My poor baby Hailey sure has been through a lot latley! It seems like every week its something new. We think a mosquito got a hold of her. She had bites all over her one morning when we got her out of bed. She started scratching away, so we bought her a baby ani-itch cream. It didnt seem to keep her from scratching so i put bandaids over the bites. I soaked her in an oatmeal baths which is soupose to be good for insect bites. They were looking good and were healing up well. I picked her up from school and noticed her hello kitty bandaid was replaced with a plain one, and i could see scratches all around her bite. I removed the bandaid while i was giving her her tubby and tried to soak her in the oatmel. Later that night brad noticed her arm was swollen and had a ring of redness around the bite. The area was also warm to touch and felt very hard. We called her doctor who immediatley called her in an antibiotic and a topical cream. Brad took her to see the doctor the following morning and he said she may have a staff infection and doubled her antibiotic dose. With in a few days it seem to clear it up. What a scare! My Little Hailey is one tough cookie!

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Our pediatritions says by the time Hailey is 2 she should have a vocabulary of at least 50 words. That seems like a whole lot of words to learn in such little time! He says that she should also be able to put together small phrases. She says the normal words mama, dadda, juice, shoe, duck , dog, see, whats that, ut ohh, and her favoriate word ball. I have been trying to read to her and do her animal flash cards to teach her new words, but all the animals to baby Hailey are dog or duck! Is there anything else i can do to help her learn new words? Is there a  list of certian words that all kids learn first?  I am trying to get her to say please, but she seems to not have a clue what that word means. One word she is clear on is no. If i ask her a question and thew answer is yes she is silent but if it is something she does not want she shakes her head side to side quickly! ’

I  know every child is different, and Hailey seems to be a very smart child.  I will just keep reading to her and calling out the names of objects through out the day.  Just because she is not verbaly repeating the words after me like i would like her to do, she is soaking it all up in her brain.  I wish i had access to look and see all the things she has stored in there already!  Children are so amazing!

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I have been trying to do some reading on how to make hailey have an easy transition for when baby Abby comes home. We will be moving a month after Abby is born to a new house, and Haliey will be getting a new room, and her very own ” BIG girl bed”. I dont want her to feel like she is getting the boot from her safe familiar cozy little crib just because the new baby needs it.  I have read that it is best to make this transition 6 weeks before the new addition comes, but i feel this is to soon being Hailey is olny 16 months. I dont want to rush her out of being a baby just because Abby is coming. I wish she could stay my little baby forever! Soon enough she will be driving, dating and will be too cool for her mamma!

Also, i have been trying to get her use to holding her own baby doll. I show her how to feed her doll a bottle and rub its head, saying nice baby. She looses interest after a few minutes and tosses  the baby to the floor laughing! Hailey is also in the hitting stage, and she has a pretty mean hook!!  I am a little nervous just because i have heard do many horror stories about siblings trying to hurt the new baby. 

I will definitley have my work cut out for me because they will be so close in age, but these are my girls and it will be worth it. Everyone has their own take on things to do or not do.  I think i will just play things by ear and see how Hailey responds. I can read her pretty well, and i will adjust Abby and i so that she feels as comfortable and special  as before.  Say a prayer for us! One month to go!! The count down begins!!

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