Today was just awful with bits of good. Well, I woke up with a sore throat (had since Monday) but now my ear was aching too. So I called the Dr and went in to see her. Turns out I have strep. So now that I had strep it was time to call the pedi to have Madison checked for strep as well. We went into the pedi and she looked at her throat, it was red so they did the strep test. She hated it, but was fine with in seconds afterward. We sat on the floor and played until the Dr came in to tell us she was negative. Woohoo!
We went home and started to play. We were having fun. We then went down to take Maggie out and to feed her. Well, Mommy forgot to close the basement door after Maggie came up from eating. Madison had disappeared quickly, so I went to look for her in her favorite place, the kitchen in front of the cookbook shelf. She was not there so I yelled for her and next thing I knew I heard her tumbling down the stairs and crying. I ran down and picked her up. She looked ok, but I was freaking out. First thing I did was call my mom to see if I needed to get her looked at. She told me to call the pedi and find out for sure because you never know. Madison would not let me put her down even after I had her calmed for a while. Well, they said to bring her over to the office because they didn't close until 8 pm. I did just that freaking out the whole time.I had called Dan as I was getting ready to walk out there door, so he knew what was going on. I had given Madison her cup of milk in the truck on our way too. I had to call Roberta to help keep me calm on my way there because I seriously just wanted to cry. I felt awful, like I was a horrible mother. Everyone told me I wasn't and that accidents happen, but I had been so careful to make sure things like this didn't happen, but it did.
We got to the Dr's office (not that same office as we usually go to) and it was our Dr that was there because she is oncall tonight! Sweet! The nurses and Dr were so sweet to reassure me over and over that I was not a bad parent that accidents happen and that Madison was fine. They asked me all sorts of questions to make sure that Madison hadn't lost conciousness or thrown up at all. The Dr checked her out to make sure she had no cuts, and no broken bones. Which she didn't. She had a red mark on the top of her head, so the Dr said that she would probably have a goose egg and it would look worse in the morning but not to worry, since she hadn't lost conciousness and hadn't thrown up she didn't think she had a concussion, but suggested that I check on her around midnight to make sure she stirred.
Madison left there a happy girl. She loved that office with the fish on the wall, the fish tank and all the neat toys!
We came home and I got her something to eat and we played for a little while. She started getting cranky & tired and just wanted to sit in my lap. Well she kept trying to put her finger in my mouth so I growled at her and pretended to bite her. This got Maggie barking, which turned into Madison growling at Maggie! It was hilarious! I so wish I could have gotten that on camera. Anyway, I promised her that I would get her when I went to bed and she could sleep with mommy tonight. Honestly, I just want her close, because I'm a worry, so I know its early, but off to bed so I can snuggle my baby girl.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Update from the past few weeks
Its been an interesting few weeks.
After we got back from camping, Madison started getting "spots." It was a normal reaction to her MMR shot she got the Friday before we left for camping. The Dr had warned me that they could show up between 9-14 days after the shot and sure enough she got them in that time frame. Glad a had gotten that warning before it happened, otherwise I would have freaked out!
Then Mr. Bailey decided to have diarhea really bad. He was so under the weather that he was not acting normal at all. He wasn't excited to go for a ride when we went to the vet or even excited to go out like he normally is. He usually runs around like a freak for a little while before he decides its time to go back in. The vet said he had a fever and found nothing in the sample we brought her. So from the way he was acting she did a full blood work up and was tempted to keep him because she was worried about him. She did let him come home and gave me anti-poop meds & an antibiotic to be on the safe side. She called the next day saying that he was healthy as a horse except for a white cell count that was up indicating a parasite, so we did a round of de-worming to be on the safe side. She also recommended that we start Bailey on Fish oil.
Once we got everyone healthy and happy again it was easy sailing!
