Running, Swinging, and Having Fun!

Well It has been a month, and my how Bailey has improved with her walking! She is now running everywhere she goes. There is rarely any crawling..I think that sh figured out that running can get her where she is going much faster! She is so fun to watch.

The past month has been a sick month for us. All three of us came down with the stomach flu..ugh! Not much fun trying to anticipate a 13 month old getting sick! Bailey has been to

the doctor more times than I want to think about..between ear infections, pink eye, sinus infection, cough, and runny nose the doc has made a mint off of us. Bailey cant seem to get over her ear infections. We had 3 rounds or oral antibiotics..all of which slightly cleared up the ear infection. After the 3rd round her poor little ear was still infected..we had to get her injection antibiotics. She got two shots for 3 days on a row..this kicked the pink eye, sinus, and ear

infections right out of her system..oh for about 2 days! She now has another ear infection, and now we are on the 4th antibiotic. We are in a waiting pattern to see if this clears up. If it doesnt clear, or if she gets one more ear infection within a month, then she will be referred to the ENT, and she will get tubes. This is a very common operation, and if she does have to have them, then it should be the cure to the infections. Keep her in your prayers..we hope she can get better, and stay better!

Bailey is also transitioning into the next class at her school. She loves playing with the bigger kids, and playing out side really tires her out! She was so tired the other night that she went to bed about 6:15, and woke up at 7:15 the next morning! Crazy!

We have also started trying to give Bailey a spoon to try to feed herself..she is actually starting to grasp the concept. She does well with applesauce and spaghetti....surprisingly it is not terribly messy!

During the nice weather we had last week we took Bailey to the swings several times, and she had so much fun. She is very content to swing for a long time. She laughs the higher she goes.

At school Bailey is learning so many new things..she has learned he hand motions to the Itsy Bitsy Spider..she is especially cute when she puts her hands oer her head to simulate "out came the sun". She also claps her hands and dances when we sing any song to her...she loves music!