Lately - February

Our past two months have been a bit stressful. It seems to be easing but I don’t want to jinx us!

Tim has been juggling insurance and contractors for the damage of the felled tree on our house. Then we were told an ash tree between us and the neighbor needed to come down - with this “climate change” weather, who knows if it’ll come down in a February thunderstorm. Additionally, a tree on the OTHER side of the house is shading the home TOO much so there’s a huge moss patch which is a big bad thing (moisture!). So those two jerks are a huge financial blow.

We’ve had at least three appointments every week since the beginning of the year - as well as registering two children for new schools - !

Hannah was not herself early January and we finally took her in to discover a double ear infection. Maybe a week after finishing her antibiotic,  she and Nora both started coughing - Hannah had a low grade fever for about a week and didn’t eat for three days - which is enough to send me into a tailspin. We had to cancel a handful of appointments including Hannah’s annual cardiology appointment which is now pushed to April. 

Sick toddler : (

I still haven’t kicked the cough and Tim isn’t feeling 100%. 

One interesting event: Nora’s first professional haircut! We have a local place that sells playsets and the showroom is a huge indoor placespace for kids - very cool. Also inside is a kids’ hair salon. A friend recommended it so we tried it out. 

It was... okay. The staff were a bit rough around the edges. I thought I smelled some cigarette smoke. The owner/manager [?] gentleman hovered around me a little too much for my comfort. The cut itself was okay - days later I found uneven pieces. Then Nora’s hair was sprayed with some... scent?? Like a dog who was at the groomers. The experience was a little bizarre, but Nora loved it. Not sure I can convince her to try other places...

Yup. “First Haircut” certificate - Age 5. Haha!

After feeling pressure from late December into February, Aunt Stephanie was super sweet and offered to watch the girls for a few hours so Tim and I could get out alone for a bit. It was wonderful! We tried a newer Asian place in Milford that was delicious, then hit 50 West Brewery - of course. We were home by 8:30 to put the girls to bed. 

Hannah’s therapies have been going well. The only struggle is self-feeding. It doesn’t matter what spoon, what dish we use - the girl just isn’t interested sometimes. She’s acting like a two-year-old. Just wants to fart around. So then I end up feeding her so she gains some weight. It’s a terrible game of balancing her own self-teaching and getting her to actually EAT. 

Saw Hannah’s ophthamologist - continued patching. I guess it’s better than surgery. She has a new prescription and probably needs fitted for new Miraflexes. 

Yesterday we saw ENT as a follow up from TWO ear infections ago to see if she’s still holding fluid. She certainly is. ENT and Cardiology will coordinate to do the ear tube insertion while she’s under anesthesia and also do her annual echo at the same time - ! It’ll be a long day, but better than going under twice. And minor!

Starting to learn to jump! Kids with low muscle tone also have low join awareness - i.e. need to LEARN to jump.

Practicing shallow steps.