Just a quick update on Emerson's 7 month pediatrician check-up. She weighs 16 lbs and is 24.8" long. She is in the 25th percentile for weight, 10th percentile for height and her head circumference is in the 5th percentile! Quite a little girl :) I'm hoping she might gain a bit of height in the years to come!! I'm sure she won't be tall by any means, but I hope she's at least as tall as her Mommy!!! The appointment went really well. I had a whole two page document written out about her #2 problems!, as well as some other concerns we had. Dr. Radisic was so great, took a lot of time to answer all my questions and then some! He wrote us a prescription for more lactulose and increased her dose. That combined with some prune juice will hopefully get things moving again and her body will adjust to the solid foods and all will be well! I had heard that the baby cereals have a lot of iron in them and can sometimes cause constipation, but Dr. Radisic said they don't have enough iron in them to cause constipation, so don't cut back on the cereal! Which I had done - I started giving her cereal once a day instead of twice a day. So I was happy with what we were told and hopefully everything will straighten out within the next few months. We will wean her off of the lactulose slowly, if everything goes well. I also talked to the Dr. about her lack of rolling and not enjoying her stomach, so he did a few different strength tests and muscle tests and said everything is fine, she's actually very strong! Get this ... she's just stubborn!! Surprise, surprise ... wonder where she gets that from?! She's been stubborn since before she was even born! Dr. Radisic is happy with how she's sitting up and reaching for things and transferring objects from hand to hand, so hopefully when she decides she wants to move she'll figure out she has to be on her stomach to crawl!!! Happy hump day :) Enjoy this above average September weather!!
Tracy
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Home Sweet Home
We arrived home this afternoon :) It is nice to be home and we're all glad to be sleeping in our "house beds" tonight! Overall we had a fabulous vacation!
From Salmon Arm, we drove to Banff for a one night stay at the Tunnel Mountain campground just outside town. We arrived pretty early in the day on Saturday. Emerson, my Mom and I headed into town to do some shopping, while the boys stayed back at the campsite. The shopping in Banff is fantastic! There are a lot of very nice stores. It was a very, very hot day in Banff and we were thankful it wasn't that hot the entire vacation!
Sunday morning we packed up bright and early and left the campsite for the Calgary zoo. At this point in time we also said good bye to my Mom and Dad. It was a bit sad to part ways!! We had so much fun with them and look forward to vacationing together again! As we were driving into Calgary my friend Candace called to say they were home from their camping trip, so we detoured to their house in Okotoks. We were going to be heading to their place after the zoo, but instead got there around 10 am and had a full day visiting with Candace, Brandon, Nicholas, Lindsey and Parker! I was very excited to see everyone and meet baby Parker :) We parked our trailer behind Candace's house and stayed for 2 nights. It was so, so, SO nice to spend some time with Candace and Lindsey and their families!! We rarely get to see each other and often when we do it's only for a couple of hours. Nicholas and Blake were best of buds in no time and had lots of fun playing and goofing around!! They were so cute together! I wish we lived closer to each other :( One day hopefully!!
On Monday we went to the Calgary zoo with the Hrdlicka's. The weather was great and the zoo wasn't too crowded. Blake took a few minutes to warm up to the animals, but when he did he had a great time! He seemed at bit worried at first that they were going to get him!! Such a cautious little guy! We almost covered the whole zoo - we were there for 5 hours!! It was lots of fun watching the boys run around and have a great time. I was hoping Candace would go into labour with all that walking, but no such luck! LOL!
We left Okotoks early this morning and here we are home again! Cal is off for another week, so we're going to enjoy our time around home as well! And we're already planning our next camping vacation for the summer of '10! Can't wait! In the mean time, we are getting excited for our next vacation - Lindsay and Jeremy's wedding in Las Vegas! YAY!! Just over two months away!!!
