Vaccination Vacation

We're packing our bags and getting ready to head off to Princes Inlet for the weekend. 

The timing is just great because Charlotte had her six-month vaccinations yesterday and has been running a little fever of 39 deg C since last night.

The poor wee thing has been pretty ratty and uncomfortable and we rang the Urgent Nurse at the IWK last night to find out that we needed to give her half a Tylenol, (Disprin - it cures everything).  I'm happy her temperature has been dropping, but she has been quite upset during the day and sweating in her sleep. 

Having a cuddle with Dad and Bunrab

 We just woke her for the last bottle of the night and seems fine now, so maybe I shouldn't worry so much. Looking at her, you wouldn't think there was a biological maelstrom happening in her tiny little immune system and making her feel like shit; but it takes a parent to know it is!

She's such a little trooper. All day she has been smiling and making fun of her old man. Sometimes it's as if I was a stoned penguin or a circus clown, or something equally as silly and entertaining.

Tonight, her temperature was a comfortable 36.1 deg C and she's been taking her bottle, rice cereal, and prune juice today without any worries, (at least Mum makes feeding her look easy). So, just another day in the office for little Charlotte, I guess.

Anyway, whew! Let's chalk this up as one of the many joys of infecting your infant with dengue fever and minced up mouse brains, all in the interests of Science! 

Lucky for her (and us), that tomorrow's the long weekend.

Don't worry kid, it won't be long before you won't need a Nurse's needle to contract airborne pathogens and develop a sharp 4am cough and a nice snotty runny nose - you'll be in Day Care!

I'm glad you're feeling better baby, love xx Dad

It's me, Tiggy

"Hi there, it's me Tiggy!"

Actually, my real name is Charlotte Lillian, but try saying that when you've got your mouth full of Cheerios. I know what you're thinking, I'm too young to read and write; but through the magic of the World Wide Web Mum and Dad have found a way to help me speak to you through them.

So, what's so special about me, you ask? Well, nothing more than the fact that I am the World's best kid, (as far as my Mum is concerned). I was born in January 2010, only 40 minutes after my Dad arrived in Halifax on the 28-hour aeroplane flight from New Zealand. 

Charlotte Lillian

I know Mum was too busy to really notice whether he was there or not, but the Nurses at the IWK thought it all was pretty special.

It's a funny story really; kind of like in the movies but with real people and no cutaway shots or a slow-motion action montage; don't worry, we'll get to that part later.

I just wanted to introduce myself to you all and say, 'Hello!' Besides, I've got enough on my plate right now with trying to get my soother in straight; what, with all this growing and teething and putting things in my mouth. 

So that's all from me, but if you tune in each month you'll be able to see how that's been working out for me.

Thanks for tuning in and feel free to offer me any tips on my 123's and ABC's.

Warm fuzzies.”

Tiggy