Not according to plan

Today was L's first orientation at daycare...but it didn't happen. I took both girls in for routine weigh/measure appts at the doctor. Low and behold, L has an ear infection...her first. So that explains the 2 hours of trying to settle her for a nap yesterday. Gosh, I hate when you find out like that...you feel like a bad parent. I wondered if her ears might be bad but thought it was teething. Should have known since none are visibly coming through. Oh well, onto her first round of antibiotics. Hopefully, she will fair better than E did. She must have been on antibiotics 6 times in 8 months...hense the tubes. Anyway, because of the infection, we have to skip today so L can get the antibiotics in her system. Tomorrow's orientation can then go as planned.

Both girls are doing well in their growth. E is in the 95th percentile for her height and 90th for her weight. It's almost comical cause L is in the 25th percentile for both weight and height. :) She's healthy and solid...just a tiny girl. She's 17 pounds...but that's not much for a 9 month old. I'll say it again. I have no idea how she's so tiny in this big pants family. :) After the appt., I ran to Superstore for L's meds and I picked up some tylenol & motrin and transition formula. I tried her on milk the last 2 days but she didn't do well with it...so I thought...probably just the ear infection. Either way, I decided to keep her on formula till she turns 1. I'll get her onto the transition formula once the regular runs out (this/next week). I don't remember if I used it for E...she breezed into milk easily. But where L started eating late, it's probably better to wait. Gotta trust your intuition.

I'm really tired today. I thought all along that L had a cold so it didn't surprise me that she was off yesterday. Then she woke again last night at 9:30 (up just 5 mins), midnight (up for 1/2 hour) and 4 (left her there till 5 since she wasn't crying). I fed her at 5 and she went back to bed till 7:30...had to sort of wake her up to get to the appt on time. Then I couldn't feed her breakfast since we had to get to the doctor...she didn't have it till 9:30...then bottle at 11:30. Then down for a nap but I hear her now. Guess I'll try to give her lunch soon...but all I want to do is go to bed!!! So tired. Maybe I'll get DH to watch her while I sleep...mmm...sounds good.

Well, hope you all have a great day!
~B