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Another month flew by. It's has almost been as long as I carried her, 8 months. She is changing all the time. Since I'm a regular at the doctor she was just weighed at 14.5, she's a little peanut. Here are some of the things she is doing.
- Sits up perfect
- Doesn't like her belly, not crawling yet
- Still not teeth but definitely teething
- Laughs
- Loves her jumper
- Loves her food and opens her mouth like a bird
- She talks up a storm
- She loves to copy what you do. Daddy was blowing into his
beer non-alcholic beer and then she tried doing it, too cute
- When she eats she puts her tongue on her top lip and you can't put the spoon in and she gets upset that you aren't feeding her
- She waves good bye to me in the morning
I just love everything she does
Today we went on a Santa and Mrs. Clause NJ transit train ride. I wasn't even thinking that I step on one of these everyday, that it will be filled with little kids, that it was a 2 hour train ride that took Santa forever to get to our car & the kids would get inpatient. So I think we all decided that next year we will try and find a authentic train ride with Santa for about 1/2 hour. Melissa was up for the weekend and since Josh ditched me to work on the house she came along with Cathan. He is close in age to Londyn but is almost double her weight. What a cutie when you tickle him he has this great belly laugh. Londyn and Cathan fell asleep right when Santa arrived. Londyn eventually saw him and wasn't fazed. Of course I think Londyn looked so cute, because she is and also because I dress her.
Today was Londyn visit to the Pulmonologist. My doctor wanted her to go just in case there is something she isn't seeing such as asthma. My mother brought her to Overlook hospital (thanks mom) and the appointment went well. She has a viral infection that is just lasting a really long time. They did notice the eczema on her body and requested that she go get blood work to see if she has allergies since we have a dog. I really think it's her body wash that I have been changing, on 3rd bottle, to see if I can find one that she won't break out from. So I hope that's what it is but yet again we are off to another doctor. So I am relieved that it isn't anything serious and I can't wait for her little cough to go away.
Today Londyn met Santa for the first time. I wasn't going to go since we are going on a train ride with Santa and Mrs. Clause on Saturday but my sister said as a parent these are things we must do. So Gabby said this is really the first year Lyla is really excited about Santa. I have to get use to this I even said to Gab in front of Lyla oh this Santa is a good one, haha I forget sometimes about these things. Lyla who usually is scared of Santa was so happy a little frozen when she sat next to Santa but she told him what she wanted like as a little kid you are supposed to do. Londyn looked at him and then was smiling she didn't shed one tear. Maybe this will change next year but I was so proud of her.
So the magic of Christmas is believing in Santa. Believe it or not I believed until 6th grade. My mother even went as far as having Santa's elf's send me a letter so I figured how can he not be real. My friends in my class would laugh and make fun of me. Then one year I questioned how Santa knew that me and my cousins were cousins. We would always get the same gifts and I couldn't understand how he did that. So finally my cousins and sister explained that Santa wasn't real. If I remember correctly it seemed like they all told me at once and made fun of me. I was heartbroken. Now I love Christmas because I get to spend it with family and now I have my little family. Seeing Lyla so happy and believing made me excited to go through this with Londyn.
Gabriella told me that her and ya-ya Debbie were amazed at Londyn the other day. Lyla has her toys she plays with and usually tells Londyn she can play with the baby toys, the ones she is too old for. Londyn passed on her toy and wanted to play with Lyla little cart filled with little people. They said Londyn was taking out all the little people and even bending over to make sure they were all out. When I was with her the other day she was putting the blocks in the hole that fit perfect. I love watching her change and to me she will always be smart and beautiful no matter what she does.
I am trying to work on some family traditions for the holidays. I thought maybe when Londyn is 2 or 3 she would get gifts from Santa and out of those gifts she will pick one to give to a child in need, Toys for Tots. I asked Josh what he thought of that and he said little kids aren't going to want to give up a toy, that's my whole point to teach her some important lessons. I'm hoping that it will teach her the meaning of giving and sharing with the less fortunate kids. I was always lucky to have a nice life and it wasn't like my parents were rich but I never felt that I missed out or needed anything. We got little gifts for most holidays. Santa was always generous and I never felt like I didn't get the gift I wanted. Granted I never got the cool clothes like a starter jacket or Z Cavaricci my mother mostly made our clothes, but it was explained to me by my parents that they just didn't have the money for that and it was ok by me. I started work at 12 and haven't stopped. I knew the value of a dollar and never asked my parents for money. They did a great job not spoiling us and that's what I want to do with Londyn. Josh was also raised with great values. He knew he had to work for what he wanted and that he wasn't going to be spoiled. So I'm hoping this will teach something to Londyn and that I stick with it.
So Londyn still has a cold, I can't believe how long this has been. She would wake up coughing it sounded like she was partying all night smoking a pack of cigarettes. A friend of mines nephew had bronchitis so since she wasn't getting better it was time to bring her to the doctor. We went on Monday morning, since the office didn't have the sick walk-in times on their machine I figured 9 was a good time, hours were 8-915 figures. There was a handful of sick kids in the office all sounding like Londyn. A nosey nice women sits next to me and asks what's wrong with Londyn. She proceeds to tell me it's probably croup or bronchitis and she will most likely need a nebulizer. Her kids are always sick and this is what they had when they were little. After scaring me she says oh well I'm not a doctor I don't want to scare you, ugh. Her regular doctor was able to see us and she felt the wheezing in her chest, them she noticed something we both never saw. Her chest was protruding on her right side more then left. She was concerned as was I so she said she was sending her to get a chest x ray and maybe to a specialist. She also wanted to see if she had pneumonia or bronchitis. So again this same doctor wants to send me to a new specialist. Then she prescribed a nebulizer and we had to do it for 10 mins. Poor Londyn wasn't happy about it. I went and got the x ray and Londyn cooperated looking at herself in the reflection of the x ray.
After the x ray I had to go and get this nebulizer and medicine. I was really happy I went to a new pharmacy because the lady said my insurance wasn't covering anything and it would be over $200. Usually I just pay and deal with it but she called my insurance and asked them which brand they cover then she called my doctor to switch. You know there aren't many nice people out there so I thank her. Now I know for future I must always call my insurance and have them tell me what they do cover. After all of that I arrived in NYC at 2pm. My doctor called to tell me everything was fine, she doesn't have anything serious and the chest thing was her fibus which is a gland that sometimes protrudes. All I cared about was that she didn't have anything serious. I think I might look for another doctor who doesn't scare the crap out of me every time I bring her in. Paul my friend who is a doctor said that they do this most likely because of malpractice suits and also when it's out of their realm they freak out and want to make sure everything is ok.
So it's been 2 days and she doesn't sound much better. Today Josh brought her back to the doctor for a follow up. I don't have a choice working in NYC doesn't give me the
luxury of running all around, it's also time for me to work in NJ. Of course he didn't get much information I guess I really have to give him a list of questions but they are sending her to a Pulmonologist just to be sure it's not asthma. I hope everything is ok, it breaks my heart her little lungs are so tiny and when she coughs it sounds so bad.
Whew being a mother is the most rewarding job ever but it's also very scary and difficult. Nothing serious has happened yet and I'm so thankful for that but it's stressful to worry and so sad seeing her sick like this.
How weird is that Londyn chest X Rays. Her earrings look funny in the picture but they are hard to see in this picture.
