Last week we ate blueberry and banana pouches all by our selves (Mommy had been helping us eat them). Emily may have enjoyed the pouch more, but I think Kyle had more fun!
Tonight we had blueberries for the first time. We thought they were YUMMY!
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
First Birthday Present
Grandma and Grandpa Cary ordered Kyle and Emily's birthday present from Amazon and sent it to us. It came in the mail last week. Kyle thought the box was the present....
Mommy and Daddy were smart enough though to figure out the present was inside the box... Emily and Kyle got seat protectors to go under their car seats in Mommy's car! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!
Monday, February 20, 2012
Emily's Diaper Rash
Last Thursday Emily got a really bad diaper rash. We tried changing her more often, using the creams that we could with the cloth diapers (not all diaper rash creams can be used with cloth diapers), and even tried putting her in a disposable diaper so that we could put other creams on her.
Friday, the rash got worse and poor Emily now had blisters. I called the doctor's office and spoke with the nurse. She told us to continue to use Triple Paste (which means using disposable diapers) and to let Emily go diaper-less when we could. She said if it wasn't looking any better in the morning, to give them a call and they would get us in.
On Saturday, Emily's bottom didn't look any better, so I called the doctor's office and we got in to see the doctor on call (yay for Saturday sick visits!). We were told Emily's rash was strep and were given an ointment to use and told to continue to use the Triple Paste with this ointment.
So for the past two days, Emily has worn disposable diapers and had creams and ointments all over her bottom. Now it's pretty much all cleared up!
This afternoon when I was changing Emily and Kyle I grabbed one cloth and one disposable. Emily grabbed the cloth diaper as soon as I put it down and went to the corner to hide under the chair with it. I took it away from her, opened up the cloth diaper and laid it on the floor to put it on Kyle. Emily walked over and sat down next to the diaper and had a big smile on her face. I them laid Kyle on the diaper and started to put it on him... when Emily realized I was putting it on Kyle and not her, she got upset... and when she saw the disposable diaper I had to put on her, she walked to the corner and hide under the chair. I think Emily misses her FuzziBunz (cloth diapers). She'll be happy to know that I am going to put a cloth diaper on her after her bath tonight! :)
I also find it funny that Emily still wears a size 2 diaper...and she's almost a year old!
Friday, the rash got worse and poor Emily now had blisters. I called the doctor's office and spoke with the nurse. She told us to continue to use Triple Paste (which means using disposable diapers) and to let Emily go diaper-less when we could. She said if it wasn't looking any better in the morning, to give them a call and they would get us in.
On Saturday, Emily's bottom didn't look any better, so I called the doctor's office and we got in to see the doctor on call (yay for Saturday sick visits!). We were told Emily's rash was strep and were given an ointment to use and told to continue to use the Triple Paste with this ointment.
So for the past two days, Emily has worn disposable diapers and had creams and ointments all over her bottom. Now it's pretty much all cleared up!
This afternoon when I was changing Emily and Kyle I grabbed one cloth and one disposable. Emily grabbed the cloth diaper as soon as I put it down and went to the corner to hide under the chair with it. I took it away from her, opened up the cloth diaper and laid it on the floor to put it on Kyle. Emily walked over and sat down next to the diaper and had a big smile on her face. I them laid Kyle on the diaper and started to put it on him... when Emily realized I was putting it on Kyle and not her, she got upset... and when she saw the disposable diaper I had to put on her, she walked to the corner and hide under the chair. I think Emily misses her FuzziBunz (cloth diapers). She'll be happy to know that I am going to put a cloth diaper on her after her bath tonight! :)
I also find it funny that Emily still wears a size 2 diaper...and she's almost a year old!
Sippy Cups
Emily and Kyle were doing great with the three stage sippy cups on stage one (the bottle nipples), so a couple days ago we switched them to stage 2 (the sippy cup nipples). They are still doing great with them!
We have just been doing water in their sippy cups because they don't "drink" from them, they "sip" and the sipping is not good for their teeth if it's anything except water. We are just going to keep giving them water in their sippy cups until we are done with breastmilk, then we will introduce whole milk in their sippy cups instead of the bottles.
As far as when they will be done with breastmilk, I haven't decided for sure yet. It has been recommended that we continue to give them breastmilk for longer than 12 months (as long as I can continue to produce it) because of how small they still are. My original goal was to do breastmilk for a year (which we are about two weeks from reaching!), but I am very willing to continue to pump if that's what is best for my babies.
We have just been doing water in their sippy cups because they don't "drink" from them, they "sip" and the sipping is not good for their teeth if it's anything except water. We are just going to keep giving them water in their sippy cups until we are done with breastmilk, then we will introduce whole milk in their sippy cups instead of the bottles.
As far as when they will be done with breastmilk, I haven't decided for sure yet. It has been recommended that we continue to give them breastmilk for longer than 12 months (as long as I can continue to produce it) because of how small they still are. My original goal was to do breastmilk for a year (which we are about two weeks from reaching!), but I am very willing to continue to pump if that's what is best for my babies.
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