we went to the library and got some new VeggieTales movies to watch. We've just about gone through their whole collection, so I think we might be starting over. I'm thinking I may want to actually invest in having some of the VT DVD's at home because they're nice and short and Adeline loves them. If anyone wants to send Adeline some VeggieTales, we would receive them gladly (even old VHSes!) :).
Now in the quiet of nap time I'm going to continue reading through Jane Austen's novels. Mansfield Park is commanding my attention at the moment.
More soon.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
More Cell Phone Pix - Belly!!
Here are some more cell phone pix from Alan's phone. They were taken last week. You can definitely see a very pregnant belly! That should tide you all over till Easter pix come :). Plus Adeline is adorable as always.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Cell Phone Pictures
Alan has Adeline's whole life chronicled in pictures on his cell phone. Really. There are ones on there from when she was barely weeks old, if that. So here are some he's taken recently. The first two are from a trip to the park down the street back on March 7th, and the last three are of Adeline shopping with Amma at Trader Joe's back in February. She was just too cute pushing around her own little cart :).
Good Day
Adeline and I had a play date with our friends Hannah and Kara today (Hannah is Adeline's friend, Kara is mine ;-). At the last minute we decided to head over to the outlet mall to check it out because I had never been there. We were very good ;-), and only went into Motherhood Maternity to look for an Easter dress for me and then over to Carter's to drool over all the unbelievably adorable children's clothes. The trip was a success! I got a very cute skirt and top to wear for Easter, and the Motherhood free gift bag always has great stuff in it so I scored in that department too :).
I was very good in Carter's and only wished I could own every last thing in the store for my girls :). Kara and I focused on the fact that we're going to a Mom2Mom sale on Saturday and we're sure to find good bargains there!
After that we went to McD's for a little lunch. Adeline didn't eat much but did manage to spill milk all down the front of her. She was a little stunned for a moment... then she felt herself sitting in cold milk and got really upset :(. Thankfully Mommie always carries an extra onesie around! Unfortunately I didn't have any spare pants, though. She was pant-less on the drive home to Hannah's house, but Hannah was nice enough to lend her some pants for the ride home :). All in all it could have been much worse - she had at least downed more than half the milk in the container before spilling the rest on herself.
And finally - as an update - I officially achieved stain-fighting success. After the stained clothes finished soaking I washed them in a regular cycle with "free" detergent and then gave them an extra rinse just to make sure there was no residue. When I pulled them out of the dryer they were good as new - no signs of any stains, and there were some really bad ones in there. There was one little bib that I remember never really being able to get clean once it was used with prunes... it never really smelled quite right either. Come to think of it I really don't know why I kept it. Anyway, even that one looks brand new now too. And it got the makeup/sweat stains out of my white Red Sox hat too after soaking for only a couple of hours. I swear by this stuff now. As Adeline would say, "Yay, Oxyclean!" (we cheer for everything around here :).
To top off this successful day Adeline has been napping for over two hours now and I haven't heard a peep from her. Ah the blessings of me time.
By the way, if I'm not on the ball enough to get a maternity pic up on the blog before Easter, I guarantee we will be doing some sort of family pic that day and one of my belly will be unavoidable. So don't worry. I may be 37 weeks prego by the time I finally get around to posting a pic, but it will come!! And I definitely look different from the way I looked with Adeline. I think I'm carrying higher than I did with her because I have a little belly "shelf" that I never had with Adeline. It makes me feel very huge!!
Hopefully more soon! :)
Love from Meredith for The Conrows
I was very good in Carter's and only wished I could own every last thing in the store for my girls :). Kara and I focused on the fact that we're going to a Mom2Mom sale on Saturday and we're sure to find good bargains there!
After that we went to McD's for a little lunch. Adeline didn't eat much but did manage to spill milk all down the front of her. She was a little stunned for a moment... then she felt herself sitting in cold milk and got really upset :(. Thankfully Mommie always carries an extra onesie around! Unfortunately I didn't have any spare pants, though. She was pant-less on the drive home to Hannah's house, but Hannah was nice enough to lend her some pants for the ride home :). All in all it could have been much worse - she had at least downed more than half the milk in the container before spilling the rest on herself.
And finally - as an update - I officially achieved stain-fighting success. After the stained clothes finished soaking I washed them in a regular cycle with "free" detergent and then gave them an extra rinse just to make sure there was no residue. When I pulled them out of the dryer they were good as new - no signs of any stains, and there were some really bad ones in there. There was one little bib that I remember never really being able to get clean once it was used with prunes... it never really smelled quite right either. Come to think of it I really don't know why I kept it. Anyway, even that one looks brand new now too. And it got the makeup/sweat stains out of my white Red Sox hat too after soaking for only a couple of hours. I swear by this stuff now. As Adeline would say, "Yay, Oxyclean!" (we cheer for everything around here :).
To top off this successful day Adeline has been napping for over two hours now and I haven't heard a peep from her. Ah the blessings of me time.
By the way, if I'm not on the ball enough to get a maternity pic up on the blog before Easter, I guarantee we will be doing some sort of family pic that day and one of my belly will be unavoidable. So don't worry. I may be 37 weeks prego by the time I finally get around to posting a pic, but it will come!! And I definitely look different from the way I looked with Adeline. I think I'm carrying higher than I did with her because I have a little belly "shelf" that I never had with Adeline. It makes me feel very huge!!
Hopefully more soon! :)
Love from Meredith for The Conrows
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