We had to take little Addison down to Children's Mercy Hostipal on Monday for an appt. with the eye Dr. She has had a clogged tear duct since birth and so her right eye is always red and goopy. There is always yellow drainage coming out of that right eye. Well 6% of babies have this and 90% of the time it is gone by age 1. If it does not clear on its own there is a minor surgery to repair it.
We also found out that she has a small degree of farsightedness. This is not a problem unless she starts to cross her eyes in order to focus on things that are near to her. So we will have her checked out around her 1st birthday again. The Dr. will take a look at her clogged tear duct and assess her vision again.
Mark took the day off and brought her down to the hospital. The optho clinic is just 2 floors above the Cardiology Clinic so he stopped by my clinic to meet all my co-workers and show off Addison. It was a lot of fun to have them down there.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
2 pink bottles of Medicine
That is what is in our fridge now. Both the girls are on antibiotics now. Took Lauren to urgent care yesterday because she spiked a fever Wednesday afternoon at daycare. She has had a cough for almost 2 weeks now so I figured she should probably be seen. As a pediatric nurse I know what to look for and what to listen for to know if my children are really sick. I know Lauren's lungs sounded fine and all she had was a virus, however when she spiked a fever after coughing for 2 weeks I figured she should be seen. The Dr. gave us a script because Pertussis is going around the community...believe me I would know if my daughter had Pertussis...she does not...but anyway we got an antibiotic out of the visit and hopefully with the combination of benadryl at bedtime she will start feeling better!
2 days of work I have missed in the last 5 days ( and I have no vacation or PTO)
2 trips to Urgent care in the last 6 days
2 bottles of pink medicine in our fridge
That pretty much sums up life at the Harding house. Addison is starting to do better. She is still coughing, but she is not puking anymore. She is starting to sleep better at night, but likes to wake up 2-3 times to be fed like a newborn...I think she is catching up from being sick. So I hope when she gets over this cough she will start sleeping longer and not getting my up at 11 and 3 in the morning...She is full of smiles so we know she is starting to feel better.
2 days of work I have missed in the last 5 days ( and I have no vacation or PTO)
2 trips to Urgent care in the last 6 days
2 bottles of pink medicine in our fridge
That pretty much sums up life at the Harding house. Addison is starting to do better. She is still coughing, but she is not puking anymore. She is starting to sleep better at night, but likes to wake up 2-3 times to be fed like a newborn...I think she is catching up from being sick. So I hope when she gets over this cough she will start sleeping longer and not getting my up at 11 and 3 in the morning...She is full of smiles so we know she is starting to feel better.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Around our house
Well Addison has been in daycare for 3 weeks now and she is soooo sick. Poor little girl. She started having a cough on Monday and by Wednesday daycare called saying she had a fever. She stayed home with Mark on Thursday and slept most of the day. I took her to Urgent Care at her PCP's office on Friday morning. I was worried that she was not keeping her self hydrated. Her cough is so bad and her nose won't stop running. I thought for sure she had RSV, but she tested negative. She does have an ear infection, so we started an antibiotic for that. She was up a lot last night eating about every 2 hours, but only eating for a few minutes at a time and then going back to sleep. She looks so pitiful I feel so bad for her. Hopefully she will start feeling better tomorrow and maybe one of us can head back to work on Monday.
Lauren has really been a ball of fire these last few months. You can tell she is almost 3. She is sassy and independent. She is not listening very well and loves to push her boundaries. Mark and I are trying very hard to raise her well and set limits with her, but as any parent knows it can be exhausting. She has also been a lot of fun. She amazes us each day with what she learns at school and how smart she is. The many things she says make us laugh each day. We try to keep those fun memories around when she is acting like a little devil!
Work is going great for me. I really like it even though it is hard to be back. I am sooo tired each day since Addison is still waking up at least once a night. I am learning to take care of our Heart Transplant kids which is very cool. Our kids are transplanted in St. Louis and once they are recovered we follow them at CMH. I monitor their meds, their blood work, schedule appts for the families and work closely with each family. I am just learning what it all entails but I think I will like it.
Mark is working hard these days at work. He has been really busy. Each night at home he continues to be a huge help around the house. He is such a great husband and father. Each night he gives Lauren a bath, reads to her and gets her to bed. Every Saturday Lauren and Mark head to Hy-vee for donuts. Lauren loves it, but I think Mark loves it more.
So that is what is happening in the Harding household. Hopefully little Addison will start feeling better soon. We feel so bad for her and just want her to feel better.
Lauren has really been a ball of fire these last few months. You can tell she is almost 3. She is sassy and independent. She is not listening very well and loves to push her boundaries. Mark and I are trying very hard to raise her well and set limits with her, but as any parent knows it can be exhausting. She has also been a lot of fun. She amazes us each day with what she learns at school and how smart she is. The many things she says make us laugh each day. We try to keep those fun memories around when she is acting like a little devil!
Work is going great for me. I really like it even though it is hard to be back. I am sooo tired each day since Addison is still waking up at least once a night. I am learning to take care of our Heart Transplant kids which is very cool. Our kids are transplanted in St. Louis and once they are recovered we follow them at CMH. I monitor their meds, their blood work, schedule appts for the families and work closely with each family. I am just learning what it all entails but I think I will like it.
