On the mend

Boy I've been slacking on the blog posts but there really hasn't been a lot to report...more of the same actually.  Paige has still been battling her ear infection but I think we're finally seeing some improvement.  She had a terrible case of pink eye that wouldn't go away so I took her to the pedi after 10 days of it and it turns out her ears were on fire...bulging, pussy, etc.  So they put her on her third round of antibiotics and said if that didn't take care of it she would need a shot to get rid of it.  I had all fingers and toes crossed when I brought her back to check them on Friday and all is looking good!  There's still a little bit of fluid but all of the awful puss and redness was gone so I think she's finally getting better.  Phew!  They wanted to see her again in a month which is when she goes back for her nine month appt anyway.

Otherwise, she's doing really well and seems to be more back to her happy self.  She continues to change and learn every day.  She enjoys her books and loves turning the pages in the board books which is really cute.  We took another trip to the playground this morning since she loves sitting in the bucket swings.  I also decided to go down the slide with her in my lap and she smiled every time we got to the bottom.  

She's doing much better with the solids now.  She willingly opens her mouth for the spoon which is a huge relief.  She hasn't been very interested in finger foods yet.  We've tried the puffs and she likes to pick them up (good pincer grasp!) but won't put them near her mouth despite the fact that every other object she gets her hands on goes there.  We had a playdate at Suki's yesterday and she sucked on some wagon wheel veggie snacks so I'm planning on picking up some of those.  She also hasn't progressed with the crawling but I'm still ok with that.  I know how much trouble they can get into once they're mobile so I'm just enjoying my freedom while I still have it!