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rivkaWe're home from Memphis and very tired. The holiday wasn't at all relaxing, but I am so very glad that we went. Michael's father was delighted to see Alex. I had been afraid that her noise and activity would be too much for him, but instead he seemed strengthened and energized by our visit. He held Alex on his lap a lot, bouncing her and talking nonsense. In turn, she seemed fascinated by him and would follow him around the room with her eyes. Every time he coughed - which, unfortunately, was very frequently - she stopped whatever she was doing to turn around and look at him.
She stayed sick and stayed sick, and it's only today that I'm convinced she's a hundred percent better. We wound up switching her to a lactose-free formula. Lactose intolerance is clearly not what was behind this entire illness - she continued to have a lot of problems even when we put her on nothing but Pedialyte, early on. But apparently some babies develop transient lactose intolerance when they have a stomach virus. (I hope it's transient.) The lactose-free formula helped quite a bit, and since late yesterday afternoon things have been completely normal.
Her illness didn't prevent her from enjoying the visit or charming everyone in sight. Understandably enough, for a while there she reacted like she was being tortured every time she needed a diaper change - but as long as she was fully dressed she was usually happy and interactive. She was much clingier than usual - during Thanksgiving dinner she played quietly on a blanket spread out near the table, and was fine, but that was the only time she was able to get by without a lot of adult attention. That was okay, though, because there were plenty of adults who wanted to pay attention to her. I was very relieved that she was mostly willing to un-cling from me and go to Poppy or Nana.
All I will say about the food is that I hope my mother is planning to serve a turkey dinner at Christmas.
Thank you all for your support during Alex's illness, and your advice last Wednesday. It helped.
She stayed sick and stayed sick, and it's only today that I'm convinced she's a hundred percent better. We wound up switching her to a lactose-free formula. Lactose intolerance is clearly not what was behind this entire illness - she continued to have a lot of problems even when we put her on nothing but Pedialyte, early on. But apparently some babies develop transient lactose intolerance when they have a stomach virus. (I hope it's transient.) The lactose-free formula helped quite a bit, and since late yesterday afternoon things have been completely normal.
Her illness didn't prevent her from enjoying the visit or charming everyone in sight. Understandably enough, for a while there she reacted like she was being tortured every time she needed a diaper change - but as long as she was fully dressed she was usually happy and interactive. She was much clingier than usual - during Thanksgiving dinner she played quietly on a blanket spread out near the table, and was fine, but that was the only time she was able to get by without a lot of adult attention. That was okay, though, because there were plenty of adults who wanted to pay attention to her. I was very relieved that she was mostly willing to un-cling from me and go to Poppy or Nana.
All I will say about the food is that I hope my mother is planning to serve a turkey dinner at Christmas.
Thank you all for your support during Alex's illness, and your advice last Wednesday. It helped.
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Date: 2005-11-28 05:01 am (UTC)-J