I'm noticing some things in Trevor that make me wonder if he might be a touch OCD. I'm a little OCD myself when it comes to a few things. Like organization... right now my house is not very organized because I'm working so dang much. But if things are out of place it makes me crazy and I obsess about it. Same goes with recycling. I'm completely obsessed. Travis laughed at me the other day because I was recycling the foil on hershey kisses. I'm not as crazy about it as these people though. When I was into scrapbooking I was constantly organizing and re-organizing my "stuff." I did way more organizing than I ever did scrapbooking. If everything wasn't organized first I couldn't concentrate on working on a page. Same goes for the kitchen. The kitchen has to be clean before I can start cooking.
So in all honesty I wouldn't be suprised if he was. I've noticed things before like him lining up his blocks in a row. It could just be toddler behavior. We've had him putting away his toys at night for a long time now. Well before Jayden was born. Sometimes he does better than others but lately we've only had to tell him once and it didn't involve any tears which is a first. I was sitting in the living room watching him while I was nursing Jayden. He put all of his cars on the shelf in order of size. He threw a couple of pairs of socks over the gate because they didn't belong in there. He closed the lid to the toy box. When it didn't close all the way he opened it and shuffled things around until he could get it to close.
Lastly, and this was the thing that I thought was interesting. He took my boppy pillow which he lays on picked it up and looked around. Then he took and placed it neatly next to the wall. Then he went and got the blanket and neatly placed it down next to it.
This morning I had left my shoes on the floor and he put them up on the shoe rack for me. Oops... bad mommy! And if cabinet doors are open he will close them as he walks by.
So all of this leaves me wondering... is this normal toddler behavior? Could he be OCD? Or are we just raising him to be tidy?
Friday, November 30, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Jayden will not eat for me unless what I'm feeding her is really yummy. She makes a nasty sour face and spits it out or pushes it out with her tongue. The other night my mom was here and she was not eating for me. Grandma fed her the same thing and she ate it with no problems. Same goes when daddy feeds her. I guess she thinks that I'm just a boob or something!
We have had a really hard time getting Trevor to eat since he was 12months. Mealtimes for the last year have been a disaster! His weight is low. Last week we had a meeting with a nutritionist and life is so much better. I really wish I had talked to this woman a year ago because life could have been so much easier.
We have gotten to a point where we were sometimes even prying his mouth open to eat out of desperation. He would go days at a time and not eat hardly anything at all. He and Jayden are in the same size diapers; so he is really tiny. I was trying to do balanced meals but trying to get him to eat the high calorie/high fat stuff first. "Dessert" usually consisted of yogurt and fruit which he loved. I would tell him he didn't get dessert unless he finished his dinner. 95% of meals were a power struggle and consisted of fits from him and left me feeling pretty drained and often like a bad mommy.
The nutritionist said the rule of feeding children is to always put everything you plan to serve for the well balanced meal in front of them. Even things you know they won't eat. She also said to serve what the family is eating so that you don't get into the habit of "short order cooking." She said not to force them to eat anything and to try and serve at least one thing that you know they will eat.
In the last week things have become so much better. Trevor is eating things before he refused and last night even ate all of his veggies (sweet potatoes) that in the past he would have screamed if I tried to make him eat. We put veggies on his plate every meal so that they become common place. I still sneak veggies into other things in the form of purees with pretty much everything I cook. I also put real butter on everything possible to get some extra calories in him. He's gained 1 pound in the last month.
The hardest thing I'm still trying to get used to is not using dessert as a reward for eating a good meal. She said to even put that on his plate. So I'm putting his fruit on his plate with dinner and he thinks that's pretty cool!
We have had a really hard time getting Trevor to eat since he was 12months. Mealtimes for the last year have been a disaster! His weight is low. Last week we had a meeting with a nutritionist and life is so much better. I really wish I had talked to this woman a year ago because life could have been so much easier.
We have gotten to a point where we were sometimes even prying his mouth open to eat out of desperation. He would go days at a time and not eat hardly anything at all. He and Jayden are in the same size diapers; so he is really tiny. I was trying to do balanced meals but trying to get him to eat the high calorie/high fat stuff first. "Dessert" usually consisted of yogurt and fruit which he loved. I would tell him he didn't get dessert unless he finished his dinner. 95% of meals were a power struggle and consisted of fits from him and left me feeling pretty drained and often like a bad mommy.