This past Friday we took Madison to her first race! Hawkeye Downs had a thing with a local radio station and all we had to do was pick up tickets at the radio station and we got in free. Now Madison has not been one for afternoon naps lately and she had skipped her afternoon nap that day, but she still made it until 9 pm before getting to cranky to stay at the track. We got to watch all the heat races, but we missed the features. She really enjoyed herself. I think we will be taking her again soon, but instead of sitting in the stands we are going to sit on the "party deck" so she has some room to stand, walk and play.
Saturday we went to the farmers market in the morning and had breakfast there plus got some really yummy veggies while Daddy went to go get his hair cut. Madison napped when we got home, so I finished painting her rocking chair. All thats left on that is putting a clear coat on it! In the afternoon we went to Solon Beef Days and had some lunch. We watched some Big Wheel Races, a Baggo Tournament & enjoyed some live music. Madison danced up a storm. It was so hot that on our way home we stopped for some ice cream. I think we wore out Madison that day.
Sunday was our low key day. I made some homemade pizzas for us and we went for a walk to get frozen yogurt only to find out that the frozen yogurt shop was closed. Of course we got in the truck and went for ice cream instead!
The exciting thing is Madison has started walking on her own. Its not much, but its something. We got at least 10 steps out of her before she leans forward to fall. She is getting better about her balance and is trying to sit down before she falls now.
Oh, Bailey has been calming down enough that he has been up to play with Madison a few times too. Its nice to see that he can be trusted with her. I was beginning to think it was a lost cause. I still don't trust him as much as I trust Maggie with her, but I'm sure it will come with time.
Well, I should go as Madison is looking out the window with Maggie and trying to destroy my new blinds! God, I love my kid!
After we got back from camping, Madison started getting "spots." It was a normal reaction to her MMR shot she got the Friday before we left for camping. The Dr had warned me that they could show up between 9-14 days after the shot and sure enough she got them in that time frame. Glad a had gotten that warning before it happened, otherwise I would have freaked out!
Then Mr. Bailey decided to have diarhea really bad. He was so under the weather that he was not acting normal at all. He wasn't excited to go for a ride when we went to the vet or even excited to go out like he normally is. He usually runs around like a freak for a little while before he decides its time to go back in. The vet said he had a fever and found nothing in the sample we brought her. So from the way he was acting she did a full blood work up and was tempted to keep him because she was worried about him. She did let him come home and gave me anti-poop meds & an antibiotic to be on the safe side. She called the next day saying that he was healthy as a horse except for a white cell count that was up indicating a parasite, so we did a round of de-worming to be on the safe side. She also recommended that we start Bailey on Fish oil.
Once we got everyone healthy and happy again it was easy sailing!
This past Friday we took Madison to her first race! Hawkeye Downs had a thing with a local radio station and all we had to do was pick up tickets at the radio station and we got in free. Now Madison has not been one for afternoon naps lately and she had skipped her afternoon nap that day, but she still made it until 9 pm before getting to cranky to stay at the track. We got to watch all the heat races, but we missed the features. She really enjoyed herself. I think we will be taking her again soon, but instead of sitting in the stands we are going to sit on the "party deck" so she has some room to stand, walk and play.
Saturday we went to the farmers market in the morning and had breakfast there plus got some really yummy veggies while Daddy went to go get his hair cut. Madison napped when we got home, so I finished painting her rocking chair. All thats left on that is putting a clear coat on it! In the afternoon we went to Solon Beef Days and had some lunch. We watched some Big Wheel Races, a Baggo Tournament & enjoyed some live music. Madison danced up a storm. It was so hot that on our way home we stopped for some ice cream. I think we wore out Madison that day.
Sunday was our low key day. I made some homemade pizzas for us and we went for a walk to get frozen yogurt only to find out that the frozen yogurt shop was closed. Of course we got in the truck and went for ice cream instead!
The exciting thing is Madison has started walking on her own. Its not much, but its something. We got at least 10 steps out of her before she leans forward to fall. She is getting better about her balance and is trying to sit down before she falls now.
