The morning started off early with a trip to the clinic for the girls. Amelia had her weight check and vaccinations today, and Olivia had her ER follow up because she’s just not quite getting better. Which was made evident by her throwing up in the waiting room of the clinic. Fun stuff.
Amelia did well with her shots, she wasn’t a fan, but she was consolable. Olivia was very worried about her, which was nice to see. She just kept throwing (literally) toys at her, trying to cheer her up. What a sister. She did only weight in at 14.72lbs though. Only up .72 since last month. She’s dropped down to the 2% for weight…BUT, she has FINALLY doubled her birth weight!!! YAY, it only took 8+ months! The doctor said he’s still not too concerned…as long as she keeps gaining, and doesn’t lose, he can live with it. He basically said it’s a 50/50 shot in the dark, either she’s genetically small, or she’s not taking in enough calories. He said to either meet with a breastfeeding doctor to discuss things and have her weighed, or just get a good food scale to weigh her before and after feedings to see how much she’s taking in. So, we’ll have to decide how we want to proceed there.
Olivia’s appointment went well. The after talking with the doctor, he said it’s most likely a stomach virus, that just has to make its way out of her system. He said there is a small chance its strep throat, and a smaller change it’s a urinary tract infection. So, just in case, they tested for those too. The tests eventually came back negative, so stomach bug it is. Hopefully it won’t be much longer.
After the appointments, we made our way home to relax the rest of the day. Olivia took a nice long nap, but of course, Amelia pretty much refused to take one at all. So, there wasn’t really any down time going on today. I really could have used it, especially when I got the “OT Text” from Christian in the afternoon. Olivia was a little difficult today, but not as bad as she has been, so at least I had that going for me.
Christian finally got home a little after 6:30, only to announce that he was suddenly feeling very ill. Oh joy, apparently it’s his turn to live through that hell! He pretty much took to the couch, and I continued trying to entertain the girls. We finally got them to bed after what seemed like the longest day ever, and we both passed out right away. We have a pretty busy weekend ahead of us, so hopefully we’re all feeling better tomorrow!
Here are a few cute pics of Amelia today. I love the one of her double-fisting her mum-mums…don’t mess with her!
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