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Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Weight.
Forgot to mention!
When we were at the ER, they weighed Leia, and she was 13.6 pounds or 6,169 kg.
And she is now 11 weeks old. :)
When we were at the ER, they weighed Leia, and she was 13.6 pounds or 6,169 kg.
And she is now 11 weeks old. :)
Good food!
Mormor fixed some wonderful food for New Years Eve dinner. :)
Leia is now sleeping in her swing. She has been napping in there off and on today. It is the only place that we can contently get her to sleep. She will fall asleep in your arms, but she still twitches and moves her limbs, like she did from week 3-6 when I seriously thought that I was going to lose my mind, and she wakes herself up. It is impossible to lay her down to sleep. But she doesn't complain at all to be put in the swing, and then she falls asleep within minutes if not within seconds. So, that is where she is going to have to sleep until she gets over her growth spurt. :)
We do think that she is going through some kind of pre-teething issues, though. I thought it would be a bit early for that right now, but she is knawing on her hand so much, I am surprised she hasn't gotten to the bone.
Fredrik called home at 6PM, midnight in Sweden, to wish his parents Happy New Year.
We went to the movies to see Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Johnny Depp is in it, and Alan Rickman. It is a musical, and it was very good, very funny. :) Directed by Tim Burton.
We mailed another box today.
Tomorrow we are going to pack everything up, as much as we an at least.
Antsy about going home.. :/ Fixing up everything that we have to do.. And living up to how much money we spent while we were here....... :/
:)
Leia is now sleeping in her swing. She has been napping in there off and on today. It is the only place that we can contently get her to sleep. She will fall asleep in your arms, but she still twitches and moves her limbs, like she did from week 3-6 when I seriously thought that I was going to lose my mind, and she wakes herself up. It is impossible to lay her down to sleep. But she doesn't complain at all to be put in the swing, and then she falls asleep within minutes if not within seconds. So, that is where she is going to have to sleep until she gets over her growth spurt. :)
We do think that she is going through some kind of pre-teething issues, though. I thought it would be a bit early for that right now, but she is knawing on her hand so much, I am surprised she hasn't gotten to the bone.
Fredrik called home at 6PM, midnight in Sweden, to wish his parents Happy New Year.
We went to the movies to see Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Johnny Depp is in it, and Alan Rickman. It is a musical, and it was very good, very funny. :) Directed by Tim Burton.
We mailed another box today.
Tomorrow we are going to pack everything up, as much as we an at least.
Antsy about going home.. :/ Fixing up everything that we have to do.. And living up to how much money we spent while we were here....... :/
:)
Monday, December 31, 2007
New Year's Eve.
Leia has been a booger lately... :/ :)
She is doing fine with her fever. But we're still not sure if she had the fever because of the cold or because she is teething.
For the last two nights and days, she wants to be held constantly, and cries very easily. But she laughs and smiles and talks and all that.. So, we're not sure what she is trying to accomplish. :/ :) Fredrik and I think it is a growth thing. That she is going through a growth spurt (like that of earlier, when we had such a difficult time getting her to sleep and she cried all the time). It is easy to get her to sleep, but you have to hold her and not move her at all, and then she will sleep. She isn't sleeping very deeply. And she is constantly tired and wanting to sleep.
Yesterday during the day, Mormor held her for a long time, in the same position, and they napped together, to get Leia a long stretch of sleep. And we knew that Leia would not lay by herself last night, so Morfar stayed up with her all night, and held her during the night, while she slept. Fredrik and I really, really needed to get a full nights sleep. And we feel so much better this morning. We put so much effort into helping Leia feel better from her cold, that ours is taking forever to go away. We are feeling better, though. Fredrik's back hurts, but that is from having slept in a different bed for the last month. And I have had an upset tummy since yesterday afternoon. But besides that, I think we are doing much better.
There aren't that many fireworks that are legal in the US. Each State has their own laws and regulations about fireworks. And Ohio isn't one of the ones where you can get the big ones that explode in the sky. But there are always a few neighbors that bring them in from other States, and set them off anyways. :/ :)) In Sweden, I think most everything is legal in regards to fireworks.
