I know I have been slacking on the blog again. I've heard that some of you may be suffering from withdrawals since you haven't seen any new pictures of a certain peanut. I'll indulge you before I discuss our excitement from last week. Here's a few photos from last Tuesday afternoon (August 9) showing of her sitting up skills.
Now on to our drama. You may remember that as an inside baby Maya was a bit of trouble. We regularly made trips to the dr because she wouldn't move only to find out she was fine. I always felt somewhat like "that patient". Now I feel like I'm "that mom". In my last post I mentioned that Maya had a little bit of a rash. We stopped cereal for a while and it seemed to clear up. Monday we fed her oatmeal. Then Tuesday we fed her rice. Tuesday night as I was feeding her before we went to bed I noticed that she looked like this:
It's not the greatest photo since it was low light with my phone. But I think you can see the rash. It was on her face, neck, shoulders, stomach, arms, thighs. It was still there on Wednesday morning so I gave her pediatrician a call. We went in that afternoon. Since she had a rash we had the pleasure of using the back door, the isolation door. We also had to be confined to the isolation room. The dr wasn't quite sure what it is but said that it's nothing serious. She said it could be a virus, a heat rash, eczema, or sensitive skin. She thought that her checks looked like eczema but the rest of her more like heat. She didn't think that it is an allergy to rice since they are so rare. She said that she has only seen one in her career. But we have cut rice out for now, just in case. We will try it again in about a month. We have also started using lotion on her after her bath. And in the really bad places, like her checks and neck, I've been using lanolin. That stuff is great. Her checks are finally starting to look better today. The dr suggested we switch bath soap and lotion. We went back to the stuff we used when she was a newborn but haven't switched to what she recommended yet. If she is still rashy in a few days we plan on trying that too. Maya weighed 17 lbs. That's pretty crazy considering how small she was. It will be interesting to see her 6 month stats.
Maya tried green beans for the first time on Thursday (August 11). This was the first "real" food she's had other than cereal. She was not impressed at first. She would make the yuck face and gag. We finally decided that it might be the texture so we thinned it with a little milk. She seemed to like it after that.
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| The gag face. |
Maya is sitting up well and rolls around everywhere now. She always wants the toy just out of reach and seems to get frustrated because she can't crawl. She can push herself up on her hands and she can get up on her knees, but can't seem to get the hang of both at the same time. Today she was up on her hands and lifted up with her feet causing her to move backwards. She seemed a surprised by the sudden motion. Last week she really started babbling, lots of baas and few da and ma. She has started squealing again too. Sunday at church she was distracting everyone around us I'm sure. She has also recently started doing more with her hands. When you give her a bath, she has to sit up and she splashes water with her hands, then grabs anything within reach. Before she was content to be reclined and would always splash with her feet. She seems to enjoy sucking her thumb and fingers recently. She like for me or Derek to be right beside her most of the time. Frequently she will start to fuss if we leave, then when we come back over she's content playing with her toys. I think we need to get some new toys, she seems bored with the ones that we have. She prefers to play with cups and bottles. I'm always drinking water, and she's always trying to drink my water. When we eat in front of her she watches our spoon/fork go from plate to mouth and back. Makes you feel guilty for not feeding her when you eat. I'm sure I"m forgetting something but I'll try to update again soon.
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