Well, much like last year, Braelyn and Gwendolyn had a low-key Super Bowl Sunday at home. Unfortunately, this year that had a lot to do with Gwendolyn.
That’s because The Gwenner contracted her second UTI in the last three months. As this can be a typical problem with kiddos who have spina bifida (and it can eventually lead to a daily catheterization routine if it happens too regularly), we’re hoping it is merely a blip on the radar and not her new norm.
Making matters worse, the antibiotic she was prescribed this time around gives her the squirts (and we're talking a Niagara Falls case). Apparently, they try to switch the antibiotic she is prescribed each time because our bodies can gain immunity to them rather quickly if we are on them too routinely (and this certainly isn’t poor Gwendolyn’s first ride on the antibiotic roller coaster if you know what we mean). We were truly aghast when poor Gwen would go from bone dry to nearly bursting at the seams of her diaper in the span of a few seconds. After a pow-wow with the pediatrician, they decided that cutting the dose in half would still clear out the infection while affecting her digestive tract less. So far, that reduction combined with some probiotics has been a positive change.
As has become her calling card, Gwendolyn’s handling things in stride. In fact, she’s become a huge fan of getting folks to interact with her by suddenly playing what we affectionately refer to as the “blinking game.” More often than not, there would be Gwen lying on her changing table in a state of clean up that would totally unravel Mom or Dad if the roles were reversed. And when you’d look at her expecting to see a face full of angst, she'd quickly notice your eye contact, then blink her eyes hard and fast hoping that you’d quickly duplicate the act back in her direction.
Only Gwen can cause that much laughter when she’s the one who should be garnering sympathy!!!
When she wasn’t causing mad dashes to the nursery with a towel tightly swaddled around her lower half, Gwen was often sitting back and reading or dodging some of her sister’s continued zestful affection this weekend.
Speaking of, Brae Bear has gotten better and better on that front. It is interesting to see Braelyn’s reaction to her sister’s cries. She still plops down right next to Gwen and either trys to kiss or hug her. Luckily for Gwen, the combination of less force exhorted by Braelyn and more familiarity that her sister is about to give her some loving has caused less and less residual crying from Gwen.
Also on the topic of Braelyn, the sight above has become a very familiar one of late around the house. Braelyn has really taken to her popcorn popper car… Unfortunately, she just can’t seem to get it moving when she’s facing forward so she’ll often straddle it backwards and get it to move that way.
She’s got ingenuity if nothing else.
Finally, a disclaimer of sorts… It’s come to our attention that in the process of sprucing up the blog these last couple of months, we might have accidentally caused some confusion. By putting the header photo of the girls and a favorite inspiration quote of ours on top of the blog, a lot of people just assumed that it was a post in and of itself. So, more than a few of you have logged on, seen the normal header photo, assumed it was the same old post and not scrolled down. (Truly, we might get behind in giving updates for time-to-time but we PROMISE that we'd never go AWOL for months at a time!)
To help from being too confusing, we’re going to try something different in the short term. For the next week, we’re going to remove the header photo & quote. Hopefully that will give everyone that normally follows the blog an opportunity to read this post… And, when we put the photo & quote back on top of the blog, you’ll know moving forward to just scroll down a wee bit to see if there’s a new post up or not. While far from a rock-solid actuality, our goal is still to post a couple of updates on the twins a week... And we're sure that as they grow, the photo and/or quote will be updated so bear with us. Oh, and if you are one of those that got lost in the shuffle, be sure to scroll down and catch up on Braelyn and Gwendolyn's exploits in 2011!!!
Well folks, until later… Enjoy your week!!!
That’s because The Gwenner contracted her second UTI in the last three months. As this can be a typical problem with kiddos who have spina bifida (and it can eventually lead to a daily catheterization routine if it happens too regularly), we’re hoping it is merely a blip on the radar and not her new norm.
Making matters worse, the antibiotic she was prescribed this time around gives her the squirts (and we're talking a Niagara Falls case). Apparently, they try to switch the antibiotic she is prescribed each time because our bodies can gain immunity to them rather quickly if we are on them too routinely (and this certainly isn’t poor Gwendolyn’s first ride on the antibiotic roller coaster if you know what we mean). We were truly aghast when poor Gwen would go from bone dry to nearly bursting at the seams of her diaper in the span of a few seconds. After a pow-wow with the pediatrician, they decided that cutting the dose in half would still clear out the infection while affecting her digestive tract less. So far, that reduction combined with some probiotics has been a positive change.
As has become her calling card, Gwendolyn’s handling things in stride. In fact, she’s become a huge fan of getting folks to interact with her by suddenly playing what we affectionately refer to as the “blinking game.” More often than not, there would be Gwen lying on her changing table in a state of clean up that would totally unravel Mom or Dad if the roles were reversed. And when you’d look at her expecting to see a face full of angst, she'd quickly notice your eye contact, then blink her eyes hard and fast hoping that you’d quickly duplicate the act back in her direction.
Only Gwen can cause that much laughter when she’s the one who should be garnering sympathy!!!
When she wasn’t causing mad dashes to the nursery with a towel tightly swaddled around her lower half, Gwen was often sitting back and reading or dodging some of her sister’s continued zestful affection this weekend.Speaking of, Brae Bear has gotten better and better on that front. It is interesting to see Braelyn’s reaction to her sister’s cries. She still plops down right next to Gwen and either trys to kiss or hug her. Luckily for Gwen, the combination of less force exhorted by Braelyn and more familiarity that her sister is about to give her some loving has caused less and less residual crying from Gwen.
Also on the topic of Braelyn, the sight above has become a very familiar one of late around the house. Braelyn has really taken to her popcorn popper car… Unfortunately, she just can’t seem to get it moving when she’s facing forward so she’ll often straddle it backwards and get it to move that way.She’s got ingenuity if nothing else.
Finally, a disclaimer of sorts… It’s come to our attention that in the process of sprucing up the blog these last couple of months, we might have accidentally caused some confusion. By putting the header photo of the girls and a favorite inspiration quote of ours on top of the blog, a lot of people just assumed that it was a post in and of itself. So, more than a few of you have logged on, seen the normal header photo, assumed it was the same old post and not scrolled down. (Truly, we might get behind in giving updates for time-to-time but we PROMISE that we'd never go AWOL for months at a time!)
To help from being too confusing, we’re going to try something different in the short term. For the next week, we’re going to remove the header photo & quote. Hopefully that will give everyone that normally follows the blog an opportunity to read this post… And, when we put the photo & quote back on top of the blog, you’ll know moving forward to just scroll down a wee bit to see if there’s a new post up or not. While far from a rock-solid actuality, our goal is still to post a couple of updates on the twins a week... And we're sure that as they grow, the photo and/or quote will be updated so bear with us. Oh, and if you are one of those that got lost in the shuffle, be sure to scroll down and catch up on Braelyn and Gwendolyn's exploits in 2011!!!
Well folks, until later… Enjoy your week!!!
Love reading the updates and loved that quote that was up on the header before!!!! Can't wait to see it back there. :)
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