I was recently featured as a guest blogger at Mama2MamaTips, and I wanted to share the link in case you were interested. Why Are You Breastfeeding Your Toddler? I am a mother to 4 children, and knew before my first child was born that I wanted to breastfeed, for a variety of reasons. Nursing until my child decides to wean has worked out well for myself and for my children. For 101 great reasons to breastfeed, see this link at ProMom. For great information on breastfeeding, see Kellymom.com
Showing posts with label toddler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label toddler. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Teddy has discovered Thomas the Tank Engine
Teddy has discovered Thomas the Tank Engine
Somewhere near the age of 2, all of my children have discovered a favorite tv show or movie or video. IT becomes essential to their happiness, and in some cases borders on obsession. Generally, it wanes not long after they turn 2, but for about a 6 month period, it can get a little obnoxious :)
For Ella, it was Blue's Clues. She wanted to watch it first thing upon waking, she prayed for the characters when she said her prayers at night, she would have wanted an intravenous hookup of Blue's Clues if it had been available! She continued enjoying the show for several years, but her passion for it in that way was shortlived.
For Maddie, it was The Wiggles. We happened to have two televisions at the time, and it worked out well for her since she wanted ALL Wiggles ALL the time! We had Wiggles CDs in the car and played two songs over and over and over. Thankfully, she grew out of that rather quickly, and the Wiggles left the radar before she was 2 1/2.
For Annelise, it was and is The Little Einsteins!! She is their number one fan. Still. At 3 1/2! She has a rocket toy with all four team members, she has sheets and pillowcases and a bedspread, she has pajamas and shirts and a Leo doll and a conductor wand that lights up and plays music, she has several matching and bingo and card games.. bless her. She has a real thing for Leo, the redheaded leader of the Little Einsteins. I even made a Rocket cake for her third birthday! She likes Dora and she likes Diego, she can enjoy The Wonder Pets and The Backyardigans. But she LOVES those Little Einsteins.
It has just been in the last few weeks that Teddy has started bringing me a video case for Thomas and saying "beep beep!", and I bought a few Thomas books at Barnes and Noble this past week. It just brings him such joy. He is so excited, he gets a look of wonder and awe and glee on his face, just in the anticipation of reading the books or watching the shows. He made his first attempt at saying Thomas yesterday, and it came out "Tah-pas". He also likes Gordon. I goess I need to research about train sets in case this turns out to be His Big Thing and I can prepare for his birthday and Christmas. I love Craigslist, and sure hope we can get a train table and set for him that is more affordable than not. Annelise will have a great time with the train set too, she enjoys playing at train tables when we see them.
Have your children had a deep and abiding love for any movies or tv shows like this? I would love to hear about them!!!
Somewhere near the age of 2, all of my children have discovered a favorite tv show or movie or video. IT becomes essential to their happiness, and in some cases borders on obsession. Generally, it wanes not long after they turn 2, but for about a 6 month period, it can get a little obnoxious :)
For Ella, it was Blue's Clues. She wanted to watch it first thing upon waking, she prayed for the characters when she said her prayers at night, she would have wanted an intravenous hookup of Blue's Clues if it had been available! She continued enjoying the show for several years, but her passion for it in that way was shortlived.
For Maddie, it was The Wiggles. We happened to have two televisions at the time, and it worked out well for her since she wanted ALL Wiggles ALL the time! We had Wiggles CDs in the car and played two songs over and over and over. Thankfully, she grew out of that rather quickly, and the Wiggles left the radar before she was 2 1/2.
For Annelise, it was and is The Little Einsteins!! She is their number one fan. Still. At 3 1/2! She has a rocket toy with all four team members, she has sheets and pillowcases and a bedspread, she has pajamas and shirts and a Leo doll and a conductor wand that lights up and plays music, she has several matching and bingo and card games.. bless her. She has a real thing for Leo, the redheaded leader of the Little Einsteins. I even made a Rocket cake for her third birthday! She likes Dora and she likes Diego, she can enjoy The Wonder Pets and The Backyardigans. But she LOVES those Little Einsteins.
It has just been in the last few weeks that Teddy has started bringing me a video case for Thomas and saying "beep beep!", and I bought a few Thomas books at Barnes and Noble this past week. It just brings him such joy. He is so excited, he gets a look of wonder and awe and glee on his face, just in the anticipation of reading the books or watching the shows. He made his first attempt at saying Thomas yesterday, and it came out "Tah-pas". He also likes Gordon. I goess I need to research about train sets in case this turns out to be His Big Thing and I can prepare for his birthday and Christmas. I love Craigslist, and sure hope we can get a train table and set for him that is more affordable than not. Annelise will have a great time with the train set too, she enjoys playing at train tables when we see them.
Have your children had a deep and abiding love for any movies or tv shows like this? I would love to hear about them!!!
Friday, May 11, 2007
Annelise had a seizure today!!
Annelise had a seizure today
Yes, you read that right. Annelise, not my older daughter Ella (the one with the unspecified seizure disorder) had a seizure this afternoon.
