I will just start by saying March is not the kids' month! It started off with Aden's WC check on March 11th. We found out he had walking pneumonia so they gave him amoxicilan. He was supposed to take it for 10 days...the 8th day of taking it he broke out in hives. We took him to the Dr. Saturday, March 19th, we couldn't see our regular pediatrician because it was a Saturday so we had to go to a different office location, the Dr. we saw told us that he was having an allergic reaction to his meds. Finally, today after 5 days of having bright red spots all over his body, they are going away.

Taygen also had her WC check the same day as Aden. She had to have shots. This was on Friday, March 11th, that night about midnight or so she woke up crying in her bed with a fever (the same way Aden's pneumonia started). Not knowing that our Dr. office was open on Saturdays we waited until Monday to take her in. So we made an appointment for Monday, March 14th. They checked her lungs, ears and throat and everything sounded good. The Dr. told me that it was probably just her shots. Well, today Wednesday, March 23 I noticed that she had the same rash that Aden had making me think that his rash was contagious, meaning that he isn't actually allergic to his meds. Anyway, so I got her an appointment for Wednesday, March 23rd...for her cough (still) and her rash. The Dr. says her lungs, ears, throat and nose look and sound good and that it is just a virus or a reaction to her MMR shots....of course it is!!! She said the cough lasting as long as it has been could be more than one cold on top of another one. The first cold never went away and she got a second cold.

So, to make a long story short. Aden and Taygen have been to the Dr. 4 times within a week and a half (11 days).

Taygen turned one on March 5. She had her 1 year well-child checkup on March 11th. She is 19 lbs and is in the 50th percentile. She is 28 inches long and is in the 10th percentile. Her height hasn't changed since her 9 month check. She had to have 3 shots and a prick on the finger for anemia.  They did the prick on the finger and sent it to the lab, the nurse came back and said the level was 10, which means Anemic. She redid the test because she didn't think that was right, so Tayg got another prick on the finger and had to draw more blood, the nurse came back and said the level was 11, which now means no Anemia. 

Aden is 2 1/2 and had to have his 30 month well child checkup as well. I took them in on the same day, to make it easier and didn't have to run in on different days. Aden weighs 26 lbs and is in the 12th perentile and his height is 34 1/4  and is in the 11th percentile.  He didn't have to have any shots this time! 

We found out Aden has pneumonia. He had been coughing (croup like) and a runny nose (and acting fine) for about 2-3 weeks. He got a slight fever when he was sleeping Tuesday evening, Wednesday morning. He complained that his chest hurt when he coughed Wednesday morning when he was eating breakfast and just told him that he can just relax today and watch some of his shows since we didn't have anything to do that day. I wasn't too worried because he would be going to his Dr. for his well-child check on Friday and I would just talk to her about it then. Well, we get there and she listens to him breath,  Dan tells him to blow hard while she is listening to him breath. She tells Aden to blow again and that's when she heard the pneumonia. It's one of those things you think to yourself...if Dan wouldn't have told him to blow like that, would she even had caught that? He is on Amoxicillan and is doing much better. 

Taygen has also been coughing and runny nose. She checked out fine at her appointment. Tayg got a fever that Friday night (a couple hours after the Dr. appt. and shots), so of course, I was worried because it was the same way Aden's pneumonia started. So I waited for the weekend to pass (because I am not taking her to Lincare or any kind of Urgent Care place) and got an appointment on Monday. They didn't hear any kind of pneumonia. The doctor thought that the fever was due to her shots, but the nurse told me that Taygen would not get any kind of shot symptoms for 10-12 days. 

They monitored her oxygen for about 20 minutes and was worried about her breathing, they thought she might need a breathing machine (Aden has one when he was a baby). She came out of the appt. fine, she doesn't need a nebulizer or any kind of breathing machine. She is still not doing very good. She still has her cough, runny nose, very weak, just wants to sleep but when she does sleep it is only for about 30 minutes at a time (she can't get comfortable and her coughing wakes her up).  She has been like this every time she has gotten teeth, so hopefully that's what it is and not some health issue. 

Taygen turned one on March 5th. It is hard to believe she is 1 already! She is not walking yet. She is pulling herself up onto things and walking around holding on, but she just won't let go yet. She can stand by herself for about 10 seconds and then she plops back down on the floor. She has a little walk and ride train that she holds on to and walks with.

We decided to do her Baptism a week before her birthday, February 27th, and do her birthday party when everyone would be in town. She did great with her Baptism, she didn't cry one time. We went to Lost In Fun for her birthday party. It was a great turn out. She was so exhausted by 1:00, she was sleeping through all the play :(.