17 months

This post is a few is a few days late but lil miss Alexandrea is now 17 months old.


On Sunday April 4th we ended up at her dr's office , where she was diagnosed with rsv.



She did have the rsv shots too, but does not prevent it. It is rare that they get it , but when they receive the shots it can help lessen the the symptoms.






She felt pretty lousy and did not want to eat and did loose some weight, arrg . This is the hardest part, we work so hard to get her to eat and gainwhat little she does for her to loose it so quickly. When she did eat, she had a hard time becuase she was coughing so bad that it came right back up. Our battle with the feeding tube was horrible too, as again she would just cough and gag and throw it up. It was not fun. After a few days she was on the mend and feeling much better .





This morning , I was feeling in her mouth and 3 molars have cut through with 1 more coming.


We keep hoping that once she gets her teeth , that this will help with eating.


She has been doing a little better over the past few days and has finally let me spoon feed her again (hsd refused a spoon since december), but only a few bites, so this is encouraging. She is also starting to eat a few other things to besides just puffs such as yogurt, cottage cheese and shreeded cheese. Her new favorite this are vegie chip straws.


Most of the time though her favorite thing to do is feed the dog.





Her weight gain seems to be at at stand still but now that she is better , and has cut most of her molars , now just maybe she will gain weight.





She still is not walking independently, she loves to walk around though holding onto something like her doll stroller, or the coffee table. I do not think it will be too much longer though. Over this last week she has been much more brave too and has discovered that she can stand in her crib and let go. She is also standing for a few seconds.