Shopping with a 3 year old

So today we did some shopping...not groceries but Kohls, Target, and Hallmark.  I let Olivia walk around at Kohls and she discovered clothes racks are the perfect place to hide and mess up clothes.  It made for an exhausting 30+ minutes in the store but we had fun.  It is funny to hear her say, "Ohhh...that's pretty!" or "No I don't like that!" Then we went to Target and I felt like we did circles around the store but got a few things AND Olivia smelled popcorn.  She said, "Yummy mommy! I smell popcorn!" So I caved in and bought $1.29 bag of Target popcorn...total sucker!  Then Hallmark...the NO TOUCH store.  The last time we went in there Olivia touched a few things...so I had to remind her NO TOUCHING like a million times.  Things are just at the perfect height for her to touch...too bad all those things are breakable! In the end we had fun shopping!

Hair cut and dance class

Olivia got a hair cut today! She was EXTREMELY whiny this morning when I told her that we were going to get her haircut.  But when we got there she was fine.  Of course told the lady no braids! I forgot to get a picture... =( but looks shorter and better.

We also had dance class tonight.  She was doing well and listening when I checked on her. She loves jumping with the tap shoes on!

Ready to be healthy

I am ready to have Olivia healthy...poor thing...today the rash looked better in some places than others.  I am really trying to let the medicine do its job but the rash is a mystery to me.  But poor thing her tummy was upset today.  They said that the medicine would probably upset her tummy.  I took her to school this morning and poor thing pooped her pants....I know she couldn't help it.  Too bad the bathroom by my room the lights for some odd reason are not working so I had to carry her ALL the way to the office to change her.  For the rest of the day she wore a Pull Up but she managed not to poop in them but to get it in the potty! Which was great! But I hope she feels better sooner than later! She has had a rough couple days!

Learned too much this week!

This week we learned too much about...pooping, strep throat, and now Scarlet Fever....

Olivia's rash started to look worse yesterday and I called the doctor's office.  First they make you speak to a nurse through the insurance company who was really no help...she said to apply Calamine lotion...ya...that is NOT going to work.  So then after I talked to the nurse then I can talk with the doctor.  When talking to him he said it sounded more like Olivia had Scarlet Fever which is Strep plus the rash or else she was having a reaction to the meds or the strep was resisting the meds.  So we had to watch her closely...the rash looked better after I changed her out of her jammies but still not the best.  Poor thing...we are trying to keep her cool and inside which is hard when it is 90 degrees and sunny outside.  Hopefully it will look better tomorrow....hoping for a healthier week!

Strep Throat and Thunderstorm

Yesterday Olivia told me her forehead hurt... I kind of thought she may have just bumped her head on something.  But when she woke up from her nap she said it again and I gave her a tiny amount of medicine and 5 minutes later she said she was all better! The last night before bed she said she was cold...took her temp...101.3! Yikes!!  Then I noticed she started a rash...great! Took her to the doctor this morning and they did a strep swab...yup...has strep! The rash was much worse this morning- on her cheeks, back, etc.  She took a really long nap this afternoon and I could tell she felt a bit better after.  She ate a little bit more at dinner too because she hasn't wanted to eat much yesterday and this morning. Hope she feels better tomorrow!

Of course right at bedtime...big thunderstorm...this bad boy lasted until about 10:50 p.m. and she wouldn't let me leave her room.  I tried to tell her that the thunder are angles bowling...which led to a conversation about Curious George and how he went bowling with the Man in the Yellow Hat...geez Louise! So needless to say it is my bedtime and I am going to bed!

Day #2 Success!

Well we had success again on just day 2 of what the GI told us to do! Today Olivia told me she had to go and had one false alarm.  then about 10 minutes late told me she had to go and this time she went! No crying, no fussing and she was so excited when she was done! So happy for her and us! Hopefully this will be the start of good stuff for her and us! Plus she was super excited that her Frozen undies arrived today too!

Breathing a sigh a relief just for today!

GI visit

TMI warning....just sayin'

Today we took Olivia to the GI to find out what is going on with her pooping and Encopresis.  The doctor was wonderful and thankfully pretty humorous.  Of course I cried because I feel like a horrible mom that can't get her kid to poop.  But he reassured us that this is very common and fixable.  We discussed lots of things that we had done, what the pediatrician told us to do etc.  So finally after her exam which he found that everything was functioning normally, he gave us our plan.  It is pretty simple and a stop at Wal-Mart on the way home made it better to start today by picking up a few things.  I won't go into detail of the plan because I am not a doctor and you should not do things our doctor told us to do for our child to your child.  But today it worked and she pooped on the potty.  We had to "call" the doctor and tell him, I made a pretend phone call and that seemed to work! But we had success on day one so hopefully it will continue! But we learned a lot today about poop, but it is always good information to know!

We always get happy for poop on the potty no matter where she goes!