Tomorrow Emerson has her 6 month pediatrician appointment, yes it's at 7 months! Hopefully Dr. Radisic will offer some help with her bowel issues. The Lactulose doesn't seem to be working very well anymore. Thursday Cal has a golf tournament and Lindsay is coming over. She is bringing Heidi home and we are going to the Tim McGraw concert with my Mom and a friend hers. I can not wait for Tim McGraw!! Then on Friday, Lindsay and I are going to pick up the bridesmaid dresses! I'm so excited to see them!! Sunday we have Emerson's baptism, so Saturday we'll likely be doing a lot of cleaning and preparing. Monday Blake has preschool in the morning and we will be anxiously awaiting the details of the arrival of our new niece!!! Gerry, Lesley and Colby will be welcoming a new addition to their family on Monday via planned c-section! We can't wait to hear all the details and meet the little princess :)
I hope everyone has a great week and enjoys this wonderful weather! Talk to you soon ;)
Love Tracy
From Salmon Arm, we drove to Banff for a one night stay at the Tunnel Mountain campground just outside town. We arrived pretty early in the day on Saturday. Emerson, my Mom and I headed into town to do some shopping, while the boys stayed back at the campsite. The shopping in Banff is fantastic! There are a lot of very nice stores. It was a very, very hot day in Banff and we were thankful it wasn't that hot the entire vacation!
Sunday morning we packed up bright and early and left the campsite for the Calgary zoo. At this point in time we also said good bye to my Mom and Dad. It was a bit sad to part ways!! We had so much fun with them and look forward to vacationing together again! As we were driving into Calgary my friend Candace called to say they were home from their camping trip, so we detoured to their house in Okotoks. We were going to be heading to their place after the zoo, but instead got there around 10 am and had a full day visiting with Candace, Brandon, Nicholas, Lindsey and Parker! I was very excited to see everyone and meet baby Parker :) We parked our trailer behind Candace's house and stayed for 2 nights. It was so, so, SO nice to spend some time with Candace and Lindsey and their families!! We rarely get to see each other and often when we do it's only for a couple of hours. Nicholas and Blake were best of buds in no time and had lots of fun playing and goofing around!! They were so cute together! I wish we lived closer to each other :( One day hopefully!!
On Monday we went to the Calgary zoo with the Hrdlicka's. The weather was great and the zoo wasn't too crowded. Blake took a few minutes to warm up to the animals, but when he did he had a great time! He seemed at bit worried at first that they were going to get him!! Such a cautious little guy! We almost covered the whole zoo - we were there for 5 hours!! It was lots of fun watching the boys run around and have a great time. I was hoping Candace would go into labour with all that walking, but no such luck! LOL!
We left Okotoks early this morning and here we are home again! Cal is off for another week, so we're going to enjoy our time around home as well! And we're already planning our next camping vacation for the summer of '10! Can't wait! In the mean time, we are getting excited for our next vacation - Lindsay and Jeremy's wedding in Las Vegas! YAY!! Just over two months away!!!
Tomorrow Emerson has her 6 month pediatrician appointment, yes it's at 7 months! Hopefully Dr. Radisic will offer some help with her bowel issues. The Lactulose doesn't seem to be working very well anymore. Thursday Cal has a golf tournament and Lindsay is coming over. She is bringing Heidi home and we are going to the Tim McGraw concert with my Mom and a friend hers. I can not wait for Tim McGraw!! Then on Friday, Lindsay and I are going to pick up the bridesmaid dresses! I'm so excited to see them!! Sunday we have Emerson's baptism, so Saturday we'll likely be doing a lot of cleaning and preparing. Monday Blake has preschool in the morning and we will be anxiously awaiting the details of the arrival of our new niece!!! Gerry, Lesley and Colby will be welcoming a new addition to their family on Monday via planned c-section! We can't wait to hear all the details and meet the little princess :)
I hope everyone has a great week and enjoys this wonderful weather! Talk to you soon ;)
Love Tracy
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