Yummy pink yogurt & Gummy pink eye

Emerson LOVES to "feed" herself. She does well with certain foods,such as goldfish crackers or teddy grahams. But as you can see, she has a little trouble with food that require a utensil. So she just resorts to the "hands-on" method with her original utensils and gets most of it in. Most, not all. As you can see, some does not make it into her mouth. But, all the better to finger paint with.

In other news, Emerson has been sick a lot the past 4-6 weeks and has been on antibiotics twice. She finished a course of antibiotics last Sunday and was doing great until this past weekend. She wasn't feeling herself, she vomited a few times (Sorry Dena!), was running low grade fevers and was very, very, VERY clingy. She had a scheduled MD appointment today as a follow up from her last ear infection and it was a good thing as the poor girl woke up with her eye's plastered shut, ala pink eye. So we un-plaster her eyes and head off to the pediatrician to find out that not only does Emerson have pink eye, she is starting ANOTHER ear infection! The pediatrician threatened us with the ENT, but we talked her into one more chance. Emerson has only had 4 ear infections in 16 months, and I don't think this is excessive for a daycare baby, so we are hoping this latest round of antibiotics takes care of the ear infections for the season and we don't have to add another specialist to Emerson's repertoire.
On a positive note, the girl has gained a pound since she was last weighed. I plotted her most current weight on the chart and while she is still underweight, she's not as underweight as before. We'll just keep up the Yo Baby....she needs it in more ways than one!