My extremely BIG BRAVE BABYGIRL....NOT!!!!!

a VERY RARE Moment of Bayley sleeping in her actual baby bed. It was a nap & Brian was sitting in her room watching tv with her...I know I know...But as long as I can wedge her tail in the bassinett that is where she will be. Check out the various baby items in the background....can you tell this bed doesnt get much use yet?

Ok today has been long and crazy. I stayed home with Bay this morning to take her to the doctor and slept in...7:15 Go ME! It was 9am and I was waiting for time to leave when I got a text from Syd saying she didnt feel well. I ended up getting Syd and taking her to the doctor at the same time as Bayley. Now that may sound easy but it was a lil stressful. First off, I must remind you Bayley & Sydney do go to the same pediatric group but dont see the same doctor. Sydney saw Dr. Latona & Bayley saw Dr. Tindle. Sydney went in for the actual exam with Dr. Latona by herself (what a big girl lol) We were still seeing Dr. Tindle when she got through so she waited with us. We all went for blood work together. When the doctors called for us to come discuss the visit and results of everything they called both girls at the exact same time. Thank Goodness Dr. Tindle offered to let me go in with Syd first. Sydney has a bladder infection with possible kidney involvement. Dr. Latona said that her results were not good at all and he was surprised that she wasnt in lots of pain. He prescribed a Rocephin shot & 10 days of Bactrim DS. She goes back the week of the 21st to have the culture repeated. After that visit he wants Sydney to get evaluated by a urologist & have her kidney tests repeated (renal ultrasound & VCU.) (For those who dont know Sydney has 2 right ureters and she had severe ureteral reflux from both kidneys until the age of 5. She had horrible kidney infections that were very hard to control even taking daily antibiotics for years. So we definitely dont want any more kidney trouble.) Ok so after seeing Dr. Latona we went to see Dr. Tindle about Bayley. She said Bayley's bloodwork looked viral so the yucky cold is viral. We get to give her Mucinex 1 ml every 4 hours in an attempt to try to keep it out of her lungs. Dr. Tindle wasnt thrilled with Bayley's weight gain. She was 12 lb 15 oz and 24 1/2 inches long. She gained 11 oz and grew 1/2 inch in a month. Bayley rated in the 20th % for her corrected age which was down from last month where she rated in the 25th %. Bayley cried for the first time when Dr. Tindle got her. She definitely knows familiar people from strangers these days. Anyway, after talking to Dr. Tindle we headed to the shot room. OK DONT MISS THIS... Remember Sydney had to get a Rocephin shot & Bayley got her Synagis shot & the 2nd flu shot. Brenda was gonna give them the shots (she is a funny lady with a kinda dry personality...sweet tho.) ok So Sydney said she wanted to go first so she could leave before Bayleys cause she didnt wanna see Sissy hurting. From the time Sydney saw the syringe for the shot...SHE WENT NUTS!!! 14 YEAR OLD TEENAGE SYDNEY MADE MORE NOISE IN THE SHOT ROOM THAN A STINKING 3 YEAR OLD WOULD. She was saying LOUDLY...AWWW ITS GONNA HURT. DONT DO IT. She asked Brenda at one point if she could NOT give her the shot and just say she did...Brenda told her that if she didnt Sydney could end up in the hospital hooked up to tubes and she didnt want that...Sydney agreed to get the shot but continued to LOUDLY protest that needle. Brenda was looking at me like is that kid serious...we both were kinda tickled at her cause she seriously lost her composure. After the shot she limped around and acted like her leg was broken...she kept LOUDLY stating how bad her leg hurt. Bayley was grinning up a storm at Sydney & at one point Me Brenda & Bayley were all laughing at Bayley. Anywayz... Bayley took her shots like a trooper ... the flu she didnt react too bad on but she had a come apart with the Synagis. Brenda said it is a horrible shot. Ok anyway that is the basic drama of the day...lol By the way.... tonight was the first night Bayley SAT BY HERSELF!!! ok she technically didnt sit up by herself but she did manage to balance for 2-3 minutes...well during that time she hit her head twice and face planted into the mattress but its a start!!! We were all clapping and talking to her and she KNEW she had done something great! Proud baby Bay.

PS Sydney DEMANDS that It be known the shot was the size of Jupiter and the last time she had a shot in her leg was her last kidney infection when she was 5. (that is according to Syd...I think she has had one in her leg since then but w/e she is a drama queen & for the record the size of the needle for Sydney & Bayleys shots was the SAME...compare their legs it shouldnt have been that big of a deal. )

PSS Sydney insists I inform anyone who could actually read all this that her shot had more medicine in it and it "burnded" real bad. That kid just isnt right.