Well Day 2 of Doc Bands and the girls still seem to be feeling fine about them.  Mom says it’s because of the giant daily head bands and bows- it was great preparation. ha!  

Have you EVER seen anything CUTER?!  Do you see her 2 teeth on the bottom coming thru??

I took the band off every 3 hours to check for pink/red spots and would put it back on once they faded away.  At one point (after the girls 2 hour morning nap), Reese’s “sideburn” piece and above her ear was really red when I took off her band.  Since she’s a tummy roller these days, she’s been sleeping on her tummy and kind of her face too, so I figured that was why.  But I kept it off to wait for it to fade (it was deep indentions!).  Cranial Tech said to call if it took more than an hour for spots to fade these first two days.  Well… just to check on it, I called and surely sounded like an idiot, but basically said, “My daughter has had red marks from her helmet for about an hour and a half, however, she had taken a 2 hour nap and slept on her face.”  :)  The sweet sweet lady didn’t even laugh- she asked me what Reese had been sleeping in, that it might be a bit of heat rash… I replied, “Uhhh… well… her regular pajamas: the long, cozy, footed kind.  I should probably change that- huh?”  (DUH, I know).  She was so sweet and suggested just onsies and socks while they are in the bands since their heads get hot.  Anyway, Reese is fine… but that was just the beginning of our interesting day…

Did you notice in the pic of Reese above that her band isn’t decorated yet?  Yes, well Leah (my sis) came over to help and my nephew Casen too.  Well… with three fussy babies things don’t always get done- ha!  Casen was sleepy, Reese was teethy (aka slobbering, shoving everything in her mouth, and fussing if someone wasn’t holding her), and Riley out of character was screaming and not calming down.  After the two of us trying to balance the 3 kids and use our “creative minds” we decided I’d feed the girls and she’d take Casen home for a nap and come back later.  I was overwhelmed by this point- wondering if it was the Doc Band that was bothering Riley?? (Why can’t babies talk?)  Riley wouldn’t eat and continued to just cry and cry.  I took her band off (it was the 3 hr time) and nothing looked red or anything, but I noticed she was burning up!  So with Reese screaming in her highchair for food, I stripped Riley down and took her temp: 101.2…. her first fever.  My precious sister came back and watched Reese for me while I took Ri to the dr.  She has an ear infection, poor baby.  It’s just pitiful.  She’s been whimpering.  She’s on antibiotics and I’ve been giving her tylenol for her fever.  Hey- 8 months of being sick-free is pretty good.  

Soooooo I think we’re on the mend, bands will be decorated today, and we are surviving.  (No picture to post of Riley because she was glaring at the camera- hee hee).  

Always interesting around here………

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