Actually it looked worse than this when she first woke up. It was all I could do not to panic. I asked her if her eye felt ok and she said "It won't wake up. I tried to open it but it's still a little sleepy." Um yeah.
How did this happen you ask. Well first of all it's from a mosquito bite on her eyebrow. They are particularly RUTHLESS this year. She is even getting bites through bug spray!
Anyway I took her to the doctor today because when I called, they mentioned something about it being close to her eye and her BRAIN and asked "how quickly could you be here?" In addition to panicking a little, I think I laughed - nobody was dressed, Zuzu needed to eat again and they wanted us there in less than an hour. That wouldn't have been a problem except for on the weekends we have to go to the St. Paul office. So after a nightmarish drive - running late, no gas, torrential rain, getting lost - we finally made it.
It turns out it was ok. It just looked bad. I was given a prescription (just in case it gets redder or harder or worse in any way) and sent home. I gave her some Benadryl before her nap. I guess it's a good thing we had their pictures taken a few days ago.
Also, we are never going outside again.
This morning Daddy was sitting on the couch with his feet sticking out.
Ali walked by and said: "You certainly have two big toes."
One morning while Alison was eating her peanut butter toast, she held up a shape of toast and said: "Look Mama, there's a boat with a man in it. 'I'm floating in a shoe,' said de man."
On Friday we all went in for Ali’s 3 year and Zuzu’s 6 month check-ups.
Now the stats: Alison is in the 90th percentile for height at 39”, in the 75th for weight at 34 pounds, with a BMI of 16. Also they said they no longer measure heads at 3 years old, but we think it may have been that they didn’t have a measuring tape long enough – hee hee. Zuzu is perfectly proportioned at 80 percent for height, weight and head size, 26 ½ inches, 17pounds 4 ounces and 17 ¼ inches respectively.
In other news, Alison is still not potty trained and yes, I
have tried a number of things. It’s a
very long story but next weekend we are going to roll up the two rugs in the
house and try going cold turkey – sounds fun doesn’t it? If that doesn’t work we will do what the
doctor suggested and just ignore it and let her have diapers for the next three
months without so much as suggesting that she use the toilet. And although I have already tried that, I
guess we’ll see if it works this time.
If you have any suggestions, let me know.
Also of note, we will be making Ali her first appointment
for the dentist soon. She has had 20
teeth for over a year now, but the doctor still said to wait until she turned
3, so there you go. We also need to make
an appointment for Zuzu with a pediatric ophthalmologist so they can check out
her eyes. About a week ago I noticed
that one of her pupils is sometimes larger than the other one. I guess they have to look into it to see what
causing it and to make sure that nothing major is wrong.
I'm trying not to worry unless I'm told there is something to worry about.
Until we know more, here's yet another cute picture of the girls.
Alison asked to do this.
Zuzu is still a bit wobbly when sitting up by herself but at least Ali will touch her now so maybe we can get a few pictures like this at our picture appointment on Wednesday. We're getting Ali's 3 year pics, Zuzu's 6 month pics as well as some pictures of the two girls together. Grandparents be warned: it will probably be a big and very expensive order this time, so start thinking about what you would like to have. I'll let you know how well they turn out on Thursday.



















