Today we (Mommy, Daddy, and Kylie) had a meeting with an ENT (otolaryngologist) about taking Kylie’s tonsils out. Based on what the ENT saw (both from examining Kylie and looking at her records) and what he heard from us, he thinks that she is a candidate to have her tonsils taken out. A good portion of this decision is based on the number of times Kylie has had strep throat in the past year, and he said that based on that alone Kylie is a candidate as she is at the threshold based on that number. While Mommy thinks it would be best for Kylie to have them out now, Daddy is a little less certain. The idea of surgery, and Daddy’s memories of being in the hospital for three days when he had his out, has Daddy wanting to wait a little. Mommy, on the other hand, remembers how much better she felt as a kid after having hers out, and how less often she got sick. After talking together outside of the office we decide if Kylie has strep one more time by her birthday then we will have them taken out, as this would put her over the bare minimum of times required for the surgery. Now we will have to wait and see.
Category Archives: Kylie
Second Kindergarten Parent-Teacher Conference
Mommy had Kylie’s second parent teacher conference today (like with the first meeting, Mommy and Daddy decided it would be silly for Daddy to make the 2 hour round trip drive for a 10 minute meeting) and she filled me in on all the good news. At this point in the school year Kylie has already surpassed all of the end of year criteria for promotion to the first grade! That criteria includes reading at a level 2, and counting by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s to 100 without issue. The teacher did say that Kylie has begun to be a little more disruptive. Well, maybe not disruptive, but when it is time to stop talking for instance she now finds that she sometimes has to remind Kylie that it is time to settle down. Mommy and I are wondering if this might be because Kylie has already mastered what they are currently learning, and the teacher seems to think so too because after telling us about this she said she thinks this will change shortly because next week they are going to begin their science course and will be learning about new things, which she thinks will re-engage Kylie and help pull her back to her normal behaviour. Either way we are very proud of how well Kylie is doing and are certain she will continue to excel and be a great student.
She Wants to Conduct
Got a phone call from Kylie today and she told me that when she grows up she does not want to play violin, instead she wants to be a conductor. I told her that would be a lot of fun, but she would have to practice real hard to learn all the different hand signals and how to properly tell each player when and what to play. She said she understood that, and she was going to see what she needed to learn. I don’t know what made her decide she wanted to be a conductor, but if that is what she wants she knows I will support her and help her in any way that I can.
A Mommy – Daughter Day
Today Kylie and Mommy spent some time together and went and had a much needed Mommy-Daughter day. They went and got manicures, and pedicures, they had their hair done (Kylie just got a cut while Mommy got a cut and color) and they even did some shopping! Everything a girl needs to have a nice relaxing day.
Ear Infection and Violin Recital
Today was a very busy day, mainly for Kylie and partially due to last night. Tiffany called me this morning to tell me that she is fairly certain that Kylie has an ear infection. Last night Kylie had a very hard time sleeping because every time she laid down she started to cry because her head was hurting. Unfortunately due to a lot of past experience for both Mommy and Daddy, we both recognize this as a tell tale sign of an ear infection. So they were heading off to urgent care to have it verified and get some medicine to help her feel better. Fast forward an hour later and we have a confirmed ear infection and apparently what would have been another case of strep in a few days had she not had the ear infection. They prescribed her some amoxicillin which will treat both the ear infection and the onset of strep, so she should be good in a few days, and hopefully tonight she will sleep a lot better.
After all of that we still had something very exciting to new today; Kylie’s first violin recital! She was the third to perform and she did wonderful! At the time when I was sitting in the audience watching her on stage all by herself playing Twinkle Twinkle as Pepperoni Pizza I was so proud and happy! But as I sat watching the rest of the recital I noticed something, when many of the other kids were up performing their recitals their teachers were with them, but when Kylie was up there she was alone. Afterwords I found out that Kylie’s teacher (Aerial) had asked Kylie if she wanted her to go up and perform with her and Kylie said “No, I want to go by myself” and so she did! When all the students were done performing their recitals we all went to Roma’s to have some pizza and celebrate. Here is a video of Kylie’s performance that Mommy was able to get with her camera.
There Goes the Second Tooth
Kylie lost her second tooth this afternoon! It had been really loose all weekend long at Daddy’s house but Kylie would not let Daddy pull it out, she said she wanted it to come out at Mommy’s house. So today when I brought Kylie back to Mommy’s she convinced Kylie to let Daddy “wiggle it” and see if it 
would come out after Mommy tried and was not able to get it out. Daddy once again held on to the tooth with a napkin and gave it a gentle wiggle and it popped right out. Kylie was shocked that it came out and that she “really didn’t even feel it” (that’s how loose her tooth was) and is excited that the Tooth Fairy will again be visiting her, but this time at Mommy’s house. Now she has lost both of her front bottom teeth.