Annelise was running a low grade fever about 4 pm today, and I gave her some allergy medicine to dry up her nose, and planned to let her fever burn. She had some pears, and we went to lay down in her room. She started seizing about quarter to five, and it was a very familiar sight, though of course terrifying, since I've been through this with Ella several times. Her eyes rolled back a little and fluttered, she was making motions with her mouth like she was trying to breathe but was not breathing, and she started to turn bluish-grey and was unresponsive. I know from my directions from Ella's neurologist that if she starts to turn blue, I am to give rescue breaths (covering her nose and breathing into her mouth). So I did that with Annelise. It didn't help. I did it again, and continued to watch her, and it didn't work a second time. I called 911, and while I was on the phone with the dispatcher, I gave her a third set of rescue breaths. She did finally breathe, but her seizure progressed at that point.. she put her arms up by her face and they were palsied in and twitching, and she was making chewing motions with her mouth, and her body was rigid. I would estimate her seizure lasted about 3 minutes. She finally relaxed and lay on the bed still, but breathing. I called out to Ella to tell her what had happened, and to go to the neighbors to see if they could come over. The EMS staff showed up about 5 minutes later, and they determined that her temp was not really very high (I dont recall the number they said, and I didnt see the sheet, but I remember the group of them saying things like "she doesnt feel hot" and "that's not very high" and "that's not that bad" or words to that effect while I was giving info to the guy writing stuff down for his fact sheet. I called my mom, my husband, and a friend from church to come get rElla and Maddie, and then opted to take the ambulance ride withAnnelise instead of following them in the minivan since she was still really lethargic and I ws not sure it wouldnt happen a second time.
We arrived at the ER, and they took her temp, which was 103.4. They gave her tylenol followed immediately by motrin. She started coming around when they did her rectal temp, and was pretty angry for the rest of our time there! The doctor said he thought it was a febrile seizure, and diagnosed her with an ear infection as well. Even with Ella's history of seizures, they opted to not run any tests. I guess I'm okay with that, but I am also not relaxing and assuming it was a one time thing, since Ella's first seizure also coincided with an ear infection, and then a week alter she had 3 more in one night. We got home about 2 hours after we went to the ER, and have had dinner and Annelise is acting like herself. With the amount of medication in her system, combined with the thunderstorm of brain activity from earlier will surely cause her to crash hard in a while.
Please pray that the ER doc was right about this being a febrile seizure, and for health for Annelise. Pray that I can relax and trust God over the next few weeks whether this recurs or was a one time thing. I havent yet looked up info about febrile seizures, I looked it up when Ella had her first one, but not since. Felicity had a simple partial with secondary generalization, Ella's most common type of seizure.
Thanks for praying for us/sending positive vibes to us!
Yes, you read that right. Annelise, not my older daughter Ella (the one with the unspecified seizure disorder) had a seizure this afternoon.
Annelise was running a low grade fever about 4 pm today, and I gave her some allergy medicine to dry up her nose, and planned to let her fever burn. She had some pears, and we went to lay down in her room. She started seizing about quarter to five, and it was a very familiar sight, though of course terrifying, since I've been through this with Ella several times. Her eyes rolled back a little and fluttered, she was making motions with her mouth like she was trying to breathe but was not breathing, and she started to turn bluish-grey and was unresponsive. I know from my directions from Ella's neurologist that if she starts to turn blue, I am to give rescue breaths (covering her nose and breathing into her mouth). So I did that with Annelise. It didn't help. I did it again, and continued to watch her, and it didn't work a second time. I called 911, and while I was on the phone with the dispatcher, I gave her a third set of rescue breaths. She did finally breathe, but her seizure progressed at that point.. she put her arms up by her face and they were palsied in and twitching, and she was making chewing motions with her mouth, and her body was rigid. I would estimate her seizure lasted about 3 minutes. She finally relaxed and lay on the bed still, but breathing. I called out to Ella to tell her what had happened, and to go to the neighbors to see if they could come over. The EMS staff showed up about 5 minutes later, and they determined that her temp was not really very high (I dont recall the number they said, and I didnt see the sheet, but I remember the group of them saying things like "she doesnt feel hot" and "that's not very high" and "that's not that bad" or words to that effect while I was giving info to the guy writing stuff down for his fact sheet. I called my mom, my husband, and a friend from church to come get rElla and Maddie, and then opted to take the ambulance ride withAnnelise instead of following them in the minivan since she was still really lethargic and I ws not sure it wouldnt happen a second time.
We arrived at the ER, and they took her temp, which was 103.4. They gave her tylenol followed immediately by motrin. She started coming around when they did her rectal temp, and was pretty angry for the rest of our time there! The doctor said he thought it was a febrile seizure, and diagnosed her with an ear infection as well. Even with Ella's history of seizures, they opted to not run any tests. I guess I'm okay with that, but I am also not relaxing and assuming it was a one time thing, since Ella's first seizure also coincided with an ear infection, and then a week alter she had 3 more in one night. We got home about 2 hours after we went to the ER, and have had dinner and Annelise is acting like herself. With the amount of medication in her system, combined with the thunderstorm of brain activity from earlier will surely cause her to crash hard in a while.
Please pray that the ER doc was right about this being a febrile seizure, and for health for Annelise. Pray that I can relax and trust God over the next few weeks whether this recurs or was a one time thing. I havent yet looked up info about febrile seizures, I looked it up when Ella had her first one, but not since. Felicity had a simple partial with secondary generalization, Ella's most common type of seizure.
Thanks for praying for us/sending positive vibes to us!
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