Ups & Downs

Brooke has been sick since Saturday. Its been a rough few days and we have been trapped in the house doing a lot of television watching (and crying). This morning she was a little better in spirit. Her temp seemed to have stopped with the ups and downs and she was happier than I've seen her in days. To celebrate, I figured we would go out for a nice walk and get some new barrettes for her hair ;) The walk was great and Brooke picked out several barrettes - 3 animals that she is familiar with and one with her initial on it (she thinks all letters are the letter b, so technically would have been happy with any letter ... Mommy had to help a bit here). She wanted to hold the barrettes and kept trying to put them in. I put one in, she took it out and either wanted the same one back in ... or one of the other ones. I let her try out all of them and hid each one after she wore it for a bit, so that we didnt have to keep repeating the pattern.

The Bow Show

Frog	"B"
Monkey	Fish

After a bit of shopping, Brooke felt like getting out and walking for a bit. Despite the fact that she hasnt eaten a real meal in days, she still had the strength to push her own stroller.

It didnt last, and she decided that I needed to carry her the last few blocks home (while also pushing the stroller).

We got home and Mommy was feeling a bit optimistic. We had a great outing and she still seemed to be in a good mood. I put her in her high chair for lunch and gave her some grilled cheese and mango. She took a bit of the grilled cheese (yay!) and ate the three pieces of mango on her plate. I got her a bit more mango. She refused it. She then refused yogurt, crackers and a bagel. She ate three blueberries and started crying. Lunch was over. I took her temp and it was back around 102.

So I think she is getting better, but I still cant keep her temp down. I'm not too sure what is wrong with her. She isnt sleeping well (in fact, crying in her crib right now ... only an hour into her 1.5-2 hour nap and I'm hoping she goes back to sleep), isnt eating well, and just feels miserable.

So she got some nifty new barrettes, but I think we might have celebrated a tad too early :(