The nutritionist said the rule of feeding children is to always put everything you plan to serve for the well balanced meal in front of them. Even things you know they won't eat. She also said to serve what the family is eating so that you don't get into the habit of "short order cooking." She said not to force them to eat anything and to try and serve at least one thing that you know they will eat.
In the last week things have become so much better. Trevor is eating things before he refused and last night even ate all of his veggies (sweet potatoes) that in the past he would have screamed if I tried to make him eat. We put veggies on his plate every meal so that they become common place. I still sneak veggies into other things in the form of purees with pretty much everything I cook. I also put real butter on everything possible to get some extra calories in him. He's gained 1 pound in the last month.
The hardest thing I'm still trying to get used to is not using dessert as a reward for eating a good meal. She said to even put that on his plate. So I'm putting his fruit on his plate with dinner and he thinks that's pretty cool!
Sunday, November 25, 2007
November pictures
Here's some miscellenous November pictures in no particular order.
Jayden loves to crumple paper. It's best though if she steals it rather than it being given to her. It keeps her attention longer that way. She gets really mad though if you try to take it away.
Trevor likes to love on his sister. He's always kissing or hugging her. Or saying, "I U day-den"
She's doing so good sitting up. She enjoys it too. She still can't get to a sitting position on her own yet.
Trevor has this thing lately about taking his pants off and putting them on his head. He thinks he's hilarious.
Strike a pose... Jayden's "signature pose" is similar to this but with her forward leg a little more bent and her hand on her knee. She does this all the time. But for some reason I can never get a picture of her doing it.
Trevor likes to love on his sister. He's always kissing or hugging her. Or saying, "I U day-den"
She's doing so good sitting up. She enjoys it too. She still can't get to a sitting position on her own yet.
Trevor has this thing lately about taking his pants off and putting them on his head. He thinks he's hilarious.
Strike a pose... Jayden's "signature pose" is similar to this but with her forward leg a little more bent and her hand on her knee. She does this all the time. But for some reason I can never get a picture of her doing it.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Thanksgiving
For Thanksgiving this year we went to Grandpa G's on thanksgiving day. Of course we had lots of great food. Trevor and Jayden both seemed to enjoy chasing Gabby around. She's a yorkie. At first Jayden was terrified when Gabby barked. Trevor now says "oof oof." The hardest part about going to other homes is that Trevor is really bad about getting into stuff he shouldn't be. We are constantly chasing him.
The Sunday after Thanksgiving we went to Grandma B's. Trevor was terrified of Charlie. She's a bigger dog. So poor charlie was banished to the porch. Trevor had fun pulling around the cat's house. Scooter, the siamese cat, seemed to enjoy the ride. But Trevor wanted Scooter out of it and got a little annoyed when he kept jumping back in the house. I wish I would have thought to grab the camera sooner. By the time I did the moment was over.
The Sunday after Thanksgiving we went to Grandma B's. Trevor was terrified of Charlie. She's a bigger dog. So poor charlie was banished to the porch. Trevor had fun pulling around the cat's house. Scooter, the siamese cat, seemed to enjoy the ride. But Trevor wanted Scooter out of it and got a little annoyed when he kept jumping back in the house. I wish I would have thought to grab the camera sooner. By the time I did the moment was over.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
First snow of the season
Trevor was pretty excited today when it snowed. He watched most of the morning out the window. I took him outside for just a few minutes. He was sick and I didn't want to push our luck even though it wasn't that cold. It did stick but didn't accumulate to much. He was thrilled watching the snow fall. He was looking around like he was trying to figure out where the snow was coming from.
Monday, November 19, 2007
First chewy food
She wasn't really sure about the biter biscuit. I think she was just too tired to appreciate it. She fell asleep in her high chair. That is the first time in a long time that she fell asleep somewhere other than in our arms or in bed. Trevor always fell asleep in his high chair, bouncy or walker. No luck with Jayden! Oh wait, she falls asleep in her car seat all the time.
First 2 teeth!
So that's what all the fuss is about. They are tiny little razors. And she's been biting me when I nurse her. I gotta get that lovely little habit licked pronto. Any tips?
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
You'd think...
I would have cut of his hand or something with the reaction I got when I gave him a temporary tattoo. He f.r.e.a.k.e.d out!!! I started to panic because I wasn't sure what would take it off. I tried for awhile to redirect him to do something else but all he could think of was that tattoo. So I played it up in a big way saying what a big boy he was and how cool it was.
