Harper & Hannah had their 6 month check-ups on Wednesday!
We get to start them on sippy cups!
Um, how did that happen?
They sit in high chairs, they eat baby food, they roll all around the living room, Harper can sit up and now sippy cups with water...
It's pretty cute! They mostly just like to play with the cups. And I'm not sure Hannah has gotten any water out of hers yet, but Harper has a couple of times, with a little assistance...
It's adorable!
Harper now weighs 15lbs and 1 0z, Hannah 14lbs and 1 oz. They are remaining steady at the one pound difference...
They both received pretty good reports...
Hannah, our little smiley, happy, fighter...has to have her head re-measured in a month because it seems it grew a tad too much in the past couple of months...
Our little sweets are growing so fast...their needs are always changing, their parents are always tired...but oh the joy they bring! Maybe not at 3 am but hey Hannah continues to sleep through the night. Every night. For months now! It's the little things!
Friday, May 24, 2013
As if...
As if we needed one more thing...
Yesterday at an 8am physical therapy appointment we were given a torticolis collar for Hannah.
A what? A torture device? Yep.
Not really. I made that up! But it looks like one and it feels like one to my mommy heart. It's awful. If you see her in the next few weeks, you will see just how awful it is.
It's made up of surgical tubing and fastens with velcro, it has two plastic pieces that prop her neck up...In the medical sense it is not really awful, and I know it is a necessity and will help her so much...
When we put it on she screams, mommy cries, daddy says we can just wait, mommy agrees...
Ok, that's in our weakness...today, she wlll wear it. My only saving grace is that when her therapist put it on yesterday and held her with it she did great, she relaxed into it and no tears...when it came off and it was my time to put it on, my first time, doing something I had no idea how to do, to my baby, it was terrible...she cried and I thought to myself how awful it was...
After a couple tries, I got it on correctly but then I was able to take it off...
She can't wear it in the carseat or while sleeping...but other than that she should have it on...
Our therapist warned us not to take it off every time she cries...she'll learn fast that tears mean we act! Our therapist is so kind and knows how hard it is for us...she also knows how much it will help her, every minute, every hour that she can have it on counts.
So today is a new day. Today we try, through all the tears, to get her to wear it for a few hours.
Yesterday at an 8am physical therapy appointment we were given a torticolis collar for Hannah.
A what? A torture device? Yep.
Not really. I made that up! But it looks like one and it feels like one to my mommy heart. It's awful. If you see her in the next few weeks, you will see just how awful it is.
It's made up of surgical tubing and fastens with velcro, it has two plastic pieces that prop her neck up...In the medical sense it is not really awful, and I know it is a necessity and will help her so much...
When we put it on she screams, mommy cries, daddy says we can just wait, mommy agrees...
Ok, that's in our weakness...today, she wlll wear it. My only saving grace is that when her therapist put it on yesterday and held her with it she did great, she relaxed into it and no tears...when it came off and it was my time to put it on, my first time, doing something I had no idea how to do, to my baby, it was terrible...she cried and I thought to myself how awful it was...
After a couple tries, I got it on correctly but then I was able to take it off...
She can't wear it in the carseat or while sleeping...but other than that she should have it on...
Our therapist warned us not to take it off every time she cries...she'll learn fast that tears mean we act! Our therapist is so kind and knows how hard it is for us...she also knows how much it will help her, every minute, every hour that she can have it on counts.
So today is a new day. Today we try, through all the tears, to get her to wear it for a few hours.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
The big red wagon
We took the leap from a 5 passenger subaru that we loved to a 7 passenger mini van that we also love...
We were sad to say goodbye to the subaru though.
But it had to be. It had to be.
We travel a lot. I mean, a lot. We go to visit family and friends in Idaho and Washington, we take the girls to Doctor appointments in Great Falls 77 miles away often, we go to Havre, Bozeman, Missoula, Billings...we go a lot of places.
