Uh oh!

Last night my daycare provider called to tell me that the sibling of one of the daycare children has the chicken pox. The sick child is not in the daycare, his brother is. His brother has been vaccinated against the chicken pox, so that's good, but apparently there's a slight possibility that he could carry chicken pox.

My daughter just turned 15 months old two days ago and her appointment to get her shots is on Tuesday, so I'm thinking.... great... juuuust great!

I called the telehealth line to ask them what they thought I should do. They said the risk of exposure through an un-infected sibling was low, but they recommended that I go get the vaccine sooner because if she was exposed, within 0-3 days, the vaccine can still be up to 95% effective against the chicken pox, and within 3-5 days, up to 70% effective, also, it could lessen the symptoms if she does get it.

I was able to get her vaccinated through walk-in at a different clinic than the one our family doctor is in (since my family doctor's office has a terrible evening clinic system).

Here's to hoping that we got her vaccinated in time!

15 Months

My daughter is fifteen months old today. Sometimes it's still hard to believe that I'm a mom. I look at DD and it just blows me away that I've been a mom for over a year, and that - I - have a toddler. Amazing.

This is a great age. She's really building up her character and she's hilarious. Like most toddlers, she has her moments, but overall she's easygoing, curious, loving and smart as a whip!

She's not saying too much yet, but she gets her messages across loud and clear through expression. I think the only words she really says are "Mama, dada, ya, yay, all done, thank you" and I think she said "doggy" three times yesterday. She's kind of funny with speech. She babbles plenty, and even gets different tones in her voice as if she's having a conversation, and every now and then, something comes out. I was playing peek-a-boo with her, and I'm fairly certain she said "There she is." But she'll say something like that once and never again, so you can really never be sure. I can't wait for her to talk more, it's so awesome when one word does come out. So much fun!

We try to go to the park every day after daycare. We have the park routine down. Arrive, go to sandbox, play in sandbox, climb in and out of sandbox, run to the slide, slide a million times, swings, then back to the sandbox to step up and down on the rocks a million times. She loves going to the park, and I love it too because it makes it easy to get her to bed every night.

I could go on and on, but I'll sum up with saying that I'm really loving this first part of the toddler stage. While it was amazing to experience having a newborn/infant, I like that life has become less about diapers and feedings, and more about exploration and fun!