I was about to jump on the net to quickly research an easy way to remove the tattoo from his hand. Out of desperation I showed him my tattoo and we compared the two side by side. He settled down at that point and thought it was pretty cool.
I have a dragon tattoo on my right shoulder blade. It's a benevolent dragon. I like the symbolism of the dragon in Korean Mythology. It's far from the dragon of fire and destruction of Western Mythology. It's not a true Korean Dragon though. It's winged and not quite so "serpenty." It's a piece that I really liked the artwork on and I got it on my 25th birthday.
I got it when I was in Tae Kwon Do. It symbolizes a few things. First, being that I got it during my Martial Arts days, it's a big part of that. But also when I was a kid my older brothers played Dungeon and Dragons a lot and I enjoyed watching them. I must have been around 7 or 8. One of my brothers has been gone for quite a few years so it's kind of a link to that memory of my brothers and a big part of my childhood.
That was kind of a tangent... but gives you all a little bit of insight into my past. Maybe I should do a little more of that. Hmmmm maybe I'll have to do a post about my "past life" as a Tae Kwon Do co-school owner with my Ex.
I was about to jump on the net to quickly research an easy way to remove the tattoo from his hand. Out of desperation I showed him my tattoo and we compared the two side by side. He settled down at that point and thought it was pretty cool.
I have a dragon tattoo on my right shoulder blade. It's a benevolent dragon. I like the symbolism of the dragon in Korean Mythology. It's far from the dragon of fire and destruction of Western Mythology. It's not a true Korean Dragon though. It's winged and not quite so "serpenty." It's a piece that I really liked the artwork on and I got it on my 25th birthday.
I got it when I was in Tae Kwon Do. It symbolizes a few things. First, being that I got it during my Martial Arts days, it's a big part of that. But also when I was a kid my older brothers played Dungeon and Dragons a lot and I enjoyed watching them. I must have been around 7 or 8. One of my brothers has been gone for quite a few years so it's kind of a link to that memory of my brothers and a big part of my childhood.
That was kind of a tangent... but gives you all a little bit of insight into my past. Maybe I should do a little more of that. Hmmmm maybe I'll have to do a post about my "past life" as a Tae Kwon Do co-school owner with my Ex.
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Cry fest 2007
Day 1 October 26: She cried for about an hour and and a half and I started going in every 5 minutes then spread them out 10 minutes then 15.
Day 2 October 27: Pretty much the same as the night before. Woke at 5am and went back to sleep easily.
Day 3 October 28: Cried for about an hour. Woke at 5am.
Day 4 October 29: Took about an hour of crying to go to sleep. Wake at 4:15am.
Day 5 October 30: Took about a half hour of crying. Wake at 4am.
Day 6 October 31: I think Trick-or-treating at the mall wore her out. She went down after only 15 minutes of crying and slept til 4 am. I think 4am is her new wake up time in the night, it had been 5 am.
Day 7 November 1: Took a LONG nap in her bed and cried for only 5 minutes when I laid her down. Nighttime was a little more difficult for her to go down. She cried off and on for about 30 minutes but it was not the high pitch screaming that she has done in the previous nights. The challenge that she woke up 4 times wanting to nurse. I gave in because she wasn't feeling good. Hopefully I didn't start a new trend.
Day 8 November 2: Jayden was extremely tired because of the flu shots I think. Travis said she slept a good part of the evening. She fell asleep when I nursed her at 10:45 and woke up crying when I laid her in her bed. I gave her a binkie and blanket baby and she stopped crying and rolled over. She cried for only about 3 minutes when I left the room and not a peep since. She did however wake up 3 times through the night but went back to sleep after nursing.
Day 9 November 3: Easiest night of all going down. She fell asleep while nursing and when I laid her down she woke up and cried for a few minutes and then went to sleep.
And now we're good. It took awhile to get here but it's a lot better now. :o) Well worth the fight to get here. I could have done without the headaches and heartbreak though. It's so hard to listen to her cry. :o(
Day 2 October 27: Pretty much the same as the night before. Woke at 5am and went back to sleep easily.
Day 3 October 28: Cried for about an hour. Woke at 5am.
Day 4 October 29: Took about an hour of crying to go to sleep. Wake at 4:15am.