Oh, Bailey has been calming down enough that he has been up to play with Madison a few times too. Its nice to see that he can be trusted with her. I was beginning to think it was a lost cause. I still don't trust him as much as I trust Maggie with her, but I'm sure it will come with time.
Well, I should go as Madison is looking out the window with Maggie and trying to destroy my new blinds! God, I love my kid!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
We're Back!
Oh my! That was a fun time! I can't believe I was ever worried about it. Madison was such a good girl. We left Thursday to drive up. What was a 5 hour drive ended up to be more like a 6 1/2 hour drive since we stopped for lunch and then had to make a poopy diaper stop! Madison only slept about an hour of our drive. She never took an afternoon nap either. She went to bed late and then ended up on the air matress with us at 4 am and up for the day at 5:30 on Friday.
It was a long Friday! It was so hot. We went tubing down the river. Tons of fun! Madison hated her life jacket, so since she was sitting with me I took it off her. I know bad mommy! I've been down the river many, many times, so I know the way it is and know that there was nothing horrible coming up. I will say though that that was the only time she went down the river. We got back to the camp site and Madison fought a morning nap and then I realized it was lunch time and the poor baby was hungry, so I fed her and then tried to nap again. Napping worked! She slept for about an hour and a half. After her nap, my friend's mom, kept Madison so I could tube down the river with Dan, Roberta & Al! It was a nice little tubing experience. Hot as all hell, but nice since my butt was in a cold river, but when we got out, oh my did the heat hit me! We had steaks, baked potato & corn on the cob for dinner. It was way too hot to sit around the fire that night so we just sat in a circle and talked.
It was another late night for Madison and she ended up on the air matress with us again at 5 am this time and we got to sleep until 6:00 am! 6 was just too early considering a wind storm hit at midnight causing us to be awake and securing everything in cars and taking the canopy apart because the wind was lifting it up off the ground. We were in the camper checking out the weather because a storm was suppose to be heading our way. We got the wind, but the storm dissipated before hitting us.
We had decided ahead of time not to tube down the river on Saturday because it was going to be ridiculous! Boy, did we make the right decision. They had a record of 2752 people that went down the river that day. The lines for the bus were so long that they were standing in the river waiting to get on the bus. Most tubers paid $11 for 1 trip down the river because of how long they had to wait in line to get on the bus. Not only that but now there was a bunch of drunken tubers littering the campground. Our site was across from the parking lot. Lots of fun there. I yelled at some drunk girl to get off of Roberta's car. Yep, she was sitting her butt right on the car along with her beer can. Because of this, Roberta and I got into it with some stupid boys who called us beached whales to security and threatened to bash in our car windows and other stuff. Well, we had a little chat with one of the owners and pointed these boys out to her (they were in the bar). She siad she would check their ID's and if they were of age she had no right to kick them out, but if they were not she would kick them out and off the campground. We went back to our site and move cars around. Within about 10 minutes the boys were at their car and taking off, so apparently the boys were under age drinking at the bar. Makes you go Hmmm.... How many others are under age in there? Oh, well! Saturday night we had BBQ Ribs and Peppers for dinner. Man, did we eat like Kings! We did our normal smores & pies over the fire and hung out there for a while. Madison stayed up long enough to eat a graham cracker while watching the fire.
Again, Madison ended up on the air matress with us. Baby girl just could sleep a full night in her pack n play in the tent. Can't blame her the birds get loud that early! Sunday we had to do our campsite break down. When we were all loaded up and ready to go, my wonderful truck wouldn't start, yet it had just started the night before when we moved it. We don't have any idea why, but we got jumpstarted and were on our way to breakfast in town. Breakfast at Bucky's, our camping staple! Then to get gas, the whole time we had Roberta and her parents around in case the truck wouldn't start again. It did though. Never turned it off after that until we got home. 5 1/2 hours later! Madison slept for a lot longer. She had barely taken any naps while we were camping and only slept about 8 hours to her normal 11, but never did she get totally cranky or crabby. She was the most pleasant baby ever.