Our goal today is to just make Leia lay by herself (in the baby gym, etc) as much as possible, even if we have to hover over her so that she feels content, so she can get away from her clingy-ness, so that she can hopefully start to sleep in her bed again. While she was sick, we held her so much, and she got used to that. But we think that because of teething or from a growth spurt that she is.. behaving a little differently. :)
But we are all doing well, on the road to recovery from all of our illnesses.. :)) It is that time of the year, though, when everyone gets sick, and there are probably going to be 20 more colds in our household now before Winter is done. :/ :)
Mormor and Morfar are soon going to the store to do some shopping for New Years and then I think Fredrik and I might try to go to the movies, to see a new movie with Johnny Depp. We'll see how we feel. :/ :))
We've almost got another box packed. And we've packed one more suitcase. We think we are going to borrow a suitcase from Mormor and Morfar, and then they can take it back with them when they come visit us this summer. (Even if it is a small suitcase.) We managed to get the vibrating chair in the box we are shipping, so that saves a lot of hassle.
Okay, now it is time to get ready and let Fredrik eat some breakfast.. :P
She is doing fine with her fever. But we're still not sure if she had the fever because of the cold or because she is teething.
For the last two nights and days, she wants to be held constantly, and cries very easily. But she laughs and smiles and talks and all that.. So, we're not sure what she is trying to accomplish. :/ :) Fredrik and I think it is a growth thing. That she is going through a growth spurt (like that of earlier, when we had such a difficult time getting her to sleep and she cried all the time). It is easy to get her to sleep, but you have to hold her and not move her at all, and then she will sleep. She isn't sleeping very deeply. And she is constantly tired and wanting to sleep.
Yesterday during the day, Mormor held her for a long time, in the same position, and they napped together, to get Leia a long stretch of sleep. And we knew that Leia would not lay by herself last night, so Morfar stayed up with her all night, and held her during the night, while she slept. Fredrik and I really, really needed to get a full nights sleep. And we feel so much better this morning. We put so much effort into helping Leia feel better from her cold, that ours is taking forever to go away. We are feeling better, though. Fredrik's back hurts, but that is from having slept in a different bed for the last month. And I have had an upset tummy since yesterday afternoon. But besides that, I think we are doing much better.
There aren't that many fireworks that are legal in the US. Each State has their own laws and regulations about fireworks. And Ohio isn't one of the ones where you can get the big ones that explode in the sky. But there are always a few neighbors that bring them in from other States, and set them off anyways. :/ :)) In Sweden, I think most everything is legal in regards to fireworks.
Our goal today is to just make Leia lay by herself (in the baby gym, etc) as much as possible, even if we have to hover over her so that she feels content, so she can get away from her clingy-ness, so that she can hopefully start to sleep in her bed again. While she was sick, we held her so much, and she got used to that. But we think that because of teething or from a growth spurt that she is.. behaving a little differently. :)
But we are all doing well, on the road to recovery from all of our illnesses.. :)) It is that time of the year, though, when everyone gets sick, and there are probably going to be 20 more colds in our household now before Winter is done. :/ :)
Mormor and Morfar are soon going to the store to do some shopping for New Years and then I think Fredrik and I might try to go to the movies, to see a new movie with Johnny Depp. We'll see how we feel. :/ :))
We've almost got another box packed. And we've packed one more suitcase. We think we are going to borrow a suitcase from Mormor and Morfar, and then they can take it back with them when they come visit us this summer. (Even if it is a small suitcase.) We managed to get the vibrating chair in the box we are shipping, so that saves a lot of hassle.
Okay, now it is time to get ready and let Fredrik eat some breakfast.. :P
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Yay!
At 22.30 last night, Leia's fever was at 98.4 ºF, a normal temperature. And it is still that way now. She feels fine to touch, and not clammy, so we are thinking that she is back to normal, or will be that way soon.
We had also bought some saline drops for her nose, yesterday. We didn't think they had done anything yesterday, but we are certain that they helped clear her passage way to breath better for today (only used them once!).
I'm also doing much better, but Fredrik is taking a little longer to recover. I'm thinking that he is over-tired, because he is having such a difficult time falling asleep.. :/ Even though he is dead tired.
She took a long nap (4 hrs) in the late afternoon yesterday (Friday), and that messed up her sleeping a bit for tonight. Especially since she is feeling better, and she wants to be a little more interactive. So, she hasn't slept very regular tonight.. :/ :) But we are certain that it will get fixed easily.