Day 5 October 30: Took about a half hour of crying. Wake at 4am.
Day 6 October 31: I think Trick-or-treating at the mall wore her out. She went down after only 15 minutes of crying and slept til 4 am. I think 4am is her new wake up time in the night, it had been 5 am.
Day 7 November 1: Took a LONG nap in her bed and cried for only 5 minutes when I laid her down. Nighttime was a little more difficult for her to go down. She cried off and on for about 30 minutes but it was not the high pitch screaming that she has done in the previous nights. The challenge that she woke up 4 times wanting to nurse. I gave in because she wasn't feeling good. Hopefully I didn't start a new trend.
Day 8 November 2: Jayden was extremely tired because of the flu shots I think. Travis said she slept a good part of the evening. She fell asleep when I nursed her at 10:45 and woke up crying when I laid her in her bed. I gave her a binkie and blanket baby and she stopped crying and rolled over. She cried for only about 3 minutes when I left the room and not a peep since. She did however wake up 3 times through the night but went back to sleep after nursing.
Day 9 November 3: Easiest night of all going down. She fell asleep while nursing and when I laid her down she woke up and cried for a few minutes and then went to sleep.
And now we're good. It took awhile to get here but it's a lot better now. :o) Well worth the fight to get here. I could have done without the headaches and heartbreak though. It's so hard to listen to her cry. :o(
Some days it doesn't pay to get outta bed!
Today was definately one of ~those~ days!
~ Late night with lack of sleep because Jayden was up 4 times in the night wanting to nurse and I gave in because I knew she was feeling icky
~ Doubly late night because I was feeling icky and apprehensive about hopefully a job offer I should be getting anyday
~ Hit snooze too many times so I was up about a half hour late and in a big time rush
~ Trevor would not cooperate AT ALL this morning and threw a fit coming down the stairs, changing him, getting dressed. Refused to eat his breakfast then threw a fit when I went to get him down because apparently he decided he wanted to eat his breakfast 10 minutes before we needed to be walking out the door.
~ Jayden soaked through her diaper head to toe and had to be cleaned up
~ Already about 5 minutes late and I can't find Trevor's shoes anywhere. After about 10 minutes of ripping the house apart I find them in a basket on the bookshelf. Huh? I suppose that might be a good spot for them and it is but it would have helped if I knew that was the new spot to keep his shoes.
~ Stubbed my toe as I'm running crazy around the house
~ Get into the car and realize that the car is pretty much out of gas, praying that there was enough fuel vapors to get me to work because no way did I have time to stop
~ Getting Trevor out at daycare was all kinds of fun because they were chopping down a tree or something and Trevor wanted to look at the "tra-tor" and didn't want to go in. He also threw a fit because I wouldn't let him take a book into day care with him.
~ Get to work 1 minute before I have to open the store when I usually need a full 15 to get everything "ready" for the day.
~ A whole slew of people waiting for me to open the door and 2 of them were extremely cranky/irrate and made a big scene. They were extremely mean to me. Lovely way to start the day.
~ As I'm working on someone's glasses I managed to stick myself with a push pin and it bleed like crazy and wouldn't stop bleeding. I soaked through 3 bandaids
~ About an hour after the push pin incident I slammed my finger in the file cabinet drawer (other hand) and shortly after that I hit my elbow on an open desk drawer. It was pretty dumb of me to leave it open to begin with.
**** All of the above happened before 12:30pm****
~ And then the phone rings and it's daycare. My heart jumps into my through because they never call. I thought something bad happened. Jayden had a 102 temp and needed to go home. Not good but a lot better than what I was afraid of.
~ Love my job... I'm working solo and neither of my other 2 girls was able to come in. So what the h*ll am I supposed to do.
~ Called Travis who was in a middle of a lab in surveying. He was frustrated because they were most of the way through their lab and had to pull up all the stakes or whatever when he would have been done with the lab in 45 minutes. 3 hours wasted. But he can pick up the kiddos
~ I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job
~ The phone rings and it's Travis he says, "Dawn... did tell daycare that the kids had flu shots yesterday?" If they would have known they would have given her tylenol and not sent her home. If it had been any other morning I probably would have remembered but I was rushed in just getting them in the door and telling them about Jayden's thrush treatment it didn't even cross my mind. Plus they were both fine all day yesterday.
