Nicolas failed (and I mean totally failed - as in did not hear even one beep) his hearing test at his 4 year old checkup in March. Granted, he had a double ear infection 2 weeks prior and had fluid still in his ears, so the doctor was not too concerned at the time. They suggested coming back during the summer to have his ears rechecked. Since he had another ear infection over the summer, I decided to wait until today to have it done. And, since we were going to be at the doctor's office anyway, I scheduled flu shots for all the kids too.
Luckily, Nicolas did great with the hearing test and was able to hear every single beep this time (so now he has no excuse for not hearing me when I am speaking to him). Both boys did great with their flu shots as well. No flinching, crying or anything. Lexi wasn't as pleased and did cry initially but calmed down very quickly. Lucky her - she gets a booster shot in another month since this is the first time she's ever got the shot.
I was very proud of both boys and hope that I am as brave when I go to get my shot.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
F$$*^$%&*#$&@#$(*$ ears!
Lexi still is not quite herself, and since I know she had fluid in her ear on Saturday, I decided to have her ears checked out. Of course, she has an ear infection. She didn't even make 2 weeks after being off the preventative antibiotic. So, the doctor prescribed an antibiotic that he wants her to take until her 1 year appointment on the 6th and then we'll evaluate and decide how to move forward.
1) Wait and see what happens
2) Start the preventative antibiotic again
3) Visit with the ENT and discuss the placement of tubes
Why couldn't the kids have gotten MY ears?????
1) Wait and see what happens
2) Start the preventative antibiotic again
3) Visit with the ENT and discuss the placement of tubes
Why couldn't the kids have gotten MY ears?????
Walk This Way....(Talk This Way)
After a miserable night with Lexi last night, and after she woke up from her nap this afternoon coughing and then puking all over me (don't you just love the smell of puke....not), I decided to bring her to the doctor's office to have her ears checked. Sure enough, her right ear has an infection. Wonderful. Not 2 weeks after we stopped giving her the preventative antibiotic she comes down with an ear infection. This is not a particularly good sign.
In much more exciting news, Lexi decided to start walking today. And she doesn't fool around. Most kids (I think - at least both boys) will pull themselves up to a standing position, and then may let go and take a few tentative steps toward mom (or dad or whoever/whatever). Not Lexi. No siree. That's too easy. She decides that it is much better to be sitting in the middle of the room, with nothing to grab onto and get to a standing position from there. She is soooo proud of herself - she immediately starts giggling. Stands there and giggles like a maniac. Once she did it the first time she was determined to practice, practice, practice for the next hour or so, even after I could tell she was getting tired.
She even attempted a few steps - and got up to 4 steps before falling down. We are so proud of her and she is all smiles as she is doing it, clearly quite proud of herself as well (as she should be!).
And yet a teeny tiny part of me is a little sad as this is such a significant milestone - our baby is growing up so quickly right in front of our eyes.
In much more exciting news, Lexi decided to start walking today. And she doesn't fool around. Most kids (I think - at least both boys) will pull themselves up to a standing position, and then may let go and take a few tentative steps toward mom (or dad or whoever/whatever). Not Lexi. No siree. That's too easy. She decides that it is much better to be sitting in the middle of the room, with nothing to grab onto and get to a standing position from there. She is soooo proud of herself - she immediately starts giggling. Stands there and giggles like a maniac. Once she did it the first time she was determined to practice, practice, practice for the next hour or so, even after I could tell she was getting tired.
She even attempted a few steps - and got up to 4 steps before falling down. We are so proud of her and she is all smiles as she is doing it, clearly quite proud of herself as well (as she should be!).
And yet a teeny tiny part of me is a little sad as this is such a significant milestone - our baby is growing up so quickly right in front of our eyes.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
The Great Escape
Fearing the worst, I made an appointment to have Lexi's ears checked with the doctor on call today. Luckily, there is no ear infection, but unfortunately there is fluid in her ears. Which, based on past history with her, will most likely turn into an ear infection over the next few days.
Today we went to a party for one of the kids in Jackson's Preschool class. He was in the same class with him in Toddlers and often tells us stories of what he did at school with Maxwell. The party was at The Great Escape which is an indoor playscape/arcade type of place. It is in our town, although I had never been before.
It took a little while for the kids to "warm up" and be comfortable enough to stop clinging to either Luis or I, but once they got going it was hard to get them to stop! After quickly eating some pizza and cake, all the kids headed out to the playscape area. It was pretty cool, with lots of slides/tunnels, ladders, ramps, and various other climbing apparatus. Lots of ball pits as well, which I asked the boys to avoid if possible - they make me nervous (like, how often do they get sanitized, etc.). Even Lexi had fun climbing up a mat ramp and sliding town a tunnel slide. After running around for a while, the kids moved over to the "arcade" area. They had lots of arcade-type games that were age-appropriate and gave out tickets at the end. By 7, Lexi was ready for bed, so we headed home, but not before stopping at the "gadgets" counter to turn in all our tickets for some cheap toys. Great. Just what we need. More cheap toys in the house, like we aren't already overrun with toys. Sigh. The kids had fun picking out their treasures, though.
