The Jones Girls

This morning I took the triplets for their dentist check up.  This was their 2nd check up so far.   Today was their first time getting their teeth scaled and then fluoride.

They all did great!!  Amanda and Maryssa chose bubble gum flavor flouride and Miranda chose grape flavor.  No cavities…music to my ears.

I have to keep working on flossing their teeth, but it is so hard to do it for 4 girls.  I keep doing my best though.  They brush twice a day and use a fluoride oral rinse before bed.

I got a call a couple of weeks ago from the school Nurse who did Savannah’s annual physical, hearing and vision test.  She said that Savannah’s left ear doesn’t detect hearing pitch of 3000-4000 hz.  She said she noticed this last year when Savannah was in preschool.  The nurse never mentioned this to me last year!

I mentioned Savannah was sick and could the nurse do a receck in a couple of weeks – which was today.  Still the same hearing loss in that ear.  She doesn’t have an otoscope to check if she has fluid in her ears.

I told the school nurse that Savannah had seen an audiologist at Providence Hearing Center at Children’s Hospital in Orange a couple of years ago to rule out hearing loss due to her speech issues.  Savannah was undergoing tests and evaluations for speech therapy.    Anyway, they detected fluid  in her ear and told us to come back in a month.  Savannah had been sick so it didn’t surprise me that she had fluid in her ear. We came back in a month, they tested her and said her hearing was fine. 

So the nurse has referred Savannah to the school district’s audiologist to check her hearing.   The nurse did mention that a hearing loss at 3000-4000 is really not a big deal and doesn’t affect the “speech banana” that could affect her speech to due a hearing loss.   She said if Savannah turns out to have a hearing loss at that level, that they really is nothing to do because it is so extremely minuscule that it is virtually not a problem for Savannah.

So I will get an appt. set up for Savannah’s hearing test with Centrelia, the school district’s audiologist.

This morning Amanda and Savannah woke up with green, weepy. swollen and goopy eyes.    I had to wash their eyes with a warm, soft wash cloth.  Amanda was tugging at her ear.  Uh oh…are we dealing with an ear infection AND pink eye? 

I took the girls to the dr. today.   Yep, they have conjunctivitis in their eyes and the doctor prescribed antibiotic eye drops and antibiotics for Amanda’s ear infection.

The dr. noticed Savannah had a little scar tissue in her ears and asked if Savannah had a lot of ear infections when she was a baby – nope, not that I can recall.   I recall RSV followed with asthma related lung issues.

It is looking like all of the girls are starting to catch this respitory virus – aack!

Savannah has always been a fabulous dental patient.  I am so proud of her!

Well those pesky little cavities reared their ugly little heads – all 3 of them.   I am going to take her to see Uncle Ned for a 2nd opinion and if he says that they require fillings, then I will have him do them.  I trust my kids teeth to Uncle Ned.

Today was a gorgeous day!!   Sunny blue warm skies.  A great day for a Valentine’s party!!  I baked heart shaped Valentines cookies for the kids to decorate in the afternoon.

I arranged to surprise the girls and have a bouncy house delivered for them to play in today.    When the bouncy house was set up, the girls freaked and screamed with joy.   They all ran out and immediately dove into the jumper!!   

I also invited my friend Corrie and her kids too. Her kids didn’t know about the bouncy house so when they arrived, they were totally surprised!!

I had pizza delivered and we had ice cream sundaes for dessert.

What a great Valentine’s Day!!

Savannah’s school was selling cute Pinwheel Valentine’s that were available for purchase all of this week.    I ordered 5 of them, one for Savannah, 4 for her best friends in Kindy and one for her teacher.  The Pinwheel Valentine’s would be delivered to Savannah, her friends and her teacher today.

Savannah had a Valentine’s Exchange in her classroom today.   She brought Littlest Pet Shop Valentines, goody bags filled with candy and a huge heart shaped crazy straw. She brought Sally Field chocolate chip cookie tin for her teacher along with a heart shaped wind chime.

She recieved lots of fun Valentines stuff.    She received a Valentine’s Pinwheel from a boy named Austin in her class!!  Oh boy!!

Today was the triplets very first Valentine’s party at their preschool.  Their teacher made really cute valentine’s baskets with a love bug and a picture of each student.  They were brilliantly constructed out of cereal boxes.  Really, really cute!   These were used for the Valentine’s exchange.

I brought heart shaped valentine’s cupcakes.    They had all sorts of yummy goodies today at their party.

TherThe triplets had to each bring their own Valentine’s for every student…that made 30 in all!!   They wanted Pet Shop Valentine’s.  The triplets gave out goodie bags with coloring books, crayons, candy a toys.

They had a blast!!  I took lots of pictures.  They wore cute pink tutu dresses with diamond sparkles.    They looked beautiful!