More antibiotics, and a poo story

I'll tell you about the antibiotics first, and then we can settle in for the poo story.

I took Ivy to see Dr Luke Sammartino the paediatrician again today, and she was a trooper. She missed her afternoon nap completely, and managed remarkably well. She was wired by bed-time, but she has managed to fall asleep without any help.

Anyway, Dr Luke thinks that it's likely that it is still the same mycoplasma bug in her system. The Royal Children's are advising a second course of Augmentin for stubborn mycoplasma infections this year. Not sure what that means - a more resistant strain has arisen, perhaps?

Anyway, anyway, she's on another ten days of antibiotics. If that doesn't work, he said that we will "investigate" whether it's asthma.

Now for the poo story.

Yesterday Trudi and Ivy were on the couch. It's a leather couch, so it was OK that Ivy was bouncing around with no pants on. The kids have a lot of no-pants time. Ivy was standing up, playing with the toys that sit along the back of the couch. Trudi noticed Ivy concentrating, and acted instinctively.

Yes, Ivy dropped her load neatly into Trudi's outstretched hand. Trudi showed me on her way to the bathroom. "Look what I've got!". Ivy went on playing with the teddies and dolls.

As a bonus, here is Ivy sitting on the pot, reading:

Notice her foot - she pops it up on the stool, for that extra comfortable look. She's going to be the kind of person who retires to the loo to read the whole Saturday paper.