So we spent our 4th of July, grocery shopping, doing laundry (lots of it), cleaning up the house, & a bunch of other miscellaneous things around the house. We never saw fireworks, though we heard them. Madison basically went right back to her normal routine once we got home, except getting up an hour earlier than normal. Hopefully that will come back quickly too!
Saturday we left for just chilling out
It was a long Friday! It was so hot. We went tubing down the river. Tons of fun! Madison hated her life jacket, so since she was sitting with me I took it off her. I know bad mommy! I've been down the river many, many times, so I know the way it is and know that there was nothing horrible coming up. I will say though that that was the only time she went down the river. We got back to the camp site and Madison fought a morning nap and then I realized it was lunch time and the poor baby was hungry, so I fed her and then tried to nap again. Napping worked! She slept for about an hour and a half. After her nap, my friend's mom, kept Madison so I could tube down the river with Dan, Roberta & Al! It was a nice little tubing experience. Hot as all hell, but nice since my butt was in a cold river, but when we got out, oh my did the heat hit me! We had steaks, baked potato & corn on the cob for dinner. It was way too hot to sit around the fire that night so we just sat in a circle and talked.
It was another late night for Madison and she ended up on the air matress with us again at 5 am this time and we got to sleep until 6:00 am! 6 was just too early considering a wind storm hit at midnight causing us to be awake and securing everything in cars and taking the canopy apart because the wind was lifting it up off the ground. We were in the camper checking out the weather because a storm was suppose to be heading our way. We got the wind, but the storm dissipated before hitting us.
We had decided ahead of time not to tube down the river on Saturday because it was going to be ridiculous! Boy, did we make the right decision. They had a record of 2752 people that went down the river that day. The lines for the bus were so long that they were standing in the river waiting to get on the bus. Most tubers paid $11 for 1 trip down the river because of how long they had to wait in line to get on the bus. Not only that but now there was a bunch of drunken tubers littering the campground. Our site was across from the parking lot. Lots of fun there. I yelled at some drunk girl to get off of Roberta's car. Yep, she was sitting her butt right on the car along with her beer can. Because of this, Roberta and I got into it with some stupid boys who called us beached whales to security and threatened to bash in our car windows and other stuff. Well, we had a little chat with one of the owners and pointed these boys out to her (they were in the bar). She siad she would check their ID's and if they were of age she had no right to kick them out, but if they were not she would kick them out and off the campground. We went back to our site and move cars around. Within about 10 minutes the boys were at their car and taking off, so apparently the boys were under age drinking at the bar. Makes you go Hmmm.... How many others are under age in there? Oh, well! Saturday night we had BBQ Ribs and Peppers for dinner. Man, did we eat like Kings! We did our normal smores & pies over the fire and hung out there for a while. Madison stayed up long enough to eat a graham cracker while watching the fire.
Again, Madison ended up on the air matress with us. Baby girl just could sleep a full night in her pack n play in the tent. Can't blame her the birds get loud that early! Sunday we had to do our campsite break down. When we were all loaded up and ready to go, my wonderful truck wouldn't start, yet it had just started the night before when we moved it. We don't have any idea why, but we got jumpstarted and were on our way to breakfast in town. Breakfast at Bucky's, our camping staple! Then to get gas, the whole time we had Roberta and her parents around in case the truck wouldn't start again. It did though. Never turned it off after that until we got home. 5 1/2 hours later! Madison slept for a lot longer. She had barely taken any naps while we were camping and only slept about 8 hours to her normal 11, but never did she get totally cranky or crabby. She was the most pleasant baby ever.
So we spent our 4th of July, grocery shopping, doing laundry (lots of it), cleaning up the house, & a bunch of other miscellaneous things around the house. We never saw fireworks, though we heard them. Madison basically went right back to her normal routine once we got home, except getting up an hour earlier than normal. Hopefully that will come back quickly too!
Saturday we left for just chilling out
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