Dear Rose and Baby Ethan,
I’m sorry it’s been so long since I gave you an update! Life
is definitely busy with the two of you. I love you both so much. You are so precious to me. I am so blessed to have a lovely family with your hard working Papa. Papa and I have been working on organizing and playing Monopoly lately.
Rose
Rose, you are talking up a storm these days. You can still get frustrated and whine a bit
when you can’t explain what you want.
But you can tell us the kind of foods you want, if something is hurting,
and how you are feeling most of the time. You have been so sweet to your little
brother. I know sharing is hard for you,
but you do give him attention and have started calling him your Ethan. We opened up our pool a few weeks ago. You have enjoyed sitting on the ladder and
kicking around. I hope you can get over any water issues you might have and
enjoy swimming as the water gets warmer!
You are working on potty training. We follow your lead. When you ask to go potty, we take you. You just moved into the “Fox” room at St.
Luke’s a couple of weeks ago. They try
to go potty every hour. The schedule has
worked well getting you interested. You
also would love to start wearing your “Dora” underwear.
You had so much fun playing the piano when we were in
Houston a few weeks ago. Your Ummichi
had bought Aunt Daisy a small keyboard in the 90s that still works. You had fun playing with that this weekend. We also
bought a play kitchen from my friend Sara recently. You have so much fun making coffee, cooking
spaghetti, and making other food for everyone.
Personality
You are a very sweet and sometimes serious little girl. Your Papa helps keep things lightened
up. You love going to run errands with
Papa. You want to do everything yourself
now. I try to be patient with you. You like to cuddle and get hugs. You are so curious about what is happening around you. You love to ask us what things are, and what we are doing. Your Papa does a great job telling you what he is going. He put together a little plant house you got from Menard's yesterday.
Food
You have gotten a bit more picky lately. You do not eat your Ummichi’s buttery
chicken. You love yogurt, naan, pita,
hummus, spaghetti, hot dogs, and chicken nuggets.
Ethan
I can’t believe you are almost 9 months old! You still do
not sleep through the night. You had
been waking up around 10 and 2. Now, I
try to feed you before I go to bed. Then
you wake up again. For example, the last
few nights I fed you at 10 or 11, and you woke up again around 4 or 5.
You had tubes put in on May 13th. There has not been a dramatic
difference. But, I do hope this avoids
some antibiotic use
You do have intermittent asthma. We have tried several rounds of budesonide (an
oral steroid). Sometimes it helps. But, for the
last week we have been doing it twice a day. It has helped some. But, you still have quite a bit of congestion
and coughing. I believe you also have
seasonal allergies. We give you Zyrtec
at night now most often. The Allergist
Dr. Shakir says we can stop that if it doesn’t help. I do think it helps cut down on the clear
drainage
Development
You have definitely been slower to develop than Rose and
Anna. But, you definitely get there
eventually. You are sitting up very well
now. We try to keep a pillow or blanket
around you because you still fall backwards sometimes though. You can turn when on your tummy, and scoot
backwards. No forward progress yet
though. You still need to figure out how
to pull your legs under you. You are
getting stronger though. You started to
do “plank” this weekend. You can pick up
small blocks with one or both hands. You
just started enjoying the jungle bouncer.
You do not bounce as much as Rose and Anna, but you enjoy turning around
and bouncing a bit. You may like it more as you get taller.
Eating
You take your time, but you do like to eat. We do puree 3 – 4 times a day. If you do not
like something we can usually just mix it with something else and you will eat
it. We still do bottles several times a
day too. You have a very strong gag
reflex, so I am not sure when we will transition to finger food. I let you have fun playing with puree over
the weekend. I didn’t see you trying to
feed yourself at all. I know you will
get there eventually though.
Personality
I cannot believe what a smiley and sweet boy you are. You have a little tooth coming in on the
bottom in the middle. You have not been
extra fussy at all. The only times you
get a bit fussy are when you are hungry or need a nap. I am amazed at how smiley you have always
been, even when you had ear infections all of the time. Doctors would ask if you were extra fussy,
and I had to say NO. But you still had
an ear infection ;(. I pray those issues
are resolved now that you have tubes though.
Dear Jesus, please heal our baby Ethan's remaining breathing issues. We are so thankful that Rose has been so healthy, and has only been dealing with a bit of allergy drainage. Please be with them both, and help them to be wonderful people that make it into heaven. Please help me to be patient and a loving wife and mother. Thank you for all of the blessings in my life.
Love!
Mama
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