No More Bottles

Yesterday was a big day for Evelyn (and her parents too)! She finally gave up the bottle and switched to a sippy cup. Several times in the last couple of months we have put milk in a sippy to see if she would drink from it. Evelyn would end up throwing a fit until we put her milk back into the bottle.

Other moms told me that you should put milk in a sippy cup that the child has never used before. So yesterday morning Evelyn and I went to Target and I let her pick out a sippy cup. She picked the Nuby No-Spill Twin Handled 1st Cup Stage 2. It looks alot like her bottle, has handles, and a soft spout. So we tried the new cup at lunch and she loved it. Evelyn loved it so much that when she was done, I was not allowed to have it. So she carried it around the house most of the day.

As parents, we are really excited that the bottle stage is over. When Evelyn was dianosed with acid reflux, one of the things we did to help her was to put rice cereal in her bottle. This required us to buy special bottle spouts to allow the thick milk to flow. Now that she is not taking the rice cereal, the milk was just pouring out and making a mess. So we are very glad to see the bottles go as well as the mess.

Blue Bear

A little over two weeks ago Evelyn was in the hospital for her lumbar puncture. While there she received the 1999 Beanie Baby Holiday Bear. Since then she has becomed attached to the bear and loves to carry him around.

Evelyn's Anna

Evelyn seems to almost immediatly pick out the people she likes. And she really likes Anna (Ben's girlfriend). Last weekend they visited for the superbowl and Evelyn loved Anna's sweatshirt.

Grandpa's Glasses Again

Smiling with Gi Gi

Gi Gi and Grandpa (Daniel's parents) came to visit over super bowl weekend. Here is Evelyn smiling with Gi Gi.

Lumbar Puncture Results

So finally yesterday afternoon we got some results back from our hospital visit on Monday.

Evelyn's spinal pressure was a little high (as stated in a previous post) but the doctor is not concerned about it. Evelyn's pressure was about 22 and normal is 10-12. For the spinal pressure to cause Evelyn's eye problem, it would have to be in the 40's. The doctor thinks that Evelyn my just always have a slightly elevated spinal pressure (which is normal). I'm not convinced.

They also tested the spinal fluid to see if they found any white blood cells. This would indicated infection. They found no while blood cells or cancerous cells. So no infection or cancer in her spinal cord.

Evelyn was tested for a thyroid condition as well and it also came back negative.

Finally she was tested for several neurological disorders. Unfortunately these test are going to take a couple of weeks for the results to come back. So now we just get to wait.....again.

We are very happy that everything came back normal, but we would really like an answer. It's like we want everything to be fine, but something needs to come back positive. That way we know what caused her eye problem and we can fix it. Until then....we wait.....again.

13 Months

Evelyn is 13 months today! Alot has happened in the last month.

Evelyn hasn't gained any weight or height (we know because we go to the doctor every couple of days).

She's walking all over the place. If we just cary her in a store, she wants down immediatly. So now we have to put her in the shopping cart or stroller. Since we rearranged the living room, Evelyn has much more room to run around. On of her favorite things is to chase the dog around the dinning table.

Even though Evelyn can't see very well due to her left eye being turned in, she still seems to be a pretty happy girl. Which makes it so much easier on mommy and daddy.

She has two top teeth and working on two more. I'm glad she finally is getting some more teeth. She now has 4 but almost 6.

Evelyn is also drinking just milk now. Woooooohooooo. So far she hasn't had an allergic reaction. This is amazing due to the fact that I (mom) is lactose intolarant. I was really hoping she wouldn't get trait from me and so far so good.

I have gone back to work for our church two days a week and love it. Evelyn is going to one of our friends house on those days and seems to love it too. Mommy gets some adult time and baby gets some baby time.

This month really has been crazy with Evelyn's illness. We've been through many ups and downs. But thats life....it's always challenging. Thanks again for everyones help and prayers. Hopefully we will have some good news coming.