First Cold!

Caroline has had a bit of a head cold this week so she's not feeling her best. She started feeling bad this past Saturday, and was pulling on her ears and fussy. I took her to see the Doctor Sunday morning (our doctor's office has hours for sick visits on both Saturday and Sunday- fabulous!) because I thought she might have an ear infection. No infection, but there is fluid behind her ears which indicates that she has a cold. To top it off, she is desperately trying to cut a tooth. I can feel it right under the surface, so it will soon make an appearance! We are giving her Tylenol, rubbing her down with Vicks Baby Vapor Rub at night and running a humidifier when she sleeps. Poor girl. Hopefully she will be feeling better soon. So far, Caroline is tolerating formula just fine. She's up to one ounce in every bottle and so far, so good. Our next challenge: rice cereal....again! We'll try that this weekend and see how she tolerates it. Now that she's almost 6 months old, I'm ready to put some variety in her diet- some bananas and sweet potatos would be good! We'll start with the rice cereal and then move on to the baby food. Caroline continues to roll and roll and roll! She likes being on her tummy more and more too. Her newest "trick" is that she has found her tongue. She loves to stick it out over and over again and if we stick out our tongues at her she tries to imitate us. She loves for us to make animal sounds- she likes "Old MacDonald" and her "Baby animals" book. She also loves for us to read to her, especially her "So Big" baby Elmo book. Her absolute favorite thing to do right now is bounce in her jumper seat. It hangs from the doorway and she has learned how to really make herself jump and bounce. We've got some video of her doing this which I will post as soon as I figure out how! Our little girl keeps growing and growing!