When we went to the dr on Sat. She weighed the babies. In one month Frankie gained 8oz & Angelina gained 4oz. They still are reluctant to try new foods. Angelina will try some but Frankie gets tight-lipped and won’t try anything. I’ve been adding pastina, shredded/finely cut meat, and cheese to their diet. Oh, and pudding. For lunch I gave them some canned apricots that I pureed, but I left some big pieces in there & they seemed to like it.  I’ve been using fresh fruit & either fresh, frozen or canned veggies instead of the jar food. I have been buying the stage 3 foods though (turkey & garden veg, chicken veg & veg beef) & mixing my pasta & meat into it. I don’t know how to make that kind of a gravy. I tried a regular jar of chicken gravy but Angelina didn’t like it.  I’ve given a side dish of the pastina with regular red sauce & seemed to like it.  I haven’t tried mac & cheese yet…not sure how to make the cheese sauce.  Someone said I could just shred cheddar cheese over the pasta while it’s still hot.  Anyone have any food advice or recipes?  I know you all are way ahead of me on this, so any help would be appreciated.  How did you get your loved ones to start eating the regular foods?  Did they refuse & then one day just try it???  I’m thinking of trying hotdogs soon. But I don’t want them eating that all the time. I’d rather give them more nutritous foods.

Just wanted to post an update on the babies.  Angelina hasn’t had a fever but is still on antibiotics. She had a drippy nose after sneezing for the past 2 days but didn’t sneeze at all today.  Frankie awoke to a temp of 99.4. Not bad after seeing all those high numbers. The dr had given me a prescription to fill only if he was above 101.5 on Mon.  It never got that high. yay!  It’s nice to wake up to chit-chatting kids again (not screaming kids).  I can relax a bit now.

We had a bit of a scary morning.  I was changing Cole’s diaper & walked out of the bathroom to find Jacob soaked in bathroom cleaner.  I’m not sure how he got it b/c all our cleaners are usually locked away out of their reach.  Anyway, I quickly cleaned him off & called poison control since I wasn’t sure if he ingested any or not.  Thankfully we use natural, “green” cleaners so he’s fine…not even skin irritation.   

We’ve been using natural cleaners exclusively for quite some time.  They work great & are comparible in price to the regular stuff.  This particular cleaner was the new Clorox Green Works Natural Bathroom Cleaner.  I also like products by Seventh Generation, Method & Biokleen.  I’m certainly not advocating that everyone switch to natural cleaners so you can start letting your kids drink them!!  We still take all the usual safety precautions, but today that wasn’t enough.  Somehow in the hustle & bustle of life w/ 3 kids we screwed up & left it out.  I shudder to think what could have happened if the product had contained bleach or ammonia.  So aside from the other health & environmental benefits of using “green” cleaners, the “just in case your kid drinks it” factor is now a huge motivator to switch in my opinion. 

Faith seems to be doing better, but we had a rough night last night, because this ordeal has caused her to become very needy and clingy.  She went to sleep fine at the beginning of the night, but then woke up around 11PM.  She would go right back to sleep in my arms, so I knew she wasn’t hurting, but when I’d go to lay her down again, she would cry and sit up in her crib.  As soon as she was back in my arms again, once again, she’d fall fast asleep. This went on until around 1AM and FINALLY, when I laid her down, she stayed asleep.  But then she woke up again around 5:45, and I just rocked her and we slept together in the recliner until about 7:30.  Of course, my day was starting because Allie was already up at this point, so no more naps for me, but laid Faith back down again, and she slept until around 9AM.

I do have a question for you guys.  She now has a fever blister on her mouth and her gums on the top around her front teeth look inflamed, and those aren’t the ones coming in, she’s had them.  Is this related to teething?  I may just run her in to see the ped tomorrow.  I’ve never experienced anything like this.

Ok guys, I need some advice here.  Faith is having major pain with her molars coming in.  I’ve never experienced this before with the other two.  It kept her up most of the night and she won’t eat anything.  She’s had fever too, so I’ve been giving her Tylenol every four hours and also rubbing Oragel on her gums.  They feel so swollen and she’s drooling excessively, so I’m pretty sure it’s what is causing the fever.

Any suggestions other than what I’m already doing?

We went to the Ped this morning for the 15 mo check-up. (We are a little behing due to the illness in Jan).  They both weigh the same!!! 20lbs8oz. Frankie is 31 1/2″ & Angelina is 32″.  They got 3 booster shots (ouch). Frankie cried & Angelina just yelled out, but didn’t cry. She was looking at a sticker, so maybe that distracted her.  After the dr, we went for a walk, then had lunch & they are napping now.  They had a busy day today.

Hey all - As most of you know, Madeline had an MRI Friday to check for any abnormalities with her right(lazy) eye. The doctor just called and told me that everything is NORMAL!  YEAH!  she has to continue to patch her good eye to strengthen the bad one and then we go back in June for a follow up. Hopefully, he sees better improvement because the next step would possibly be corrective surgery.

My Monday morning starts a little ealier here than yours (we’re 7 hours ahead of Central Time). And this was the score:

- Maxine woke up and apparently had threw up all over herself … so I could find the green beans throughout the bed (I think it happened last night). She’s fine now. It’s not the first time. I think she overeats or something. She’s always fine the next day.

- Felix woke up with one closed eye. His tear duct is infected. Already went to the doctor and need to pick up cream

- Sofie has this huge boil on her (under) leg and screams when you touch it. I am applying special creme hoping it will open and drain itself.

Lovely …

On a good note. Hong Kong was great, we found a 4 bedroom apartment on the South Side of Hong Kong Island. Great facilities, close to the beach, about 30-40 minute commute for dh. My eye got infected while I was there so I visited the doctor (Felix had an infected eye before that and Sofie had the tear duct thing 2 weeks ago).

Lovely!

Have a great day!