We spent the evening in the ER tonight.   Amelia was eating dinner and I had her booster chair just pulled up to the table, rather than having the tray on it (we’ve never used a high chair, always this booster seat.).  She used her feet to propel herself backwards, and she tipped the chair [...]

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Amelia woke up with her spots much worse than yesterday.  So, off to the doctor we went.  Our poor pediatrician!  We’ve seen her a lot lately.  Anyway, these spots are non-contagious hives.  We don’t have any idea what is causing them, so we drew blood today.  She ordered both a food and an environmental allergy [...]

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Just a quick story:
We were eating dinner and Amelia asked for water. Jessica gave her the cup and she took a drink.  So far, so good. When she was done with her drink, Jessica went to grab the cup from her and Amelia pu-u-u-u-ulled it off to the side so she couldn’t reach it.
At first, [...]

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It’s been a few rough days at the Garrison house.  Amelia has decided that she no longer needs to sleep longer than an hour at any time, including through the night.  She’ll sleep if somone is holding her, but if you lay her in her crib, she’s awake and yelling.  We’re not too sure what’s [...]

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Amelia is 9 months old today!  She had her well child check-up, and it went well.  She weighed 18lbs, 13oz (50th percentile), was 27 1/2 inches long (45th percentile), and her head circumference was 17 7/8 inches (90th percentile).  She has a big ol’ Neely head!
She is still pretty much spot-on for developmental [...]

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