Today we went to a party for one of the kids in Jackson's Preschool class. He was in the same class with him in Toddlers and often tells us stories of what he did at school with Maxwell. The party was at The Great Escape which is an indoor playscape/arcade type of place. It is in our town, although I had never been before.
It took a little while for the kids to "warm up" and be comfortable enough to stop clinging to either Luis or I, but once they got going it was hard to get them to stop! After quickly eating some pizza and cake, all the kids headed out to the playscape area. It was pretty cool, with lots of slides/tunnels, ladders, ramps, and various other climbing apparatus. Lots of ball pits as well, which I asked the boys to avoid if possible - they make me nervous (like, how often do they get sanitized, etc.). Even Lexi had fun climbing up a mat ramp and sliding town a tunnel slide. After running around for a while, the kids moved over to the "arcade" area. They had lots of arcade-type games that were age-appropriate and gave out tickets at the end. By 7, Lexi was ready for bed, so we headed home, but not before stopping at the "gadgets" counter to turn in all our tickets for some cheap toys. Great. Just what we need. More cheap toys in the house, like we aren't already overrun with toys. Sigh. The kids had fun picking out their treasures, though.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
We've Got Tickets to Ride (and ride, and ride)
We continued our tradition of attending the Hebron Harvest Fair every year by heading over there today. Hard to pass up when it is only about 6 miles down the very road we live on! The boys were looking forward to the truck pull, but I realized last night that the schedule had changed and the tractor and truck pulls were both yesterday. Today they were having some motorcross stunt stuff, which is new.
We arrived around 10:30 which is later than usual, but I didn't want to wake Lexi up from her morning nap since I figured she wouldn't be getting an afternoon nap and the motorcross didn't start until noon. The kids had fun checking out the family area - Nicolas got to pet a baby chick and the boys tried milking a pretend cow (they had water or something in it, so they actually could squirt something out of the udders). After a quick bite to eat, Luis took the boys over to the Motorcross event and Lexi and I stood in a VERY LONG line to buy tickets for the kiddie rides. Each ride was 3 tickets and so we needed 6 tickets (3 for each of the boys) for each of the rides. I counted close to 10 rides, so decided to buy 60 tickets. Holy crap - 60 tickets were $51. Or, I could get all day ride bracelets for $25 each. So, I went that route, but still, $50 seems like an insane price for a bunch of kiddie rides. I though Luis was going to fall over when I told him the cost. Luckily, the boys got into the actual fairgrounds for free and then spent most of the day on the rides, but good god that is a lot of money. Or maybe I'm just cheap or nuts or not centered in reality.
At any rate, the boys had a blast on the rides, Lexi was FABULOUS and stayed in her stroller without any significant fussing for most of the 5 hours we were there. She even caught a small catnap while the boys were busy on the rides. The boys were so busy on the rides that they never made it down to the animal barns. I took Lexi down there and she was fascinated by the pigs, cows and sheep. Or maybe she was just embarrassed by her mom making all the animal noises.
In our rush to leave the house this morning, we only grabbed the 'big" stroller for Lexi and didn't think to bring one of the umbrella strollers for Jackson. Luis got quite the workout holding/carrying Jackson for a good portion of the day, especially later on in the afternoon. Live and learn I suppose.
We arrived around 10:30 which is later than usual, but I didn't want to wake Lexi up from her morning nap since I figured she wouldn't be getting an afternoon nap and the motorcross didn't start until noon. The kids had fun checking out the family area - Nicolas got to pet a baby chick and the boys tried milking a pretend cow (they had water or something in it, so they actually could squirt something out of the udders). After a quick bite to eat, Luis took the boys over to the Motorcross event and Lexi and I stood in a VERY LONG line to buy tickets for the kiddie rides. Each ride was 3 tickets and so we needed 6 tickets (3 for each of the boys) for each of the rides. I counted close to 10 rides, so decided to buy 60 tickets. Holy crap - 60 tickets were $51. Or, I could get all day ride bracelets for $25 each. So, I went that route, but still, $50 seems like an insane price for a bunch of kiddie rides. I though Luis was going to fall over when I told him the cost. Luckily, the boys got into the actual fairgrounds for free and then spent most of the day on the rides, but good god that is a lot of money. Or maybe I'm just cheap or nuts or not centered in reality.
At any rate, the boys had a blast on the rides, Lexi was FABULOUS and stayed in her stroller without any significant fussing for most of the 5 hours we were there. She even caught a small catnap while the boys were busy on the rides. The boys were so busy on the rides that they never made it down to the animal barns. I took Lexi down there and she was fascinated by the pigs, cows and sheep. Or maybe she was just embarrassed by her mom making all the animal noises.
