Don't Tell

Don't tell. I am writing this from work. I never do non-work stuff at work but I am worked out right now. We have been having a mad rush of last minute things - budgets, sales, etc. I am finally at the point I can breathe again and I just need a non-thinking break. So here it is.

Little one just about has all the words down for Jingle Bells. Next, we will be working on Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer. I love Christmas songs. So having her sing along with me (or me sing along with her) is great fun.

The whole house has colds right now. I am sure it started with our very own germ incubator. She is always bringing nice things home to us. Hubby has it the worst. I have just lost my voice and have a bit of the crud. Little ones nose is running a bit but she seems no worse for this. She is also FINALLY getting another tooth. I have been saying this for over a month now but I finally saw it yesterday. This is her lower left eye-tooth. So this will be tooth number 13. Yeah. Am thinking that it is time to go to the dentist.

I don't think I gave the results of her two year old checkup. The stats - ht: 33.5" wt: 27lb 6.5 oz, hd: 19". The only worrying thing is still little ones eating habits. We still cannot convince her that meat is a good thing. She likes fruit, some veggies, dairy, pasta (ok...only if it is the mac&cheese variety) and Dino bites (which are essentially chicken nuggets). We have tried about every meat possible (fish, beef [ground, pureed, etc], chicken, turkey, etc) to no avail. As I was worried about her diet, I insisted that they do a blood test to see if things were OK. Turns out she is anemic. The iron number is supposed to be 34 or 36 and she is 32. So, she is on iron supplements right now. We will go back in for a blood test in January to see if things are better. Until then, the doctor says her weight is fine so we should just stick to our guns and serve her what we are eating. If she does not want to eat it then she can go to bed hungry. Easier said than done..but needs to happen.

We are at the point of putting away her high chair. Grandma bought her a booster seat over the T'day holidays. With this seat, she can sit at the big table with us to eat. She is so proud of herself when we all sit together for meals. I cannot believe how big she is getting!