A good month for Hannah

Hannah has been much more lively the past month (tummy bug at beginning of March, can't remember if I mentioned it before), although she still has a perpetual runny nose. The molars she was getting are all through, so a teething respite for the moment.

I haven't had her weight rechecked yet, as the anxiety about that was laid to rest the following week when it was found that although she hadn't gained weight, she had grown 5 cm! I plan to have her weighed this week or next.

Eating wise she is still quite faddy and there are not that many things I can get her to eat. She loves bread, crackers, rice cakes, weetabix and other cereal based carbs, but won't eat potato much. Meat is difficult to get into her...I can only manage ham or processed sandwich meat. Pulses and vegetables...big no no. Fruit she does like...anything except white grapes. She is also addicted to bananas..can a child eat too many bananas? I would imagine so, although many tantrums result from the fact I will only allow her one a day. Fortunately she likes most dairy..milk, all kinds of cheese and fromage frais. Anyhow, the main thing is that she is doing pretty well on her own brand of diet :)

Healthwise, we are approaching our local clinic visit at the beginning of May, and bloods just before that, so nerves are starting to creep in. We are not over at Birmingham until the summer. Hannah's tummy looks pretty big to me (but then it always has...lol) and I can see the edge of her liver...don't really like that. I am anxious to see if her spleen has become enlarged...I hope not.

We have finally just got to start on Rifampicin for Hannah's itching last Saturday. She has started on the lowest possible dose. I think there may be a little improvement, but there are still marks on her neck. She has left her ears alone a bit more, I think...it's so difficult to tell when it is naturally fluctuating anyhow.

Otherwise, she is a mini monkey and loves to climb! She is not deterred in the least by falls and is straight back there. Her speech is progressing all the time, and she can manage to link two words together, as well as having a good vocabulary. Of course she can already say "silly mummy"!