November 2000, all over again
Saturday, Mike and I took the girls to a nearby mall. While the girls were playing at the indoor playground, Mike went for a look at a nearby sporting goods store. After several minutes he emerged with a surprise for the girls: a new Slip-and-Slide with bonus "sleds."
When the girls got home we surprised them with the Slip-and-Slide. The girls weren't sure how to use the toy themselves, but they were happy to have daddy slide them down the watery, plastic path (which wore daddy out after a bit). And despite the fact that they both froze once they were out of the water, they wanted to continue sliding as soon as they had warmed up in the sun.
The next morning, poor Diana woke up with a fever. Her fever stayed pretty constant into the next day, so we took her back to the doctor's office. It turns out that poor Diana has a throat virus, that she's just starting to recover from today.
But the real reason I bring up the doctor's visit is that part of every doctor's visit is a visit to the scale. Michael was never really convinced that Diana weighed more than her sister, and it looks like Mike was right. According to the doctor's records, Diana weighed 26 pounds in April, 33 pounds last Thursday, and 26 pounds yesterday.
Mind you, Diana hasn't been eating much because of her sore throat, but I don't see any way she could have lost seven pounds in four days. So it seems that Diana isn't as big as Amelia, after all.
As a side note, the doctor's suggestions included making sure that Diana gets lots of cold food, like ice cream and Popsicles. I thought it would be easy to get Diana to eat either of these things, since she's always liked them before, but last night she refused to even try the Popsicle we gave her. After several failed attempts that included reasoning with Diana and begging her to try the Popsicle, Amelia piped up. She asked, in her funny way, "If Diana doesn't eat the Popsicle, then who will?"
I think we knew the answer to that one.
In fact, after Diana REFUSED to eat the ice cream I got her as an afternoon snack, Amelia was there again to lend a helping hand. What a good big sister.
Lisa
When the girls got home we surprised them with the Slip-and-Slide. The girls weren't sure how to use the toy themselves, but they were happy to have daddy slide them down the watery, plastic path (which wore daddy out after a bit). And despite the fact that they both froze once they were out of the water, they wanted to continue sliding as soon as they had warmed up in the sun.
The next morning, poor Diana woke up with a fever. Her fever stayed pretty constant into the next day, so we took her back to the doctor's office. It turns out that poor Diana has a throat virus, that she's just starting to recover from today.
But the real reason I bring up the doctor's visit is that part of every doctor's visit is a visit to the scale. Michael was never really convinced that Diana weighed more than her sister, and it looks like Mike was right. According to the doctor's records, Diana weighed 26 pounds in April, 33 pounds last Thursday, and 26 pounds yesterday.
Mind you, Diana hasn't been eating much because of her sore throat, but I don't see any way she could have lost seven pounds in four days. So it seems that Diana isn't as big as Amelia, after all.
As a side note, the doctor's suggestions included making sure that Diana gets lots of cold food, like ice cream and Popsicles. I thought it would be easy to get Diana to eat either of these things, since she's always liked them before, but last night she refused to even try the Popsicle we gave her. After several failed attempts that included reasoning with Diana and begging her to try the Popsicle, Amelia piped up. She asked, in her funny way, "If Diana doesn't eat the Popsicle, then who will?"
I think we knew the answer to that one.
In fact, after Diana REFUSED to eat the ice cream I got her as an afternoon snack, Amelia was there again to lend a helping hand. What a good big sister.
Lisa
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