Mar. 18th, 2012

Yesterday, Ziva turned 9 months old!  It was gorgeous outside and we wanted to go to the ecology site but apparently it's only open during the week over winter.. that makes sense, right?  Instead, we went to the playground and went on the swings, the slides, climbed through tubes, went on the see saw, and crawled in the sand.  We went to a friends house for dinner so Ziva got to play with her BFF Sophie and they both wore each other out.

Ziva had coxsackie last week/this week.  I don't know when it started because she was acting completely fine (which is apparently not usually the case and kids are miserable).  On Sunday night/Monday morning, she had a rash in the diaper area.  She had eaten cherries for the first time so we thought maybe that was the culprit since she was otherwise acting normal.  Monday she was okay.  Tuesday around 10:30 I get a call from daycare saying it looks like she has coxsackie and she needs to leave because, if it is, she's super contagious.  I make a drs appt and go pick her up.

The dr barely looks at her, gets a phone calls, leaves the room, and then goes into the next patients room.  A nurse came in with a note for daycare saying she has a viral rash and it should clear up in 3-10 days and that's when she can go back.. then she walks out.  So, I can't ask any questions and all I'm thinking is 10 days??  If I had somewhere to put my kid for 10 days, I wouldn't need daycare.

We ended up calling a nurse practitioner that actually comes to your house.  Over the phone, she asked some questions and said "with spots on her hands it's either syphillis or coxsackie, I highly doubt your 9 month old has syphillis"  Already, she has spent more time examining my daughter and we've just been on othe phone for 8 minutes.  She came Wednesday morning - Ziva has coxsackie (once the rash appears they are no longer contagious so, unfortunatly, the kids at daycare have already been exposed but she can go back), thrush (which accounts for the terrible breath and diaper rash  - the other dr didn't even look in her mouth), and a molar coming in (AHH!  which accounts for the massive amounts of drool).  Loved the nurse.. she played with Ziva, was here for over an hour, and the whole visit was much more relaxed since she was in her own environment. 

So, Ziva at 9 months is a ball of energy.  I feel like she's slowed down on physical things and is working much more on verbal stuff now.  She's the fastest crawler in the universe, she knows how to crawl upstairs (i have no idea how to teach her down the stairs but the baby gate is up so she doesnt go near them without us), she stands (and has stood without leaning on things for a few seconds but she doesn't realize she's doing it), she cruises along everything.  Ziva likes to steal Cooper's toys and then he runs after her barking and licking her face.  The two of them together is adorable. 

She waves hello and goodbye like the Queen, will clap if you sing "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!", she dances and bounces, and makes a funny face when you go "ahhh" because she tries to imitate you.  In the past week she learned to say "mamamama".  She was still pretty much just saying babababa all the time but now has moved on to baba, mama, yaya, gaga in the past few days.  She's constantly talking and chattering away and trying to figure out noises.  She will look straight at me and say what sounds like "mom mom" but who knows if she actually knows that's me.  Mark keeps saying "dada" to her now and I just say "not mama".. she has said what sounds like "na ma ma" a few times which I think is hysterical.  Mark probably doesn't though. 

She's the happiest girl and is constantly laughing and smiling.  Even when she falls and hurts herself, usually she's up and laughing within seconds.  She's super ticklish and has the sweetest laugh.  She loves being tickled and rolls herself into a ball but when I stop she stares until I do it again.  She will eat anything and everything you give her.  At some meals, I'm convinced she eats more than I do but, at least to other people, she's still a tiny little peanut.  She's right around 20lbs now.  We'll have a well check up in a eek or two so I'll get the official stats then.

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