Which means we spend a lot of time in our car. And every time we packed up the subaru or I climbed into the back of it to tend to the girls, my anxiety rose, higher and higher. It wasn't worth it.
So, we searched high and low for a used, new to us, mini van...
And we found one! A 2008 chrysler town and country from Dave Smith in Kellogg.
And it's red! Our friend nick named it the big red wagon.
We were sad to say goodbye to the subaru though.
But it had to be. It had to be.
We travel a lot. I mean, a lot. We go to visit family and friends in Idaho and Washington, we take the girls to Doctor appointments in Great Falls 77 miles away often, we go to Havre, Bozeman, Missoula, Billings...we go a lot of places.
Which means we spend a lot of time in our car. And every time we packed up the subaru or I climbed into the back of it to tend to the girls, my anxiety rose, higher and higher. It wasn't worth it.
So, we searched high and low for a used, new to us, mini van...
And we found one! A 2008 chrysler town and country from Dave Smith in Kellogg.
And it's red! Our friend nick named it the big red wagon.
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| The big red wagon (pic taken in Pierce, ID) |
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
hannah the helmet girl...
That's her super hero name! (thanks for the idea Lindsay!).
She's had it for one week and 2 days...
She's our helmet girl...our physical therapy girl...our acid reflux girl...
Poor girl...she's a fighter though.
She sleeps in the helmet, plays in it, eats in it, laughs in it and cries in it...
She cries a lot in it. She no longer likes her car seat, we think it's because of the helmet. She used to cry mainly when she was hungry or tired...now she cries more...
And it breaks this momma's heart. Joel is much stronger with all of this...he'll put it back on her when I don't think I can.
The helmet is light purple and covered in butterflies, it's really cute. It squeezes her little cheeks and makes her sweaty and stinky...she wears it 23 hours a day, 7 days a week. We are allowed to take it off during the day to clean it and let it air out, both the helmet and her head. I really like that part, because even if it's only for 15 minutes I love her smile when it comes off...
For the most part she does great with it...she is so strong and resilient...I'm so proud of her!
The helmet therapy is because she has plagiocephaly...she also has torticollis of the neck...she started physical therapy for that yesterday...and it exhausted us all...
It turns out her neck problem, which she has had since birth, is worse than we thought...it turns out that some of the movements she has been doing, that we thought were cute and just how Hannah did things, need to be corrected...
We have a long road ahead of us, but I am oh so thankful for the doctors, physical therapist, and certified orthontist who can help her. We're on the right track! She's going to get all better...even though she sometimes screams when I stretch her at home!
She's had it for one week and 2 days...
She's our helmet girl...our physical therapy girl...our acid reflux girl...
Poor girl...she's a fighter though.
She sleeps in the helmet, plays in it, eats in it, laughs in it and cries in it...
She cries a lot in it. She no longer likes her car seat, we think it's because of the helmet. She used to cry mainly when she was hungry or tired...now she cries more...
And it breaks this momma's heart. Joel is much stronger with all of this...he'll put it back on her when I don't think I can.
The helmet is light purple and covered in butterflies, it's really cute. It squeezes her little cheeks and makes her sweaty and stinky...she wears it 23 hours a day, 7 days a week. We are allowed to take it off during the day to clean it and let it air out, both the helmet and her head. I really like that part, because even if it's only for 15 minutes I love her smile when it comes off...
For the most part she does great with it...she is so strong and resilient...I'm so proud of her!
The helmet therapy is because she has plagiocephaly...she also has torticollis of the neck...she started physical therapy for that yesterday...and it exhausted us all...
It turns out her neck problem, which she has had since birth, is worse than we thought...it turns out that some of the movements she has been doing, that we thought were cute and just how Hannah did things, need to be corrected...
We have a long road ahead of us, but I am oh so thankful for the doctors, physical therapist, and certified orthontist who can help her. We're on the right track! She's going to get all better...even though she sometimes screams when I stretch her at home!
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| A helmet, a bunny and a sweet little girl! |
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