Kailyn had two appointments today. The first one was with her physical therapist. During the summer we are making our way to her office in a local school instead of having her visit us in our home. Today was the second time we have done this, and Kailyn made it VERY clear both times that she is wholeheartedly against this idea. She cried the entire time (during both visits) and would not even reach for an interesting toy to show the PT the new things she can do now. She starts tearing up as soon as I put her down on the therapy mat. Well, since Miss Pam hasn’t really seen an accurate example of what Kaily can do for two months, she was kind enough to schedule an extra visit–in our home–in a couple of weeks. Hopefully Kailyn won’t freak out the next time. One thing that came out of our visit is that Kaily is now the proud owner of a pair of hot pants (actually shorts, but it’s funnier to call them hot pants). They are made of spandex and are supposed to help her get her hips together so she can get her knees under her more when she tries to get in the crawling position. Apparently, many preemies have frog legs, and Kailyn definitely falls into that category.
Later this afternoon we went to the pediatrician. Some of you may remember that we switched Kailyn’s formula to Nutramagin because we think she may also have some dairy allergies. This switch is a costly one, and I haven’t seen any improvement in her eczema or other rashes. I was hoping we would be able to switch her back to regular formula. Wrong. Now we are trying Alimentum, the Similac version of formula for kids with dairy allergies. Hopefully we will be able to switch her to this formula more quickly than the last change. It looks like she will likely be tested for allergies in the fall sometime. It will good just to know, especially since table food isn’t too much farther down the road for her.
The first picture is Kailyn’s frog legs. The second picture is her new hot pants. And, yes, she is chewing on a box of hydrocortizone cream. Hey, at least it’s empty! She is definitely the second child. I would never have let Melia chew on something like that.
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