So it's been a bit since my last blog. We have been so busy getting The Mama Books published that it's been difficult to get a moment in. I guess the flu season is also in full swing. And although we have been lucky enough not to be hit by any flu, it seems like we have been nocked down with everything else. A had a bad ear ache and C had a bad cold. Nothing us mamas are not prepared for at this point but then things got, well, difficult, strange, unbelievable.

First there was the afternoon we were hanging out with my mom who was in town and the girls were having a great time with her. Baby C was running around playing around with new toys (pots, pans, bags, and some packaging popcorn - yikes!) Well, she got a hold on one and I had to pry it out of her mouth. Some time afterward, she started coughing and wheezing and I was scared that maybe there was one stuck in her throat. I patted, hit and stuck my finger down her poor little throat. Nothing. And she was fine. She would only wheeze every ten minutes or so and seemed perfect otherwise. C was even eating and drinking, laughing and playing like if nothing was happening. Some time later she just would wheeze every half hour or so. I was a bit worried to put her down that night but after speaking to the hospital nurse, she told me to just monitor her and take her in the next morning if she had a rough night, had blue lips or wheezed again.

The next morning (after sleeping perfectly through the night), she woke and wheezed. I freaked and took her to the doctors. Her pediatrician looked her up and down and decided she was fine. He actually thought she had made a noise and developmentally she was having a "fun" time hearing it and seeing my reaction. Can you believe it!? C made the noise a few more times and has since stopped. I made sure not to react when she would do it and I guess she's over the weird, funny noise. Glad it was nothing serious but had no idea it could be so harmless!

Now to add to things (C has been keeping me busy this month), we finally made it to her opthamologist appointment. After waiting for hours (ugh), C's eyes were put through a series of exercises and tests (they even dilated her eyes!), and the doctor discovered she had astigmatism and strabismus, meaning her eyes are not perfectly round (very common) and her right eye wanders outward a bit. The doctor decided it was best to get her glasses! I can't believe it. My little baby will be getting eye glasses. She's only 13 months. Poor thing! As cute as she may look, we are all in shock. We are getting her a rubber/plastic pair that have an elastic band in the back and hopefully will stay on. I'll let you know how it goes. We actually pick them up today!

UPDATE: Here are the pics of her Beige Miraflex glasses! They are the Baby Lux model. They are very sturdy and cute (I guess) but as far as her first afternoon goes, she hates them. She would only leave them on when somebody was adoring her - she is such a show off! I think I'm going to make Senor put on his glasses this weekend so she can see she's not the only one who has to deal with them. I had no idea this was going to be such a tough road. Cross your fingers for me, PLEASE!

Oh and many of you have asked and astigmatism is not nearsightedness or farsightedness. The irregularity of the eye causes blurriness in certain planes of vision but not all. Some kids see it in the horizontal, or vertical, etc, etc. Because astigmatism has to do with the shape of your eye, it is very difficult to fix with contact lenses. Many kids (and hopefully CC) grow out of it though so hopefully she won't have glasses forever....or I better open a savings account. These things are not cheap! She does look cute though!

And finally to round out everything, A woke up with a fever a couple of nights ago. It was 103.4! After dosing her with some meds, we woke up in the morning and took her straight to the pediatrician. They did a bunch of tests and found that her white blood cell count was very high (26,000) but she had no other symptoms. They started a urine culture to see if it's a UTI and so far it's negative. Since that night she has been totally fine, jumping, laughing, playing as if nothing is wrong and she hasn't had a fever since. It can be so frustrating to know your tot is fighting something but you have no idea what it is or when it will pop back up. The doc was pretty sure she would have a fever again since her blood cells where so high, but who knows. I have an antibiotic prescription written up, just waiting to be filled. And now we're waiting for a fever...or something. How terrible is that?!

Ok, time to wake the baby from her morning nap. I guessed I missed having breakfast, again.