Wrap nap

Need to be getting ready for a wedding

But wrap nap is more important for a feverish baby

She spikes 103.6 overnight :(

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And she's snoring

Honestly don't know how I would have survived without wrapping 

First chocolate

Liked the chocolate syrup

But then.. Not mixed with the amoxicillin 

Update, this 3rd bottle.. I made sure it's a different manufacturer.  She takes it a bit better, not sure if it's the taste or just the realization that this is happening twice a day regardless of her putting up the fight. The crying, shrieking & refusal is the same but it takes me 7ml to give 5ml, instead of the previous 15-20 ml haha

The mixing wth chocolate syrup, or icecream a didn't work 

Who was I kidding,I knew i couldn't trick her 

Spoon full of sugar..

Makes the medicine go down. Right?

I picked up quite a stash.. Chocolate syrup, mango sorbet, strawberry ice cream, some caramel.
Let's really hope it works

It's been a huge struggle giving her the antibiotics. Cup, dropper, spoon, nothing works. We are force feeding with an oral syringe & went through the prescribed bottle in a couple days.  It's supposed to last 10 days!  She spits/ gurgles/ coughs everything out.  She's gotten quite good at crying and blowing raspberries simultaneously.  Sometimes it doesn't sit well, and you can hear her stomach just tossing & turning.  Actually, she has even vomited it all out.  Then we have to repeat the entire process.  Luckily, used my pharmacist hookup to score me another bottle to hold me over until today, but it was less concentrated and we had to give 40% more.  Both Natalie & i are in tears after the whole ordeal.  James is so upset, since he's the one holding her, pinning her arms & legs down.  To top it off, she's been having diarrhea since yesterday.

We went in this morning, her ear has improved and the pediatrician wrote me another bottle.  She's sleeping so happily, rolled onto James's pillow and making cute baby snores.  Breaks my heart that once she's awake, we are going to have to give her this medicine again.

Ear wax and ear infection

Today was the 12 month Doctor visit.  It's nice to track hr growth, her weight 10.5 kg, length 30 inches, but it came with 3 painful shots. 

What was unexpected was the giant globs of ear wax & the underlying right ear infection.  Natalie has always been grabbing and scratching her ears since she a few month old, but her ears would be clear.  Not even ear wax.  but a couple nights ago, i noticed it picked up again where her scratches became recurring scabs.  No fevers, no fussiness, and actually.. Grandma and grandpa have been quite vocal about how extra happy Natalie was.

I'm just bracing myself, I know it's going to be tough giving her the antibiotics.

Love my husband

Here I am, laying in bed & dozing off to the lull of the dryer and Sam smith 

I would hear my husband humming along every few minutes and my little daughter also aye-aye-eh-eh. 

Just warms my heart 

She must be close to sleep, now I hear my husband singing

Na-lee, yaa yaa yaaa, Na-lee-lee-ya Natalie Na-lee-ya

The lullaby we sing to her every night 

First ice cream

We've given her a taste of IKEA's soft serve a couple months ago

But today was the official ice cream, delicious sea salt ice cream from Salt & Straw. She loved it 

Pick my nose

esterday she discovered her nostril, intentionally sticking her little pointer finger in there. Today it's been more consistent, and also explores mommy's nostrils