Our respirologist at BCCH recommended that we start Payton back on her inhalers again in October. We've been cold symptom free since May so I've been holding off. A week ago when I started not feeling 100% I should have known to start the inhaler then. I was hoping with lots of hand washing the girls would escape it and it was a fairly mild cold. Last night though, I could hear both girls struggling to breath clearly (aka they were breathing fine just signs that a cold was settling in).
So we started Payton on her inhaler today and am crossing my fingers that it will be sufficient to keep this cold from developing to anything more than a cold.
I also sneaked in my flu shot yesterday (tip for flu shot recipients. When you get home do minor arm work outs. It moves the fluid through your muscle and minimizes the residual pain caused from pumping a bunch of fluid into your muscle). 1 down in our house and 4 to go :)
Our little one (Payton of course) is growing like a weed and as we near our Nov 7th measuring day I've been lining her up against the wall to see how she measures compared to Livy at that age. She is a little bit shorter (about 3/4 of an inch) but not too shabby.
In recent months I have noticed on thing about Payton that I want to discuss with the BCCH doctors (our yearly appointment is generally around October but I believe they are pushing us out a bit this year since she's doing so well) and that's the fact that she has diastasis recti. I'm not sure if its congenital with her or if its a result of the surgeries she's had. I'm curious though and want to ensure that whatever the cause, its not going to be a huge concern for her growing up (other than maybe the aesthetics). I came upon this because I myself have notable diastasis recti due to pregnancy which I may/may not get surgically fixed when they fix my umbilical hernia (waiting on getting that fixed when Livy stops digging in my belly button or when it becomes too big and is a health concern). As I was researching the diastasis recti I came across infant photos and had no idea it was seen in infants and when I saw it I thought "hey, Payton has that bulge".
Suffice to say she has an extremely strong core so for now its not negatively impacting her.
Olivia is officially in the "why" stage. For the record, I LOVE the why stage. Admittedly I have never lived with a child in the why stage so I may change my mind in the next few weeks/months but for now its been fun and I tend to out last Livy with information overload in reference to her why's.
And, its not the tormenting with too much info that I love, but rather the curiosity of the mind is alive in children in this age and I believe if we address it with equal curiosity and wonder, we have a really good chance of creating something wonderful, even if its just wonderful memories. Some of my favourite memories of being younger with my dad were endless conversations about science. Often the info was above my head but I remember LOVING that feeling of being worthy of such an engaging conversation with my dad. He made me feel smart and important. I just wish I had "more" of those movements and I'm assuming that my own life 'obligations' in addition to his were the cause of limiting this.
I want my children to experience that feeling and I want to ensure that life obligations don't limit that feeling.
Otherwise Dwayne and I are well. Life is busy, life is not ideal but still, somehow perfect. Its how we like it.
Here's some pictures of what's keeping us busy and of course a reflection of how horrible we are as parents. This is Livy and Payton last week, Payton's 1st ever time on skates. As you can see she loves it!!
Livy on the other hand has no excuse for the tears. This is her third season on skates.
Here's the pictures of both girls when they were very excited about the prospect of getting on the ice. From an early age we're obviously teaching them that reality often is much different that the expectation.
On another note, since our last blog its worth sharing that Livy and Payton have a new baby cousin. A girl for them to play with/dress up/boss around etc. She's adorable and I'm loving the tiny baby cuddles (didn't seem to really get that with either of my girls since they were both big babies when they finally came home and both gained 1 lb a week for the first month-month and a half).
Leaving off with a picture Wilma sent. The girls carved our pumpkin yesterday.
