WOW!! I am super glad that October is over. Samantha had a rough month. Hopefully November will be better. Where do I start? She had her 6 month check up, weighing in at 18 lbs and 28 inches. She kind of had a cough, but nothing that me or the doctor was worried about. But 2 days later she was back at the doctors office. He diagnosed her with croup, gave me a prescription and sent us home. I couldn't find any pharmacy that would fill the prescription and by the time I got home she was not doing well, ending up in her first trip to the ER. There she got an breathing treatment and some steroids. Sam did great, doctors were impressed with how good and happy she was even though she was so sick. She smiled when she got her temperature taken rectally, and when she had to breathe into a cup for 5 minutes...she thought it was a game and put her face right into it. No problems at all!
It took a few days but she improved, although all month she continued to have a cough.
The second weekend in October Samantha got to meet all of her great Aunties. Although she still wasn't feeling good she had a good time and entertained everyone.
(will get pics soon of the visit)
She even got to play in the leaves with big sister.
The rest of the month had a lot of firsts for my little Sammy. She got tooth number 3,4 and 5!
Sam can now also pull herself up on things. First it was on mommy and daddy, then her walker and now the couch!
And going with that of course means she can stand really well with help. She tries to let go but it always ends up her on her bottom.
We are still trying to get her to start to eat. She loves getting messy and playing with her food, a little even gets in, but going out is a different matter. Her tummy just can't handle it. The doctor told me to try using little tummy's and I have just started. So we will see how it goes.
Since Sam has been in her crib she has not been sleeping well. We have tried everything, so finally we decided to put her mattress on the floor. And surprise surprise it worked! I feel bad having her sleeping on the floor, but I am really enjoying more sleep. So for now it will work, and we try again later to put her in a bed.
The last week of October I was once again up all night with Samantha pulling at her ears and having a temperature. So we went to Urgent care. There I found out that she had double ear infections. But by the end of the month her ear aches were gone, she wasn't coughing and in a much better mood.
And of course there was Halloween. This being Samantha's first we had lots of fun with it. Skylar enjoyed teaching her how to trick or treat. I had to take Sam with us to the first few houses so that Skylar could tell her step by step how to do it and what to say. It was pretty cute!
And that ended Sam's sixth month.
