4 posts from May 2009

Crawling and Chicken Pox Update

May 31, 2009
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Dad here.

Zoe's chicken pox are not entirely scabbed over but they're pretty close. She still has a couple of blisters so we decided to play it safe and keep her home Monday. I'll spend the day with her. She's been having great naps lately so as long as she keeps that up I can work from home for at least a half day.

Pox In a Box 2

In other news Zoe has started crawling. We knew she was close for a while. She's been able to sit up on her own for a few weeks now and she's been able to get up on her hands and knees for about as long. On Saturday she finally did some crawling. She crawled maybe six inches or so for me on Saturday morning but what was neat was that she saved the longer crawls for when we did a web-chat with with Nana and Poppa.

We're excited to see her crawl but we're really going to have to get busy with the baby-proofing now.

Chicken Pox Update

May 26, 2009
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Dad here again. I just got back from the doctor, I picked Gena up on the way. They had us rush Zoe in to the exam room so we didn't risk anyone else getting sick.

Chicken Pox 7

As suspected Zoe has chicken pox. The good news is that when kids under the age of one get it they don't tend to have it too badly because they have some of mom's immunity still. It probably helps that Zoe was breastfed until 6 months as well. So she'll probably have a milder case but that also means she probably won't develop a full immunity and she'll still have to be immunized.

We can give her Benadryl to help with the itching but otherwise it's just a matter of keeping her home and letting this thing play out. She hasn't run a fever or had decreased appetite and the itching doesn't seem to bother her too badly right now. We hope she'll have a quick and easy recovery.

Chicken Pox

May 26, 2009
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Dad here.

Sunday morning while changing Zoe's diaper we noticed a little spot on Zoe's butt. Grandma Barthelemy said that maybe it was chicken pox. Over the day she got more and more spots and Aunt Judy, who is a nurse, agreed that it probably was chicken pox.

Chicken Pox 6

Most of her spots are on her butt and on the top of her head. There are a few on her face and upper chest. I'm going to take her to the doctor today and spend the day at home with her. Grandma Barthelemy will stay home with her on Wednesday and Thursday and then mom will stay home on Friday. We hope she'll be OK to go back to daycare next Monday.

We feel terrible that she has it this young but so far she doesn't seem bothered by it. I'll keep everyone updated when we get back from the doctor.

9 month well check

May 13, 2009
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Dad here. Today we had Zoe's 9-month well check. We ended up having it two weeks late because she had a fever when it was originally scheduled. They don't like to give her vaccinations when she already has a fever because it makes it harder to tell if she's having a bad reaction to them.

Bow In The Hair

We asked questions about table food and ear infections but we are getting in to a phase where we know more what to expect so I think we had fewer questions than normal.

The doctor says that everything looks good and she's developing normally.

Her height is 29 1/2 inches which is 97th percentile.
Weight is 20 lbs 11 oz which is 80th percentile.
Her head is 18 1/2 inches which is 99th percentile.

The doctor also said that on average a baby will have six teeth by their first birthday. Zoe's sixth is popping out right now.