Marla is growing so big, so fast. She can *almost* sit up on her own, and is becoming more and more interested in toys, books, and anything else she can grab onto. She now experiments with many different noises, though almost all of them are still of the loud, shrieking variety. She LOVES to stand up and bounce, which means my upper body strength is vastly improved from before.
In other news, she caught her first cold last week. Now, I've listened to friends and relatives with babies complain about their kids getting sick for years without really understanding what the big deal was. It turns out the big deal is that you don't know what's wrong, so you assume the worst is wrong, which is only confirmed by your child's behavior and, of course, the Internet. Then you call the doctor and they make you feel like an idiot for calling or even worrying, assuring you that everything's fine, then going on to say that if your baby shows any more symptoms, bring her to the emergency room immediately. Then your baby shows more symptoms, but you're afraid to bring her in because the doctor will think you're an idiot for bringing her in. So I'm sorry to all the first-time moms that I rolled my eyes at before (behind your back, of course), because I now get it.
Marla wasn't really sick, per se, but did have a stuffy nose and fever for about a day. Really not too bad in the scheme of things, but still a pretty big deal for me (see above description of The Big Deal). Can I be done with the sick kid thing now?? At least until she's 15 or so?
Here's my baby on the day she was sick. As you can see, she still managed to smile through it all!
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Stuffy noses and low-grade fever can be a sign of teething... just sayin'.
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