I gave Pappa his "baby-duty" shift off. :)) Even though I have to drive tomorrow, I know he desperately needs to sleep. Maybe he can sleep a little in the car tomorrow (although the drive isn't even a full hour away).
Thank you all for all the well wishes for Leia!
We had also bought some saline drops for her nose, yesterday. We didn't think they had done anything yesterday, but we are certain that they helped clear her passage way to breath better for today (only used them once!).
I'm also doing much better, but Fredrik is taking a little longer to recover. I'm thinking that he is over-tired, because he is having such a difficult time falling asleep.. :/ Even though he is dead tired.
She took a long nap (4 hrs) in the late afternoon yesterday (Friday), and that messed up her sleeping a bit for tonight. Especially since she is feeling better, and she wants to be a little more interactive. So, she hasn't slept very regular tonight.. :/ :) But we are certain that it will get fixed easily.
I gave Pappa his "baby-duty" shift off. :)) Even though I have to drive tomorrow, I know he desperately needs to sleep. Maybe he can sleep a little in the car tomorrow (although the drive isn't even a full hour away).
Thank you all for all the well wishes for Leia!
Leia update.
She slept very well during the night. She slept from 21.00-02.30 and then from 03.00-07.15. And then she had a short nap in the morning. And a short nap in the afternoon, which would have been longer but Pappa coughed really loud and woke her up. :)) But then she fell asleep again and slept for almost 4 hours.
Her fever hasn't gone above 100.4ºF (38ºC) today. And it got down to her average 99.4 (37,4) for awhile today. We haven't given her any medicine since 03.00 this morning, but we are going to give her some before she goes to sleep tonight.
She is eating very well. And she has gone through tons of wet diapers.
She hasn't pooed since 04.00 on Thursday morning, but she didn't eat much yesterday during the day. So, we're hoping she'll poo again soon. Her tummy is soft, though.
She is smiling and she is happy. She hasn't been very talkative, though. She gets grumpy easily, but not feeling well, who can blame her.. :/ :)
We are certain she is feeling better (not perfect of course), and of course we're hoping that she will get fully better soon and that the fever will disappear.
I'm doing much better, and Fredrik is still a little so-so.. :/ Which is strange because he has been taking tons of pills and all that, and I haven't taken anything..! :/ :)
Today we went and bought a digital video camera.. :) Expensive, but cheaper than in Sweden. We will definitely get use out of it.
And since Leia is doing better, Fredrik and I will drive a little farther tomorrow and do some shopping at a big shopping center. We'll spend the New Year holiday packing another big box to ship. And hopefully try to start packing some suitcases.
5 more days for us here. :/
I know that Mormor and Morfar are going to miss us, especially Leia, and we are going to miss them.
Even though it has been so much fun to be here and having the help with Leia, I do think that we miss home in åmål.. :/ Fredrik is going to have lots of catching up with information at work. :/ :) He's only received one phone call while here..! :) And the guy actually remembered the time difference and he waited until a good time to call.
Now it is time for me to go rest a bit.. :P
Her fever hasn't gone above 100.4ºF (38ºC) today. And it got down to her average 99.4 (37,4) for awhile today. We haven't given her any medicine since 03.00 this morning, but we are going to give her some before she goes to sleep tonight.
She is eating very well. And she has gone through tons of wet diapers.
She hasn't pooed since 04.00 on Thursday morning, but she didn't eat much yesterday during the day. So, we're hoping she'll poo again soon. Her tummy is soft, though.
She is smiling and she is happy. She hasn't been very talkative, though. She gets grumpy easily, but not feeling well, who can blame her.. :/ :)
We are certain she is feeling better (not perfect of course), and of course we're hoping that she will get fully better soon and that the fever will disappear.
I'm doing much better, and Fredrik is still a little so-so.. :/ Which is strange because he has been taking tons of pills and all that, and I haven't taken anything..! :/ :)
Today we went and bought a digital video camera.. :) Expensive, but cheaper than in Sweden. We will definitely get use out of it.
And since Leia is doing better, Fredrik and I will drive a little farther tomorrow and do some shopping at a big shopping center. We'll spend the New Year holiday packing another big box to ship. And hopefully try to start packing some suitcases.
5 more days for us here. :/
I know that Mormor and Morfar are going to miss us, especially Leia, and we are going to miss them.
