A day out for Mummy and Daddy.

Now that Lilli is better we decided to leave her with Nan-nan and Pops for a few hours so that we can have a bit of time by ourselves. It was great. We went to see a movie (Get Him To The Greek - quite funny) and had lunch but I missed Lilli so much!!! It was quite hard because she'd been so sick up until a few days ago. I told Max that I'm sure it will be easier for me next time.

Walking her bubba in her new stroller.

Rugged up to go and play outside.

Eating her first solo banana!!!

Tots & Tunes for the first time in 2 weeks!

Laxing with Lilli on her bean bag. We got it for her when we were in Germany. Thomas (Max's Dad) gave us a gift voucher for his shop (150 euro!) and we got this. He even shipped it over here for us for free.

Wearing Mummy's sneakers.

Reading a book in her toy corner.

The new thing to climb on is her table.

This time she's taken her wo-wo with her. :)

Oh, cuddle for Diesel wo-wo.

Pat pat...

Cute huh?!

I took Lilli to Tots & Tunes for the first time in 2 weeks on Friday. She had a good time but got tired towards the end so we didn't stay afterwards for morning tea. Maia was there so at least she got to catch up with her.

Finally looks like Lilli is coming right.

NOTE: I have been trying for 3 days to upload videos to this blog but everytime I encounter an error. So I'm sorry but there will be no videos attached this time. :-(

This illness has been horrible. After 2 days I rang and spoke to a nurse to ask if I needed to get Lilli to a doctor or just see how she went. She told me that she would have a mild dose of the measles because of the immunisation and agreed with me that she had probably picked up a tummy bug at the doctors. She told me to see how Lilli went over the next day or so and if her temperature spiked then to bring her in.

The first 3 days Lilli basically didn't eat. She was on the boob the whole time or laying on her couch. She didn't have much energy. Then on Sunday I took her to the doctor because her temperature had spiked a couple of times and she was showing no signs of getting better. He told me that basically there's nothing you can do except watch carefully for dehydration and give her electrolytes etc to replace the minerals she was losing with all the diarrhea. Meantime I have to say thank goodness for the boob! It's a lifesaver in times like these not only for keeping her hydrated but also for comfort. I am so glad that I hadn't stopped breastfeeding before now!

We carried on like this for another couple of days and Lilli seemed to be improving a little. She was eating food, about 2 good meals a day (although it was all coming out in the afternoon and evening). Then on Tuesday night she was writhing and screaming in agony so much that I had to put her into a hot bath to sooth her tummy and relax her. She spent the whole time on the boob and as soon as she relaxed a bit she let go with a huge poo in the bath. Nice! So we sat there and I emptied the bath and swished it round a bit and then refilled it with clean water. On Wednesday morning Max and I were concerned about how listless Lilli was when we got her up. She was limp and could barely even lift her head. I got really upset after he'd gone to work and rang the doctors to get her seen again. We got into our own lovely doctor and he made me feel much better by explaining about gastroenteritis and organised for a stool sample to check for the rota virus amongst other things. He said that after 7 days of diarrhea Lilli was just exhausted and hadn't the energy to do anything. So, away we went again hoping that it would pass soon. Gastroenteritis normally lasts between 10 to 14 days so hopefully it would be nearly over.

Finally today Lilli is almost back to her normal self! Whew! She still has yucky poos but they are getting better and not quite as smelly. She seems to be much better during the day but goes downhill quite a bit at night. Hopefully now she will start sleeping better but I guess it may take a few more days (or weeks?) for that. Anyway it is so great to have my happy wee girl back. It was starting to feel like she'd be quiet indefinitely.

Here are the few moments of fun we have had over the last week...

Playing with Pops on the floor. This is what Lilli does every time she sees Pops. I think she has decided it's their special greeting! Hahaha.

Having a relax with Pops after dinner.

She's pinched Mummy's icecream!

Reading a book at her table.

Playing the recorder.

Wearing Mummy's sunglasses the way Mummy wears them. :)

Coool...

Mummy, Lilli, & her bubba making silly faces at each other and blowing raspberries.

Playing on her playmat with her little 'Wo wo'.

Teething, immunisation aftermath, AND tummy bug. Poor Lilli. :(

Wearing Mummy's hat.

Taking Mummy's bisto from the pantry.

She loves getting up on that darn table!

And now lying on the coffee table.

My poor darling has had a rough week so far. She is her usual self for about 20% of the time and the rest she is miserable! Not only does she have another molar coming through, she also has the immunisation aftermath to deal with AND a tummy bug!

When she is her usual happy self she is sooo cute! Today we were playing on the floor and she started feeding me a 'bottle'. She was so cute, she would check that I was still sucking and that it was near my mouth and then she would watch the tv for a moment before checking me again! After that she started feeding me morsels of muffin just like I do to her. When I'm feeding her and a piece drops instead of giving her the dropped piece I give her a fresh one and usually pop the dropped bit into my mouth so when she was feeding me and some dropped she picked it up and ate it. Hahaha. Adorable. She's so on to it. :D

New things she is saying:

Hi.

Hey.

Down there.

Mine (refering to my boob).

Oh boy.

Man (as in 'oh man').

Taking some blocks down the hall.

We're heading outside to play - with stones! Outside shifting stones. Poor wee baby lying on her couch. 1st time she's ever done this. She's going downhill fast.

15 month immunisations. Ouch! :(

You will notice that in some of these photos and videos the coffee table is on it's side up against the couch! This is to stop our little climber from getting up on it as she has fallen off it before. Hehe. :D

I'm not really sure what she was trying to do here...

Running away when it's time to get dressed.

Ohhh, cosy and warm in her stroller. Then when she woke up it was time to go to the doctors.

I had to take Lilli for her 15 month immunisations today. Poor baby. It was so awful. She had to have one jab in each thigh and one in her arm! She was so brave. The first one obviously hurt and she didn't cry but then she knew what was coming on the second one and so she tensed up for it. It hurt heaps and she burst into tears afterwards. Then probably for the first time ever she didn't want me to take her clothes off because she guessed that another jab would be coming. My poor little darling. I felt everything with her I think. I popped her on the boob and she calmed down after a few minutes. She has been ok this afternoon as you will see by the photos and videos below, but she got a little bit grouchy tonight. I gave her some panadol and she was in bed by 8pm.

Lilli wearing her hair band. She wears it on her head like her sunnies. Just like Mummy. :)

Close up.

Looking at her lovely hairband (and herself) in the mirror.

Now she can reach up onto my dressing table! :)