The Tooth Fairy Visits
Well the tooth fairy did come last night, and left Kylie a whole dollar and a certificate of congratulations for loosing her first tooth! Kylie was so happy and excited when she saw it. She is, however, different from Mommy and Daddy when we were little. When the tooth fairy came to visit us when we were little we couldn’t wait to check in the morning to see; Kylie on the other hand was up and awake for nearly 30 minutes; in fact she had come in to Daddy’s bed for a little while, before asking if she could look under her pillow to “see if anything was there”. Then again she did sleep in on Christmas, so maybe we shouldn’t be too surprised.
Kylie Lost Her First Tooth
It was really loose and Mommy had tried to pull it out but she said she couldn’t because it wasn’t ready yet. However, when Daddy came over to get Kylie for the weekend he looked at it and said that it was loose enough and Mommy just couldn’t get a good grip on it so he suggested that Mommy try holding the tooth with a napkin so it wouldn’t slip. Mommy tried that and still couldn’t get it, so she had Daddy try. After a little wiggle Daddy took his fingers out of Kylie’s mouth and Kylie said “See it just can’t come out yet.” Daddy smiled and so “Oh, really?” and unfolded the napkin to show Kylie that her tooth DID come out! Kylie was very surprised and really excited because that meant the Tooth Fairy would come to Daddy’s house!! Daddy asked Kylie if she wanted to go out to dinner to celebrate and she said “yes” and when asked where she wanted to go she said “Red Crabs” so off to Red Lobster we went. What a great day! Click on the picture to see other images of her missing tooth.
Plymouth Ice Festival 2011
Today Kylie, Melissa and I ventured out to Plymouth to take in the ice show. The annual ice festival seemed smaller this year compared to memories of past years, but it was still neat to go and see. Despite it being very cold this year we all enjoyed it. It was Kylie’s first time going so she was very impressed with all the ice sculptures and enjoyed seeing them being carved out as we watched. Hopefully we can go again next year and it won’t be so cold. Here is a picture of Kylie all bundled up at the event (the rest of her from this day are in her album here) and as you can see she was really enjoying herself. All the pictures of the ice sculptures can be found in the gallery here.
An Odd Heart Issue
I got o a phone call this morning from Tiffany saying she was on her way to take Kylie to the doctor and asking if I could meet them there. I told her I could most likely move some things around on my schedule and meet them at the office, and then I asked why they were going. She said that yesterday Kylie was supposed to have a hot lunch at school but when she came home she told Mommy that she didn’t eat. When asked why she didn’t eat Kylie said that the chicken fingers were to hot. Mommy told her she could have blew on them to cool them down and Kylie said she decided to just eat her carrots. Everything seemed fine and they went about their day, later that evening Mommy had plans to go out to a hockey game and while she was gone Mimi had asked Kylie how her day at school was. Kylie told her about her day and when she told Mimi she didn’t eat her lunch and Mimi asked why she was given the same response of the chicken fingers being to hot. However this time, when Mimi said she could have blown on them, Kylie responded with a slightly more expanded answer that seemed rather odd, and so Mimi told Mommy about it when she came home. It turns out that not only were the chicken nuggets hot but Kylie said she couldn’t blow on them because her “heart was beating very fast and was hurting her chest and back” so she just ate her carrots. When Mommy asked Kylie about it this morning Kylie said the same thing and that it was to hard for her to blow on them so she just ate her carrots. She said she told the “lunch teacher” as well, but didn’t say what that teacher said and nothing was said to Tiffany about it when she picked Kylie up. So Tiffany called the doctor and explained the situation to them and they said to bring her in right away because they wanted to check on her. When I met them up at the doctor’s office Kylie seemed perfectly fine, as usual, but I was still interested in what the outcome of this would be. The exam went smoothly and all seems to be well, but the doctor said there still could be an issue. He said it could be something as simple as she pulled a muscle in her chest from coughing and that is why her chest and back hurt and she relates it to her heart because it is on that side, or she could have a case of costochondritis which Mommy also has. Alternatively, he said it is possible that she had an episode of Supraventricular Tachycardia, which apparently is something that children often flip in and out of, and “means that from time to time your heart beats very fast for a reason other than exercise, high fever, or stress.” It is really difficult to diagnose in children Kylie’s age due to their inherent lack of fully understanding their bodies yet and also the limitations of their vocabulary (though Kylie’s is extensive) and how they express themselves. He said it is nothing to worry about seeing as this is the first time she has ever mentioned anything like this, but if she does mention it further that we should make note of it and depending on the frequency we may do some testing at a later date. Either way she had a clean bill of health for today’s exam; weighing in at 52 pounds and having a slight fever (99.7), but her heart sounded perfect and her lungs were clear; additionally there were no signs of ear infections and surprisingly no strep.