Summer is upon us. The last week was very hot and Iris spent much of the time in diaper only. She is increasingly active and loves to run across the room. She also loves music, as you'll see below. She is dancing to "Impregnable Question" by The Dirty Projectors.
We have a pulmonary check-up in about a month. Iris continues to have increased oxygen needs, her happy spot is somewhere between 1/4L and 1/2L. This is more than double what it was in October of last year, when she was down to 1/8L. I try not to think about this troubling fact very much because there's nothing we can do about it and the doctors are firm in saying that she will, eventually, grow out of the need for oxygen supplementation.
Iris was sick with a stomach bug again. It seemed worse than the stomach bug at the end of April, if it was in fact a stomach bug. She lost some weight and that really worried me. She's much better now, though, and has gained back the weight she lost. She really has the appetite of a horse.
When Evan feeds her, he models the deliciousness of the food by pretending to put the spoon of food in his mouth and gives a satisfied, "Haummm!" grunt that is supposed to suggest satisfaction. The effect has been that Iris has started giving the same sound effect when she eats something she likes. It's very adorable. She also has heard me say "Achoo!" after she sneezes a lot so she has started mimicking that noise by saying, "Atoo!"
The last piece of news is that we've had to confiscate all books from Iris's toddling radius for the time being. She is teething and has found books to be particularly tasty. This means that she is literally devouring books. She is usually pretty loud when she plays, if not squealing or babbling, then she is banging things together. Sometimes when I'm in the kitchen and not watching very closely, I realize that things have suddenly gotten very quiet. This is never a good sign. And recently it has meant that yet another book has been sacrificed for the sake of Iris's teeth.
