Going on a Mission…
Because of Ava’s nebulizer treatments, we had to hook her on TV to keep her still. As I’ve mentioned, we ended up with Little Einsteins. Who knew that an on-a-whim purchase in Kmart would end up so dramatically affecting our lives??
Anyway, these cartoon characters are powerful. They hold the attention of our 18-month old like you wouldn’t believe. Serious zombie eyes. But, now that she’s not on the meds anymore, she can actually interact with the show too. She sings along to the intro and closing songs (video of that as soon as I can catch it!), pats her lap to give Rocket more power and can pat to a beat all the way to presto. I guess if she has to be hooked on something, it might as well be something she could learn a few things from.
Ava and Grace watched Little Einsteins a couple of weeks ago during a nebulizer treatment. Grace was just as enthralled as Ava. I think we’ll be seeing a lot of Little Einsteins in the next few years!
Random Happy
Just a few fun photos of happy times this spring. It’s time for the pool, for date days to celebrate birthdays and lots and lots of sunshine!
Ten on Tuesday
1. Thanks so much for all your concern about Ava last week. She’s doing much better. We kept her home for all of last week, but she went back to school yesterday.
2. Back to school was rough yesterday because I disrupted her day with a nebulizer treatment. Thank goodness for really understanding, caring teachers. We called the doc and got the ok for only three treatments a day. No more disruptions to the daycare routine.
3. Even though we’ve been filling the girl up with meds, she’s been a pretty content kid. She’s also added a new word to her vocabulary…movie. She will hold absolutely still for a thirty minute treatment. It’s like magic.
5. Neither Matt nor I can sleep without dreaming about the treasure behind the little red door or cheering “Ra, ra, ra for rocket!”
6. We have a DVD player in the new van. Ava now knows it exists. “We’re going on a trip in our favorite rocket ship!”
7. Speaking of trip…Can’t wait for our roadtrip to Kansas!
8. Ava’s illness didn’t keep us from having a great time this weekend. We went swimming in our pool on Friday afternoon and had a blast. Ava wasn’t so sure about the water at first, but went through all of last summer’s phases in about 30 minutes. Now the problem is that, every time the cover is pulled back, she wants to get in. I see a long summer of fun in our future!
9. Saturday night, the Hoffmans were camping at Lake Mead. (Crazy Sarah, this was her Mother’s Day choice. 7 months pregnant, camping in 100 degrees. That girl is adventurous!) We were invited to come along for all the cookout, lakeside fun. Ava felt well enough to play by the lake and made a great effort toward getting all the mud on the shore back into the water.
Yep, that’s snot and mud covering her face. Who says I can’t let go and let her have fun?
Thank goodness David was willing to give her a lake bath.
Of course, we didn’t plan on this, so she didn’t have any clean clothes for the rest of the night. Considering the heat, I don’t think she minded.
10. On Sunday, we celebrated a really nice Mother’s Day. Now that I have one of these, all my hard work will actually pay off. Yay!
Have a great week, everyone!
RSV
Ava’s caught the daycare bug and came down with RSV this week. Kind of a bummer. Started as a cold, but she was sent home from daycare yesterday with a fever. Matt took her to the doc (I was totally expecting ear infection) and came back home with a nebulizer and a grocery bag full of meds. This momma’s heart was just a little bit broken seeing my kid with any sort of breathing machine.
Matt’s recently become responsible for dealing with all future major illnesses.
It’s not terribly serious, but it could be so it’s treated fairly aggressively. We’re doing four nebulizer treatments a day for the next two weeks. Really wishing we’d trained her to watch tv before this. She did great the first few sessions, but now it’s boring and she’s fighting it a bit.
Anyway, we’ll stay home with her until Monday morning, then it’s back to school. Let’s hope those other kids leave their germs at home, too!