Even though it has been so much fun to be here and having the help with Leia, I do think that we miss home in åmål.. :/ Fredrik is going to have lots of catching up with information at work. :/ :) He's only received one phone call while here..! :) And the guy actually remembered the time difference and he waited until a good time to call.
Now it is time for me to go rest a bit.. :P
Friday, December 28, 2007
Fever.
After we ran some simple errands today, Leia (who stayed home all day) ended up with a fever in the late afternoon. She was really warm, so we decided to take her to the ER. When we got to see someone, her temp was up to 102.5 ºF (39,1ºC). They gave her some infant tylenol and after 2 1/2 hours, her temp was down to normal. She got very smily and happy, her normal self, and you could tell she felt better. (But then she got cranky because it was past bedtime.) :)
Things in the US are a little different than in Sweden... :/ Lots of people think that in Sweden, doctors "under-medicate" and in the US they "over-medicate."
The doctor wanted to send Leia, by ambulance, to Rainbow Baby's Clinic in Cleveland (which is the best children's hospital in.. the country?), which... we thought was a little excessive with a cold and fever.. :/ So, we said no-thank you to the treatment and went home instead.
There was an older nurse that we had before shifts changed, and she thought it was a bit excessive, and told the doctor that, but he wouldn't listen. (The doctor was nice and all, from Madrid!)
Right now she is fine to touch (not warm) and we have of course been monitoring her temp rectally to make sure it doesn't go so high again. And we promised the doctor and nurse that if it goes up again and doesn't get better with the medicine, that we will rush right to the hospital (to Rainbow Baby's).
But we are all taking shifts staying up to keep an eye on her. She's been sleeping since we've been home.
Hopefully this will just be a funny story to tell her when she gets older... :P :)
Things in the US are a little different than in Sweden... :/ Lots of people think that in Sweden, doctors "under-medicate" and in the US they "over-medicate."
The doctor wanted to send Leia, by ambulance, to Rainbow Baby's Clinic in Cleveland (which is the best children's hospital in.. the country?), which... we thought was a little excessive with a cold and fever.. :/ So, we said no-thank you to the treatment and went home instead.
There was an older nurse that we had before shifts changed, and she thought it was a bit excessive, and told the doctor that, but he wouldn't listen. (The doctor was nice and all, from Madrid!)
Right now she is fine to touch (not warm) and we have of course been monitoring her temp rectally to make sure it doesn't go so high again. And we promised the doctor and nurse that if it goes up again and doesn't get better with the medicine, that we will rush right to the hospital (to Rainbow Baby's).
But we are all taking shifts staying up to keep an eye on her. She's been sleeping since we've been home.
Hopefully this will just be a funny story to tell her when she gets older... :P :)
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Not fun.
Not fun being sick. :/
I'm surviving, Fredrik is "dying," and Leia is worse than yesterday.
She did well yesterday. We thought she was on the way to getting better. She slept well during the day (5 hrs total) and last night she slept 7 hours straight and woke up at 04.00. I've been up with her since 4. She has slept, but I haven't. Her tummy is bothering her.. :/ And her nose is a little stuffed up. She won't let herself relax enough to try to go to the bathroom. :/ She wants to be held all the time, which is fine, but then you can't change position or move her.. :/ :) Or she starts to cry and it takes a couple of minutes to get her calmed down again.
I did get a couple of smiles out of her this morning.. :) But we are just going to have to wait this thing out for all 3 of us.
Not sure what the plan is for today... :/ But we definitely have to go to the post office and mail our enormous box.
I'm surviving, Fredrik is "dying," and Leia is worse than yesterday.
She did well yesterday. We thought she was on the way to getting better. She slept well during the day (5 hrs total) and last night she slept 7 hours straight and woke up at 04.00. I've been up with her since 4. She has slept, but I haven't. Her tummy is bothering her.. :/ And her nose is a little stuffed up. She won't let herself relax enough to try to go to the bathroom. :/ She wants to be held all the time, which is fine, but then you can't change position or move her.. :/ :) Or she starts to cry and it takes a couple of minutes to get her calmed down again.
I did get a couple of smiles out of her this morning.. :) But we are just going to have to wait this thing out for all 3 of us.
Not sure what the plan is for today... :/ But we definitely have to go to the post office and mail our enormous box.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Better.
Leia's doing better at least.. :/ :)
She slept a couple of hours while we were gone at the movies yesterday and she even ate before we got home. After that, when we got home, she was already in a better mood, smiling and talking a little.
