Doctors and vets take 2 or 3

I called the pediatrician today and got to speak with someone in the group, although not our dr. She thinks Callie has contact dermatitis meaning something touching her is bothering her. I can't think of anything but there isn't much they will do for her so I opted not to bring her in unless it doesn't get better by the end of the week. The rash has gotten worse since the dr recommended changing detergents and lotions so I am going back to my homemade products to see if we can clear it up. Hoping the wonders of coconut oil in my homemade lotion is as good as the grapefruit seed extract. Her thrush is now completely gone!
On the other hand, my other baby is also sick. Manny has been acting really weird, confused and scared. We noticed he gets scared of things and runs away, the bigger shock was his fear of his own food bowl! I mean this dog loves his food. Then last night when we finally got the baby to sleep at a reasonable 9:30 Manny started acting extra weird. He was licking and swallowing nonstop uncontrollably for nearly 35 minutes. When I spoke to the vet today she thinks that all these behaviors could be minor seizures. So I picked up Keppra a seizure drug at the pharmacy for him. We are hoping this does the trick and he starts feeling better soon. I am also starting some herbal cures for manny including dandelion root and milk thistle. Hope it works as good as the grapefruit seed extract.
Here is Callie airing out her skin and also after a bath tonight to try and clear up the skin rash.

Mobile Amazement

Callie had a mobile at grandmas house during the day that she enjoyed watching. I figured if she likes it there so much we should try at home. We are always looking for things to occupy or distract her from her nighttime frenzy. I bought this adorable one at babies r us (thanks to Jess for the gift card). It has a porcupine (thats what sold me!),owls and a crazy bird all under a flower. She does enjoy watching it go round, but I wish these things were battery operated instead of manual twist. It only lasts a few minutes before you have to twist it again.
She is naked because she has a horrible rash all over we can't seem to get to go away. I was airing her out. We will be calling the pediatrician tomorrow to ask her to see the rash since is not getting better. One current theory is its from her 8 week shots. We will see what Dr Houkum thinks.

Exersaucer and new friends

Yesterday we took out the exersaucer and put it together since Callie likes to be upright all the time. Our living room is already full of baby equipment that she hates so why not add some more stuff? But she actually likes this! We have to pad all around her with a towel because she is so little in the seat sling. Her legs also dangle and are far from reaching the ground, he he.
Our friends Kyle and Meaghan bought Callie this and we are excited to say they welcomed their brand new baby girl into the world TODAY! Congrats and welcome Emma Elizabeth. We hope you and Callie can be friends even across country. We can't wait to meet you when we come visit.
And our other friends Chris and Nelly welcomed their little boy Colin into the world today too. Congrats to all and we are excited for Callie to have some new friends!
So here is Callie in her exersaucer and one of her new friends Emma & Colin too.

More Father's Day

We had a feast of a BBQ at the Chavez house this afternoon for Fathers Day. Callie slept at least half the time! We took a few photos with daddy and grandpa. She wore her first pair of jean shorts, So cute!

Happy First Father's Day

Callie was celebrating Fathers Day with a relaxing morning at home. She even let daddy sleep in until 9 am and was really good all night :)
She wanted to share the photos we had for part of daddy's gift. We got a good laugh at these ones.

Manicure

Callie's nails grow so fast. We need to keep them short or she scratches us when she is frantic and gets dirty fingernails! Yuck! Here I am giving her a manicure with nail clippers and a file. I have to do it while she sleeps or she wiggles too much, he he.

New medicines

So day 2 of our new medicine regimen and I'm already not a fan. The thrush medicine is a horrible mess and from what I've read it doesn't even always work. Also the reflux medicine dose is 3 times what it was and she chokes now.
So I have plan! I'm into my natural cures and told the dr I wanted to try coconut oil but she is concerned that bc Callie is so little she could develop an allergy go coconut. So I have another cure now, grapefruit seed extract. I've never heard of anyone being allergic to grapefruit and woud you even care if you were? I wouldn't. So we are going to try this starting tomorrow for a few days. And try splitting up her reflux meds dose into 2 so it's easier to swallow.
Until then here is a pic of her happy hanging out with sad after work.