Mark is working hard these days at work. He has been really busy. Each night at home he continues to be a huge help around the house. He is such a great husband and father. Each night he gives Lauren a bath, reads to her and gets her to bed. Every Saturday Lauren and Mark head to Hy-vee for donuts. Lauren loves it, but I think Mark loves it more.
So that is what is happening in the Harding household. Hopefully little Addison will start feeling better soon. We feel so bad for her and just want her to feel better.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Full of smiles
The past few days I have been able to capture some smiles on camera. I just love her big gummy smile and her tongue sticking out! 
You want me to sit here and smile. Too much work mommy!
Lauren and Daddy trying to get Addison to smile for the camera.
There's a smile, now just look up at mommy!
Love that cute little face. She took a 3 hour nap on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend! Yea...probably because she had her mommy up at 11, 3, and 6 last night. I am just so glad I did not have to work this morning...
You want me to sit here and smile. Too much work mommy!
Lauren and Daddy trying to get Addison to smile for the camera.
There's a smile, now just look up at mommy!
Love that cute little face. She took a 3 hour nap on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend! Yea...probably because she had her mommy up at 11, 3, and 6 last night. I am just so glad I did not have to work this morning...
So I napped both days this weekend as I was completely worn out from the week. No naps and getting up at 5 each morning took its toll. Addison woke up once each night to eat...usually around 3 or 4 in the morning. Lauren has been sick all week with a runny nose and cough and she woke up several times in the night coughing...poor little girl. On Saturday around 11:15 she said "I want to go take a nap mommy." WOW...we have never heard those words come out of her mouth. So we gave her a little lunch and off she went...upstairs on her own to take a nap. She woke up 4 hours later..poor little thing.
So another week of work awaits us as we try and juggle working full time and have two kids. We are starting to figure it out...now if we could just get some more sleep we would be great!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
3 months old already
I can't believe that Addison is 3 months old already. She is growing and changing so fast each day. She is so much more alert and aware of her surroundings. She is beginning to notice when I walk into the room and follows me with her eyes when I walk around her or walk away from her. She continues to well in daycare and continues to wake me up each night. Lauren slept through the night at 9 weeks so I am really tired at work these days. I just try and go to sleep as soon as I can at night and hope Addison only wakes up once.
She loves to laugh and talk to us and she hates tummy time. Lauren continues to adore Addison and is always in her face giving her hugs and kisses. She is reaching for toys and grabbing them when she lays on her play mat. It is so neat to watch her grow and develop.
Evenings at our house are utter chaos with both Mark and I working full time and not getting home until 6. Don't even bother calling us as we are too busy or too tired to answer the phone.
A few cute smiles. Still hard to catch on camera because as soon as I get it out she just stares at it as soon as I get it out.
Lauren just adores Addison and she is such a huge helper.
Addison is just starting to get big enough to sit in her bumpo chair.
She loves to laugh and talk to us and she hates tummy time. Lauren continues to adore Addison and is always in her face giving her hugs and kisses. She is reaching for toys and grabbing them when she lays on her play mat. It is so neat to watch her grow and develop.
Evenings at our house are utter chaos with both Mark and I working full time and not getting home until 6. Don't even bother calling us as we are too busy or too tired to answer the phone.
A few cute smiles. Still hard to catch on camera because as soon as I get it out she just stares at it as soon as I get it out.
Lauren just adores Addison and she is such a huge helper. 
Addison is just starting to get big enough to sit in her bumpo chair. Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy New Year Everyone
Happy New Year Everyone. My New Year's resolution is going to be to blog less...kind of crazy huh! I returned back to work this week and well I learned that I am simply not going to have enough time to keep up on this blog like I would like to.
Work was good. It was very busy so it made it easy to get through the day. Of course little Addison is waking up 1-2 times a night still so I am very tired and not quite sure how I am really making it through the days so well.
Addison has done great at daycare. The teacher really worked with her to figure her out and get her to take the bottle from her. I am really happy with the teacher. Little Addison is so laid back and easy to take care of that I know she will do fine.
Mark has been a huge help around the house. It was utter chaos when I got home from work in the evening. Addison's wants to nurse, Lauren is hungry for dinner and running around house, and Mark is trying to get dinner ready for everyone.
So I think that the blogging will get put on the back burner for a while. I will do what I can and share pictures when I can.
Happy New Year!
Work was good. It was very busy so it made it easy to get through the day. Of course little Addison is waking up 1-2 times a night still so I am very tired and not quite sure how I am really making it through the days so well.
Addison has done great at daycare. The teacher really worked with her to figure her out and get her to take the bottle from her. I am really happy with the teacher. Little Addison is so laid back and easy to take care of that I know she will do fine.
Mark has been a huge help around the house. It was utter chaos when I got home from work in the evening. Addison's wants to nurse, Lauren is hungry for dinner and running around house, and Mark is trying to get dinner ready for everyone.
So I think that the blogging will get put on the back burner for a while. I will do what I can and share pictures when I can.
Happy New Year!
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