Val at 15 months
7 FebValerie had her 15 month check-up today. It was perfect timing too because now that her ear infection is gone as well as her nasty medicine which caused her to have bad diarrhea which caused her to have a bad diaper rash. Now she has a yeast infection so we were able to get a prescription for it to clear up. Poor baby. She didn’t even cry much for her shot, she was mostly annoyed they put a bandaid on her leg and kept trying to get it off.
Here are her stats: weight 19.4 (23%) and height 32 inches (91%). I have been worried that she is too skinny and try to beef her up but the Dr. said that she is gaining % each visit. For example, at 9 months=15%, 12 months=18%, 14 months=20% and now 15 months=23%. So I guess she is doing all right.
She is a lot of fun and loves to be a girl, like wearing hats/bows/masks/tutus/shoes/jewelry. She also loves reading books, talking on the phone, being chased and thrown in the air. She says quite a few words and sings when she is in the car (but I don’t really know what she is singing).
We just love having this girl in our family!!
Helper Baby
2 Feb
We were just about to take away Valerie’s pacifier (I’ve been dreading it) and she got a really bad ear infection. The Dr. said there was pus and everything. Poor baby. So we decided to definately wait until she was better. She was given augmentin as an antibiotic and I do not like that stuff. It smells horrible and I have to hold her down and force it down her throat. It gives her really bad diarrhea and so her poor little bum is sooo sore and then to make it all worse she had a lovely side effect that made us think she was having an allergic reaction. She had a rash all over her body. The good thing is she is feeling MUCH better and is happy again and sleeping better than ever.
She loves to help Mommy do everything. And those of you with kids know that she doesn’t really help that much but I’ll take all the help I can get.She is just so cute!
Even though she is feeling better I need to psych myself to get rid of this pacifier now…….
The Olson Family 