~ I explained to him the sequence of events and on top of all of that how crappy I was feeling. I felt bad that he had to leave class for no reason because of my goof up. I was in a fowl mood because how customers had been treating me. And extremely annoyed that through all of this that there was customers stacked up and I hadn't even been able to escape to go to the damn bathroom!
~ I hung up the phone and had tears in my eyes because the day had been so sh*tty. The wonderful customer who I had been helping pick out glasses when I excused myself to answer the phone was so sweet and asked if everthing was ok. I gave her a much briefer (than this) synapsys of day and she sympathized with me and said 'I hope your day gets better"
~ I was supposed to be off by 4 but because the day had been so nuts I hadn't had a chance to get any orders keyed and had a ton of other stuff to do when my other girl came in at 3. So I didn't get off til 5:30.
~ All day I was hoping to get above mentioned phone call as the guy called on tuesday and asked alot of questions about my current wages and benefits. He said he'll work some numbers and call me back. Here it is friday and he hadn't called back so I was getting anxious. One way or another I just want to know and be past this waiting game. My intial interview was in August and finally had a second (phone) interview last week. So now I'm sure I'll have to wait at minimum over the weekend.
On the bright side. Trevor was an angel tonight. He was soooo happy, singing, dancing, and ate a good dinner . He also went to bed without a fight and we snuggled for awhile in his room and "talked" about his day and what a good boy he is. We sang some songs and shared lots of hugs and kisses. He was being super snuggly. I live for those kind of moments. It's what being a mommy is all about. I really really needed that tonight. Jayden was really sleepy tonight and kinda cranky but I can tell she's not feeling good. Hopefully she sleeps though the night!
~ Late night with lack of sleep because Jayden was up 4 times in the night wanting to nurse and I gave in because I knew she was feeling icky
~ Doubly late night because I was feeling icky and apprehensive about hopefully a job offer I should be getting anyday
~ Hit snooze too many times so I was up about a half hour late and in a big time rush
~ Trevor would not cooperate AT ALL this morning and threw a fit coming down the stairs, changing him, getting dressed. Refused to eat his breakfast then threw a fit when I went to get him down because apparently he decided he wanted to eat his breakfast 10 minutes before we needed to be walking out the door.
~ Jayden soaked through her diaper head to toe and had to be cleaned up
~ Already about 5 minutes late and I can't find Trevor's shoes anywhere. After about 10 minutes of ripping the house apart I find them in a basket on the bookshelf. Huh? I suppose that might be a good spot for them and it is but it would have helped if I knew that was the new spot to keep his shoes.
~ Stubbed my toe as I'm running crazy around the house
~ Get into the car and realize that the car is pretty much out of gas, praying that there was enough fuel vapors to get me to work because no way did I have time to stop
~ Getting Trevor out at daycare was all kinds of fun because they were chopping down a tree or something and Trevor wanted to look at the "tra-tor" and didn't want to go in. He also threw a fit because I wouldn't let him take a book into day care with him.
~ Get to work 1 minute before I have to open the store when I usually need a full 15 to get everything "ready" for the day.
~ A whole slew of people waiting for me to open the door and 2 of them were extremely cranky/irrate and made a big scene. They were extremely mean to me. Lovely way to start the day.
~ As I'm working on someone's glasses I managed to stick myself with a push pin and it bleed like crazy and wouldn't stop bleeding. I soaked through 3 bandaids
~ About an hour after the push pin incident I slammed my finger in the file cabinet drawer (other hand) and shortly after that I hit my elbow on an open desk drawer. It was pretty dumb of me to leave it open to begin with.
**** All of the above happened before 12:30pm****
~ And then the phone rings and it's daycare. My heart jumps into my through because they never call. I thought something bad happened. Jayden had a 102 temp and needed to go home. Not good but a lot better than what I was afraid of.
~ Love my job... I'm working solo and neither of my other 2 girls was able to come in. So what the h*ll am I supposed to do.
~ Called Travis who was in a middle of a lab in surveying. He was frustrated because they were most of the way through their lab and had to pull up all the stakes or whatever when he would have been done with the lab in 45 minutes. 3 hours wasted. But he can pick up the kiddos
~ I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job
~ The phone rings and it's Travis he says, "Dawn... did tell daycare that the kids had flu shots yesterday?" If they would have known they would have given her tylenol and not sent her home. If it had been any other morning I probably would have remembered but I was rushed in just getting them in the door and telling them about Jayden's thrush treatment it didn't even cross my mind. Plus they were both fine all day yesterday.