She ate some more and then she slept from 20.00-02.30 (6 1/2 hrs) and Fredrik got up with her, and she fell asleep again around 03.30 and slept until I got up with her at 07.15! (3hr45min) And she ate when she got up, another big amount, like with Pappa, and now she is in her baby gym. We figured she would sleep a lot last night if she wasn't feeling too well. But we think she is feeling better now. So, that is all that matters. :)
My nose is runny AND stuffed up.. don't you love how that works?! My cold isn't that bad, it could definitely be worse, but it isn't something I want right now. :/ I am doing worse than Fredrik, and I really don't want to be in Leia's face too much. Fredrik can take all those awesome American get-better medicines that I can't take. :( (Cause of breastfeeding.) So, he is functioning a little better than me right now. :)
The plan for today:
- spend money! :)) The Christmas sales have started, and even though it will be crowded, Fredrik and I really need to get out and spend all the money and gift cards that we got for Leia's party. (We've already packed a LARGE box with stuff from the shower that we are going to ship over, and one suitcase..!)
- call my friend Amanda and have her visit with us. She is a teacher now in North Carolina, but she is up for the holidays (she joined us for the party, too), and we will have her come over (her family lives about a block over).. :)
And tomorrow we are going to go do some shopping with my parents and spend the rest of Leia's gift money. And get something for Aina for taking care of Caesar while we have been away, and the neighbor for watering our plants for the last month.
Now my baby wants me.. :) She is tired of her baby gym ... More soon!
She slept a couple of hours while we were gone at the movies yesterday and she even ate before we got home. After that, when we got home, she was already in a better mood, smiling and talking a little.
She ate some more and then she slept from 20.00-02.30 (6 1/2 hrs) and Fredrik got up with her, and she fell asleep again around 03.30 and slept until I got up with her at 07.15! (3hr45min) And she ate when she got up, another big amount, like with Pappa, and now she is in her baby gym. We figured she would sleep a lot last night if she wasn't feeling too well. But we think she is feeling better now. So, that is all that matters. :)
My nose is runny AND stuffed up.. don't you love how that works?! My cold isn't that bad, it could definitely be worse, but it isn't something I want right now. :/ I am doing worse than Fredrik, and I really don't want to be in Leia's face too much. Fredrik can take all those awesome American get-better medicines that I can't take. :( (Cause of breastfeeding.) So, he is functioning a little better than me right now. :)
The plan for today:
- spend money! :)) The Christmas sales have started, and even though it will be crowded, Fredrik and I really need to get out and spend all the money and gift cards that we got for Leia's party. (We've already packed a LARGE box with stuff from the shower that we are going to ship over, and one suitcase..!)
- call my friend Amanda and have her visit with us. She is a teacher now in North Carolina, but she is up for the holidays (she joined us for the party, too), and we will have her come over (her family lives about a block over).. :)
And tomorrow we are going to go do some shopping with my parents and spend the rest of Leia's gift money. And get something for Aina for taking care of Caesar while we have been away, and the neighbor for watering our plants for the last month.
Now my baby wants me.. :) She is tired of her baby gym ... More soon!
Colds.
I woke up during the middle of the night with a sore throat, knowing that it would turn to a cold. It is slowly going in that direction... :/ Fredrik also has a sore throat and we are certain he has a cold as well. And poor Leia, well, we are certain she has at least an upset tummy. :(
She has had trouble going to the bathroom, and she cries unless she is held all the time. It started today after she woke up after her morning nap. :( She hasn't eaten much today, so we are certain she has a touch of something we have. She isn't wanting to eat and is just wanting to sleep.
So we are all taking turns holding her and hoping she feels well soon.
Fredrik and I did go to the movies, though.. :P and we saw Alien vs. Predator 2, and it wasn't too bad I guess.. :/ :) Could have been worse..
She has had trouble going to the bathroom, and she cries unless she is held all the time. It started today after she woke up after her morning nap. :( She hasn't eaten much today, so we are certain she has a touch of something we have. She isn't wanting to eat and is just wanting to sleep.
So we are all taking turns holding her and hoping she feels well soon.
Fredrik and I did go to the movies, though.. :P and we saw Alien vs. Predator 2, and it wasn't too bad I guess.. :/ :) Could have been worse..
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