Los Porchs

Better late than never... Charlotte was a miserable bug on the 8th so we opted to focus on taking care of her rather than trying to capture photos.  We've had a busy, busy month and as hard as I thought those weekly bump updates were, it's even harder to keep on top of these updates; I think this is partly because I refuse to admit that another month has passed and partially because I am exhausted at a l l times.  All of them. Stats We had multiple opportunities to measure Charlotte this month; we had THREE doctor visits in 2 weeks for our sick little nugget.  She's currently weighing in around 19 pounds, 15 ounces.  She goes for her next well-baby visit in early May and I suspect she'll 20 pounds and somewhere in the vicinity of 29 inches. Teeth:  2 lower chompers have emerged! Charlie is kind of a big deal.  She wakes up around 5:30-6 and snuggles with Mama until it's time to get up for the day.  We get ready for school and make the 30 minute drive to the ce

Charlotte was in the right to shout at me the way she did! She was letting me know something just wasn't right... we now know that Charlotte has a double ear infection on top of her upper respiratory infection. Poor peanut! We started the prescription and are attempting to have as normal of a day as possible  (read: we're going to work). If she's miserable, I'll take her home. Let the games begin! Xo Mama Porch

"Being a child development specialist, I'm sure you've got this under control" jokes (I think) my uncle on Facebook after I posted that Charlie is sick with an upper respiratory infection. Yup. I know everything about her child development. I've got that on lock down. However, I'm not a doctor so.... all of my knowledge comes 2nd hand from my mom who works at the pediatrician's office and Dr. Google. Charlie spiked a fever last night that got all the way to 103° and was a ball of fire. We striped her down and I held her as much as she wanted and rocked her sweetness to sleep. We got to about 2:30 this morning feeling like we had won (ha). Gave her ibuprofen and she threw it up in the hallway and all over Mama (fyi, don't give ibuprofen on an empty stomach *parenting fail). We let her relax and she was out until 7 after that... she wasn't burning up but wasn't totally herself either. Normally I can put her in her "office" (jumper) an