Gracie woke up at 7:30 a.m. this morning. What a treat for me. She had a pretty good night with a few restless spells here and there. She awoke in a good mood, but was still a little more moody than usual. We gave her a bath after breakfast and she had a great time in the tub, but afterward, kept pulling her left ear and holding her head. We've been patient, but we were now on day 3 of a suspected ear infection, so I gave her some ibuprofen and we headed to Mayo Express Care. I was thrilled that they weren't all that busy. The nurse practitioner that saw us was great and we were shocked, yet thrilled to hear that she did not have an ear infection and even her throat looked good. Good thing I'm not a betting woman, because I would have put money on it that she had an infection.
We're finding that Gracie's behavior and tantrums were the most challenging this weekend that we've seen to date. I'm not sure to chalk this up to her being two or if this is the start of the behavioral issues that can affect children with Sotos Syndrome. We had a few time outs today where Gracie was removed from the situation and placed elsewhere until she could behave appropriately.
Gracie took an almost 2 hour nap and awoke in a very good mood. We did have a great afternoon. Gracie and I went to the mall while daddy mowed the lawn. Then all three of us played outside, took a walk, Gracie rode her tricycle and her coupe car. For afternoon snack I made soy blueberry smoothies. That was a huge hit. Gracie couldn't get enough and she looked so cute with her blueberry face.
Gracie was extremely challenging at supper time. She was furious and we're not quite sure why, so she threw her oranges across the room. She has quite an arm. This began a tantrum that got her removed from the table. When she was ready to start over, she was welcomed back to the table and supper went better after that. Other than she sneezed her applesauce with Topamax everywhere. There is NO WAY to capture all of the little med sprinkles...ahhhhhhhhhhh.
After supper Gracie was very tired, so we read some books, sang, and just hung out til we put her to bed at 8:00 p.m. It didn't take her long at all to fall asleep. Sweet dreams little one...even though a bit more challenging at times, it was wonderful to have a three day weekend with her. To snuggle, to laugh, to cuddle, and yes even to deal with unhappiness at times. It will be hard to go back to work tomorrow.
Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie
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