~ I explained to him the sequence of events and on top of all of that how crappy I was feeling. I felt bad that he had to leave class for no reason because of my goof up. I was in a fowl mood because how customers had been treating me. And extremely annoyed that through all of this that there was customers stacked up and I hadn't even been able to escape to go to the damn bathroom!
~ I hung up the phone and had tears in my eyes because the day had been so sh*tty. The wonderful customer who I had been helping pick out glasses when I excused myself to answer the phone was so sweet and asked if everthing was ok. I gave her a much briefer (than this) synapsys of day and she sympathized with me and said 'I hope your day gets better"
~ I was supposed to be off by 4 but because the day had been so nuts I hadn't had a chance to get any orders keyed and had a ton of other stuff to do when my other girl came in at 3. So I didn't get off til 5:30.
~ All day I was hoping to get above mentioned phone call as the guy called on tuesday and asked alot of questions about my current wages and benefits. He said he'll work some numbers and call me back. Here it is friday and he hadn't called back so I was getting anxious. One way or another I just want to know and be past this waiting game. My intial interview was in August and finally had a second (phone) interview last week. So now I'm sure I'll have to wait at minimum over the weekend.
On the bright side. Trevor was an angel tonight. He was soooo happy, singing, dancing, and ate a good dinner . He also went to bed without a fight and we snuggled for awhile in his room and "talked" about his day and what a good boy he is. We sang some songs and shared lots of hugs and kisses. He was being super snuggly. I live for those kind of moments. It's what being a mommy is all about. I really really needed that tonight. Jayden was really sleepy tonight and kinda cranky but I can tell she's not feeling good. Hopefully she sleeps though the night!
Friday, November 02, 2007
Still talking jibberish
The doctor at Trevor's 2 year check up was a little concerned about his speech. She said if he wasn't doing better in 2 months that we should consider speech therapy. Trevor has been a parrot these days. I'd say about 70% of the words he repeats back to us are super easy to understand. Most of the rest are understandable for us and we work on saying the word over and over and eventually he'll get it. And he does communicate things that he wants like book, eat, snack, milk, etc. Where he isn't easy to understand is when he's trying to "converse" and then it's all gibberish. It's funny though because even at 18 months or so he would talk to us in different tones. Some times he talked like he was angry. LOL, probably mimicking me while I was on the phone complaining about my boss. Other times he would tell funny stories that only he could understand and laugh at himself.
Lately he's been saying "Awesome" and "How cool" a lot. It's also funny that he'll sit down next to Jayden and say "Hi, Jay-in" He's gotten better with the pronunciation of her name, it used to be day-din. I also love that when I come home from work he'll run up to me and say, "Hi mom!"
So on the language front I know he's behind some but he could be a lot worse. But he's a clever little boy and has quite an imagination. I really think all the gibberish is that he wants to "converse" but doesn't yet have the vocabulary to put it all together. Every day he's saying new words that I haven't heard him say and I'm amazed everyday what he understands.
Like today, his and Jayden's costumes have been laying on the floor in the playroom and I asked him to bring me his costume without even pointing and he went to get it. I don't think we even said the word costume more than 6 times total! I was pretty shocked.
So I think we are going to hold off on speech therapy. My biggest concern right now is getting him to eat so we can get some meat on his bones! Jayden is getting really close to weighing as much as he does. Yesterday she was 19 1/2 pounds and tonight Trevor is up to 25 pounds. Back to about what he weighed at his 2 year. He got pretty sick over a few weeks with a cold and then an ear infection so it was a struggle to get him to eat. I was really happy to see him back at 25 pounds. :o) I'm looking forward to meeting with the nutritionist at the end of the month so she can give us some ideas.
Lately he's been saying "Awesome" and "How cool" a lot. It's also funny that he'll sit down next to Jayden and say "Hi, Jay-in" He's gotten better with the pronunciation of her name, it used to be day-din. I also love that when I come home from work he'll run up to me and say, "Hi mom!"
So on the language front I know he's behind some but he could be a lot worse. But he's a clever little boy and has quite an imagination. I really think all the gibberish is that he wants to "converse" but doesn't yet have the vocabulary to put it all together. Every day he's saying new words that I haven't heard him say and I'm amazed everyday what he understands.
