For the past 3 days, Ella has decided she is on a hunger strike. Yvette and I got so worried about it that I called the nurse at Dr. Becker’s office when I got home. I don’t want her to start losing weight. She was also very cranky in general. The nurse suggested, as I suspected, that it could be teething problems. When I held her yesterday evening she just seemed to be drooling all over. The treatment for that is Tylenol. When Ella decides she doesn’t want to eat, she is very clear about it. She locks her lips shut and won’t open for anything. She has been taking a bottle and nursing fine and acting pretty normal otherwise. Today and yesterday she was too tired for therapy though. The problem is she wakes up so early in the morning (today before 6 a.m.) that she is ready for a nap by 9:30 when Jackie (PT) comes.
I hope Ella is not following in the footsteps of others in the family. She is starting to get addicted to TV. Lately, when I sit with her on our bed, she stares at the empty screen in our room as if to say: “Okay, turn it on. I’m ready.” She even does that with the computer screens sometimes. It’s funny but I hope she doesn’t become too addicted to the boob tube.