In our rush to leave the house this morning, we only grabbed the 'big" stroller for Lexi and didn't think to bring one of the umbrella strollers for Jackson. Luis got quite the workout holding/carrying Jackson for a good portion of the day, especially later on in the afternoon. Live and learn I suppose.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
On Your Mark, Get Set.......GO!
The boys have a game that they call "puppy races". They each have a stuffed dog ("the puppy") that has velcro on the paws - and in theory are supposed to "hug" each other with the arms wrapped around and velcroed (is that a word?) together. However, what the boys like to do is wrap the dogs around their bodies (usually waist area) and run/race from one end of the hallway upstairs to the other. Hence the "puppy races".
Last night they did puppy races right before jumping into the bath, so they happened to be naked. Amusing sight as you can imagine.
Tonight when we said it was time to get ready for bed, they raced up the stairs to do some puppy races before going to bed. I finished up downstairs and carried Lexi up to get on her pjs and nurse her before bed. And came upon the boys doing the puppy races (which I knew were going on based on the pounding feet running back and forth).
What I did not expect was that they decided that puppy races need to be done while nude. Which, I must add, was news to me. In fact, I know they have done puppy races fully clothed before - many, many times. So tiny naked bums with fairly large stuffed dogs wrapped around the boys' midsections is what greeted me at the top of the stairs. And I couldn't help but bust out in laughter.
Ain't kids grand??
Last night they did puppy races right before jumping into the bath, so they happened to be naked. Amusing sight as you can imagine.
Tonight when we said it was time to get ready for bed, they raced up the stairs to do some puppy races before going to bed. I finished up downstairs and carried Lexi up to get on her pjs and nurse her before bed. And came upon the boys doing the puppy races (which I knew were going on based on the pounding feet running back and forth).
What I did not expect was that they decided that puppy races need to be done while nude. Which, I must add, was news to me. In fact, I know they have done puppy races fully clothed before - many, many times. So tiny naked bums with fairly large stuffed dogs wrapped around the boys' midsections is what greeted me at the top of the stairs. And I couldn't help but bust out in laughter.
Ain't kids grand??
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Light dawns on marble head
On Sunday we were busy unpacking, etc. and picking up some groceries. I walked across the street to the farm stand with Nicolas to get some fresh fruit and veggies. He complained that his legs hurt and that he was tired. It is literally across the street, so I assumed he was just being a little difficult.
Monday morning he was still complaining that his legs were sore and he had 2 canker sores on his tongue. I asked him if he had bitten his tongue and he said yes, so I didn't think anything more of it. However, when I picked him up from daycare at 4:30 he was running a fever of 103 and was generally miserable. Didn't eat any of his lunch and kept complaining that his legs still hurt. I did call the doctor and they thought that he was just probably coming down with a cold.
Tuesday he seemed better - the fever was gone, although he still wouldn't eat and had even more canker sores in his mouth. He did take a 2 hour nap which is very unusual as well.
I had a regular appointment at the dermatologist this morning for a skin check and sent him to school, with the assumption that I would check back with them on my way home from the appointment and take him home if he wasn't doing well. They actually called me while I was in the waiting room and said he was feverish again and refusing to eat anything. So I called the pediatrician while I was waiting to be seen and the nurse said it sounded like coxsackie virus (hand, foot and mouth disease) and that it is quite contagious. She also suggested 1 tsp of Benedryl mixed with 2 tsp of Maalox to gargle with. Luckily, that seemed to help a little and Nicolas would at least eat some yogurt. He also took a 2 hour nap (totally unlike him) so I knew he still was not feeling well.
I'm hoping he starts feeling better soon and that neither of the other kids (or us) catch it.
Monday morning he was still complaining that his legs were sore and he had 2 canker sores on his tongue. I asked him if he had bitten his tongue and he said yes, so I didn't think anything more of it. However, when I picked him up from daycare at 4:30 he was running a fever of 103 and was generally miserable. Didn't eat any of his lunch and kept complaining that his legs still hurt. I did call the doctor and they thought that he was just probably coming down with a cold.
Tuesday he seemed better - the fever was gone, although he still wouldn't eat and had even more canker sores in his mouth. He did take a 2 hour nap which is very unusual as well.
I had a regular appointment at the dermatologist this morning for a skin check and sent him to school, with the assumption that I would check back with them on my way home from the appointment and take him home if he wasn't doing well. They actually called me while I was in the waiting room and said he was feverish again and refusing to eat anything. So I called the pediatrician while I was waiting to be seen and the nurse said it sounded like coxsackie virus (hand, foot and mouth disease) and that it is quite contagious. She also suggested 1 tsp of Benedryl mixed with 2 tsp of Maalox to gargle with. Luckily, that seemed to help a little and Nicolas would at least eat some yogurt. He also took a 2 hour nap (totally unlike him) so I knew he still was not feeling well.
I'm hoping he starts feeling better soon and that neither of the other kids (or us) catch it.
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