Tessa Talk

Since my last post, when we thought Tessa was finally getting over her ear infection, it got worse before it got better. Just two days after finishing her antibiotics, Tessa would cry out in pain at bedtime and could only get to sleep after a dose of children’s Motrin and being rocked in Mommy’s or Daddy’s arms. When I brought her in the next day, her pediatrician prescribed amoxicillin combined with a steroid, and ear drops. We were able to trick her into liking the amoxicillin, but the ear drops, not so much. Of course it wasn’t until the last day of her drops that I thought to put them in while she was sleeping. (Thankfully, she sleeps like her Daddy — when she’s out, she’s really out!) Live and learn, I guess. She’ll have a follow-up soon, and we pray her ears will be clear!

New Tessa Loves
*Hugging Sam, petting Sam, needing to know where Sam is during every waking moment
*Poking her eye and saying: “Eye!” (This also applies to nose, ears, mouth and hair. She says all except “hair.”)
*When we sing “Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes”
*Running
*Pushing the button for the garage door
*“Tickling” people
*Singing (She made up a Mommy/Daddy song that goes a lil’ somethin’ like this: “Mo-mmy, Mo-mmy, Mo-mmy, Mo-mmy! Da-ddy, Da-ddy, Da-ddy, Da-ddy!” I haven’t figured out if this is the verse, chorus or bridge. At this point, I’m guessing all three. It’s a work in progress.)
*Helping me put laundry away (The other night while I was folding, she took a pile of her washcloths from the family room, through the dining room, down the hall to our bedroom and into our bathroom, where she opened the cabinet where we keep her bath items, and put them on the shelf. She’s such a good little helper!)

Tessa’s recent vocab. (Note: Anything that comes out of Tessa’s mouth usually requires an exclamation point. … !)
“Up!”
“Dog!”
“Pease!” (Please)
“Bum!” (Her pink blanket — don’t ask me why this is “bum.”)
“Mommy!” (It was always “Mama” before.)
“Meow!” (When she sees Sam or wants to know where she is)
“Ju!” (Any beverage)
“Hop!” (When she plays with her bunny)