So far little girl has not gotten any respiratory problems this cold and flu season. *knock on wood* Hopefully it will stay that way and keep her lungs nice and clear. I keep hearing about so many *healthy* babies that are having to go to the hospital for bronchitis, pneumonia, etc. and having to do breathing treatments (I'm assuming nebulizer) that it's making me a bit nervous.
Yesterday, we had our home visit from Children's Special Services. So now, just for Olivia, besides our private primary insurance, we have TennCare as secondary and CSS as tertiary. Hopefully, this will help keep us from having to pay too much out of pocket for her care. The next step is to see if we can get her on SSI.
Next Thursday we have her regular pediatrician visit and I will take her to the Health Department to do her vaccinations. As far as I can tell she is hitting all of her milestones. In her favorite bouncy chair she will bat and grab at the toy bar. She is finally attempting to roll over but usually doesn't succeed. She hold her head up well and she is smiling.
The week after that we go back to Vandy and will be doing the genetic testing that week. I dread that one. Trying to measure her at home, we still have her at 21.5" so she hasn't gained in length since last month's Vandy visit. I think she just had a really big length growth spurt last time so now she has to catch her weight back up to even out her BMI which they want as close to 50% H vs W as possible. We have a set of postal scales that almost exactly match the Vandy scale and she came to 9lbs the last time we weighed her on it which is a gain of a pound. We have a week and a half to get another half pound or so on her.
The newness of having a baby sister is starting to rub off of the older girls. They still love on her and help with her, but not as much as before and rarely do they fight to be the one helping anymore. LOL.
Tonight, we have a girl scout meeting. Baby girl may as well be part of the troop. If Mike is under pressure to finish a project, she hangs out with him; otherwise, she is in the stroller or sling and hanging out with the troop. Tomorrow, she gets to hang out with Memaw for a little bit. The local scouts are having a cookie rally/pool party with no tagalong baby girls. I think it will be good for the other two. They will get some time with mommy without Olivia even though they will be together.
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