We love you so much our beautiful girl!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Once upon a time a beautiful Princess was born...
...it was 1h42 in morning of February 28, 2006 and the first cries of Emma were heard. Today this beautiful Princess who has giving us so much joy, laughter and hugs turns 3 years old.
We love you so much our beautiful girl!
We love you so much our beautiful girl!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Zoo and conservatory
Last week we spent some time at the Assiniboine Zoo and the conservatory.
I really like going to the Zoo this time of year. For one it's not boiling hot and there are no crowds! One other good thing is that because it's not hot, more animals are out and quite active and because there are no crowds you seem to get some extra attention and possibly a show from some of the animals (like the monkeys).
It was really a nice day and quite enjoyed it.
We finished off the day by going to the conservatory to look at the beautiful flowers and plant life, which is always great to see in the middle of a cold Canadian winter :)
I really like going to the Zoo this time of year. For one it's not boiling hot and there are no crowds! One other good thing is that because it's not hot, more animals are out and quite active and because there are no crowds you seem to get some extra attention and possibly a show from some of the animals (like the monkeys).
It was really a nice day and quite enjoyed it.
We finished off the day by going to the conservatory to look at the beautiful flowers and plant life, which is always great to see in the middle of a cold Canadian winter :)
Monday, February 16, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Happy Valentine's Day!
Hope you all have a very happy Valentine's.
Since my little valentine's are sweet enough, instead of chocolate, Emma received a Cinderella electric toothbrush by Oral B and Xavier received these crayola crayons made for especially for little ones.
Have a great weekend.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Learning sometimes the hard way
When Emma was a baby I did not believe that setting her fall asleep while breastfeeding would be harmful, nor did I think that letting her fall asleep, later on, with a sippy cup with water and juice could harm her teeth. I did not think that young children could get tooth decay this way. I thought tooth decay only came from letting your child eat too many sweets and not brushing their teeth.
Emma brushes her teeth twice a day, always has, and she enjoys it. We keep sweets to a bare minimum, they really are treats in our house.
Emma had a chipped tooth, we brought her to our dentist and he said she had some minor tooth decay, but it was not worth doing anything with her tooth because she was so young. He said just to make sure to keep brushing it and watching it. He said to stop giving her juice, even watered down at night. So, now Emma drinks water and flavoured water for her juice. We buy Nestle PureLife, which is flavoured using Splenda and not aspertame. Of course the kids still get real juice, usually orange juice, but just in the morning at breakfast.
As time went on, I didn't like the look of Emma's broken tooth and the advice to do nothing because of her age.
We decided to get a second opinion, this time we went to a dentist who specializes with children. He didn't like Emma's front teeth at all and knew right away it was from the dreaded sippy cup at night. He wanted to pull Emma's tooth and cap the other three front teeth and two more in the back, all affected by the sippy cup.
Since Emma is not even 3 years old, he suggested that Emma undergo general anesthesia instead of coming to the dental office and getting the procedure done under a local. Getting this type of procedure down at the dental office proves to be too traumatic for little ones.
On January 19, the day after I came back from Montreal, Emma and I headed to the Misericordia Hospital at 6:30 am. Emma had not eaten and drunk anything since 8:30 pm the night before. The only thing that bothered her was not having anything to drink. Emma's dental procedure took about 45 minutes and she did really well.
Emma brushes her teeth twice a day, always has, and she enjoys it. We keep sweets to a bare minimum, they really are treats in our house.
Emma had a chipped tooth, we brought her to our dentist and he said she had some minor tooth decay, but it was not worth doing anything with her tooth because she was so young. He said just to make sure to keep brushing it and watching it. He said to stop giving her juice, even watered down at night. So, now Emma drinks water and flavoured water for her juice. We buy Nestle PureLife, which is flavoured using Splenda and not aspertame. Of course the kids still get real juice, usually orange juice, but just in the morning at breakfast.
As time went on, I didn't like the look of Emma's broken tooth and the advice to do nothing because of her age.
We decided to get a second opinion, this time we went to a dentist who specializes with children. He didn't like Emma's front teeth at all and knew right away it was from the dreaded sippy cup at night. He wanted to pull Emma's tooth and cap the other three front teeth and two more in the back, all affected by the sippy cup.
Since Emma is not even 3 years old, he suggested that Emma undergo general anesthesia instead of coming to the dental office and getting the procedure done under a local. Getting this type of procedure down at the dental office proves to be too traumatic for little ones.
On January 19, the day after I came back from Montreal, Emma and I headed to the Misericordia Hospital at 6:30 am. Emma had not eaten and drunk anything since 8:30 pm the night before. The only thing that bothered her was not having anything to drink. Emma's dental procedure took about 45 minutes and she did really well.
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