Head, shoulders, knees and toes....

...eyes and ears and mouth and nose.....

Eyes: We've been attending the opthalmology clinic for the past year in a bid to find out what most people would ascertain in one appointment! It's taken a year due to her distaste of anything 'hospital', but finally, we managed to get Grace seen by her consultant. 
Tears. 'Where's the monkey?' . Eye drops. Screaming.  Chocolate. 30 mins in the coffee shop whilst said drops dilate pupils. Screaming.  Lots of role play by the surprisingly child-friendly consultant, and bingo. G is on the verge of being short-sighted, which caught us unawares actually. We had no real concerns about her sight, it was only due to her Turner Syndrome that she was referred. 
No imminent action required, other than regular tests to determine when she crosses over into the realm of being a wearer of glasses. I had initially thought that Grace had inherited mummy and daddy's bad sight, but it seems that there may actually be a TS link.

Ears: Our New Years eve appointment didn't disappoint-over an hours wait and we left prior to our appointment with a distressed G. I'm not actually that upset as we have our first appointment with our new consultant next week. Let's hope to be taken a little more seriously from here on in. Especially with a suspicion of glue ear, on top of many recent ear infections, and the constant ear 'itching' as she calls it.

Mouth: Night time - cough cough cough. Wake up.  Cry. Sleep. Cough cough cough. Sleep. Wake. Cry. Sleep. Wake. Yes she's always had sleep problems, but the more I think about it, the more I become convinced it's all linked. Ears, nose, throat, small canals/tubes, inflamed canals/tubes. Adenoids? Tonsils? Both? Neither? Who knows. Hopefully the new ENT.....

Nose: I swear G has not been able to breathe properly through her nose since she was born, especially at night. That coupled with a constant dripping tap of translucent nasal discharge and then there's also the suspected sleep apnoea .... that's a few more to add to the list for our new ENT consultant!

In other news.....G has achieved a several more gymnastics badges since I last blogged. As many of you know she has bags of energy, and gymnastics is the perfect release for her. In addition to the gym classes she's also started swimming lessons, which she adores. A perfect early Sunday morning activity for G and Daddy whilst mummy watches from the sideline with a cuppa :)

Not much else to report other than the fact that Grace wants to know when it will snow next as she had oodles of fun pelting Nanny and Grandan with snow balls.  She would also like any of you who are holding onto the last legs of Christmas to remove your decorations and lights. She's confused and doesn't appreciate the fact that mummy and daddy took hers down!

That's your lot for now....
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AND FOLLLWERS xx