Laney is 22 months old now. I have been on Spring Break with her for the last 2 weeks. 2 weeks ago we decided one morning to go to Tahoe with my mom and the dogs. That afternoon we landed in a winter wonderland. We had all 4 dogs there, and found out that Laney can easily tell the difference between all of them. We had a lot of snow while we were there for a few days, and I was really looking forward to playing in the snow with Laney. However, during our trip, I came down with a cold as did Laney. We both had fevers, but hers spiked to 103 degrees! That night she kept waking up shrieking because she was shivering and scared. We took lots of cool showers and baths with her. The next day we flew home and she saw Dr. Schmottlach who prescribed Augmentin. He said that because she is getting her back molars, she may have been getting an ear infection due to extra digestive juices blocking her eustachian tubes. Wednesday night was no better with the fever, and she slept in our bed between us in only a diaper because she was burning up. Every 2 hours or so we would pop her into a cool shower and bring her temp down to 97. What a long night it was for us. Finally she broke that fever by lunchtime, but it took me until Friday to completely kick mine.
Easter was that weekend, and Laney did not really have a good time. I think she was overwhelmed by all fo the people at my mom's house (our family, the Olsons, and the Millers). She did not even want to egg hunt! Kiersten was so sweet to her, helping her find eggs but she only wanted Daddy.
Last week was the peak of tantrums and bad behavior by Laney...lots of time outs for throwing things. This week has been a completely different story. She has been such an angel and so loving and cute towards me. We have made it to Stroller Strides this week and have had lots of play time together. Yesterday she made her first "friend" at the park. Another 2 year old boy was playing on the playground and she grabbed his hand. They rna around the lawn holding hands and laughing. Later they hugged each other. She told me to go sit and wanted to play and go down the slide by herself. WE are working on the concept of sharing with her, which she likes to yell at the other kids ("Share!") Occasionally she would sit down in the middle of the stairs to block the other kids from the slide, as she thinks the slide is hers!
Patrick and I have noticed such a change in her the last few days. She is using more and more words, even remembering to say thank you and excuse me. She seems to be maturing a lot right now. She even had her first haircut today with Sonny. He trimmed her bangs for me, and she looks like a preschooler now. I just can't believe that my Laney Bug is growing up so fast.
When I was getting her ready to leave the house today, she ran back and got one of great Oma's necklaces to wear today (she plays dress up with them). So precious! We bought her some necklaces in the Brass Plum at Nordstroms. She was in heaven. Lately she has been layering on mardi gras beads left over from my 30th birthday party. She puts so many on that she looks like Mr. T!
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