She Melts ME

So, there are no photos today. Just my ramblings.

Jessie currently has her 4th ear infection in less than four months. She's had 5 total so far. I've scheduled a trip to the ENT for her the day after school lets out. June 24th. We are all suspecting that the ENT will want to do tube surgery. Not something that we are looking forward to in any way...but if it will make my little girl healthier, it needs to be done. From a professional perspective, she is getting to the point where (if she were one of my students), I would be asking the parents if they brought her for tubes b/c it can affect her speech and language development. So, it seems that we will be getting them done this summer. My fingers are crossed that we don't get anymore ear infections between now and the consult with the ENT...but I am sure we will. My poor baby girl.

I DO NOT think that these ear infections are hurting her speech and language development. Some of her articulation (speech sounds) are off but nothing that is not age appropriate. Then she has some sounds that are MUCH later developing sounds. In fact, I looked over at her this afternoon with one foot on her chair and the rest of her body on the floor. She said to me, "Ut-oh, I fell down!!" That is an awesome sentence for a 19 month old. Then she was crawling under her high chair and said, "I stuck." She is also obsessed with her toothbrush and toothpaste.

On the way to school today she was playing with her baby doll while in the car seat. All of a suden I hear, "MOMMY, baby poop." I look in the rearview mirror to see and she is pulling down the baby's pants and saying "poop, pee, poop, poop."

After these two episodes she was in the tub and just reached up to me and puckered her lips to give me a big kiss. That is where she melts me. When she comes over to hug or kiss me randomly. She and I were on the living room floor playing and she stopped, came over to me, lifted my hair, put her chin on my shoulder, the hair over her and started tapping my back in a long huge hug. All the while she said "hugs" and "ahhhh." Just love her!!!

Right now I am listening to her scream while trying to fall asleep. Joe just came down after giving her the sippy cup of milk that she has at bedtime. She wanted to keep playing tonight. So sad that she isn't going right to sleep tonight and that she is screaming. Some nights this happens - like the night Joe and I were outside shoveling dead grass in decomposing paper trash bags into our trash can with the screaming baby monitor attached to my pants. Good times.

It seems that she scream has slowed to a slow whine and a periodic outburst. Its only been a few minutes. Hoping for another nice night of sleep. Ear infections can cause sleepless and restless nights as we all know too well.

EDIT: Now, 10 minutes later, there appears to be a party going on in her crib. She is having a complete conversation. Probably to Mickey or Elmo...but it is in some other language with the only identifiable words being mama, mommy, daddy, dada, ow, Mickey, Mickey stop, Jessie's, right there, up or down, ABS, and possibly banana. She didn't invite us to this party. Go to sleep little girl it is now after 8:00. 6:00 AM is coming soon.