Like today, his and Jayden's costumes have been laying on the floor in the playroom and I asked him to bring me his costume without even pointing and he went to get it. I don't think we even said the word costume more than 6 times total! I was pretty shocked.
So I think we are going to hold off on speech therapy. My biggest concern right now is getting him to eat so we can get some meat on his bones! Jayden is getting really close to weighing as much as he does. Yesterday she was 19 1/2 pounds and tonight Trevor is up to 25 pounds. Back to about what he weighed at his 2 year. He got pretty sick over a few weeks with a cold and then an ear infection so it was a struggle to get him to eat. I was really happy to see him back at 25 pounds. :o) I'm looking forward to meeting with the nutritionist at the end of the month so she can give us some ideas.
Breastfeeding woes
This for some may be a "too-much-information" kind of post for some. Soooo, please disregard this post if you don't want to hear about such problems. Those of you who breastfeed or have in the past keep reading cuz I need some advice or maybe even some been there done that kind of sympathy.
Jayden and I have thrush. Woe is us! She had an appointment 2 weeks ago for a cold and we had noticed her tongue was a little white. I suspected thrush but the doctor dismissed it saying it was not thrush because the white wiped away. So about 3 days ago my "girls" started itching like crazy. It progressed to mild discomfort and my skin is very irritated. Yesterday it became pretty much unbearable and totally painful to nurse. So much so everytime I nurse I feel like jumping out of my skin.
I talked to the lactation consultant and diagnosed over the phone for me so I wouldn't have to come in to get it checked out. She had me call my OBGYN who thankfully agreed to call in an RX for APNO. It's a compounded RX so only a few places in town do compounding. I was hoping that I wouldn't have to take Jayden back to the Dr and that they would agree to do the same. But nope, I guess they want their $ for the office visit!
Today we took her in and wow big suprise she has thrush too! And she has the whole fungal diaper rash thing going on too. Grrrr! If they would have listened to us 3 weeks ago we wouldn't be going through this crap right now! So I'm a little ticked but still like our Dr. I was hoping to be able to combine this with the flu shot booster that was due *tomorrow* but when I asked the nurse over the phone she said that I couldn't even do it one day early.
I took Trevor with me in hopes that maybe we could still do it and I could save the hassle going back next week. And so I played to the Doctor's sympathy and she did it! I was so happy she said that it was exactly 28 days so she could do it. I really was wanting to avoid going back again next week. Since Trevor's 2 year check in August we all have been to the Dr. way too many times. Damn, I was just sitting her counting and between all of us it's been 10 appointments* so far equalling $235 for the appointments alone, not including rx's!
Trevor of course freaked out when he got his shot. He was pretty ticked at the nurse but it was soon forgotten. With Jayden, it was the craziest thing! She didn't cry or even winced. As soon as they were done she even smiled at the nurse. They couldn't believe it. I was shocked too. On the plus side, I think Trevor is finally starting to get over his fear of elavators. Normally he screams. On the way up he whined a little but on the way down he even seemed like he enjoyed it a little bit. It will be so much easier once he completely conquers that fear.
So if anyone has any advice I'd love to hear on a personal level what worked. For myself I'm using the APNO (all-purpose-nipple-ointment) and using a vinegar/water rinse. And I'm eating massive quantities of activa yogurt. For Jayden we're using nystatin both oral drops and swabbing her cheeks and nystatin ointment for the diaper rash. In addition to that, of course we are practicing good hygiene and will be sterilizing pump parts, bottles and pacifiers. Does anyone know if the dishwasher actually sterilizes so I can avoid that step? I think it does but I'm not sure.
*Trevor 2 year, Jayden 6 months, Jayden suspected Strep, Me emergency room visit for what I thought was a foreign body in my eye and was actually conjunctivitis, Trevor knocked a bookshelf over and I thought he broke his leg, Trevor for an ear infection, Travis for conjunctivitis, Travis for a physical, Travis for a dentist appointment b/c he knocked out a filling, today's visit, plus in 2 weeks Trevor is being seen by a nutritionist for his lack of weight gain. Plus I'm probably forgetting something! Equalling a grand total of $235
Jayden and I have thrush. Woe is us! She had an appointment 2 weeks ago for a cold and we had noticed her tongue was a little white. I suspected thrush but the doctor dismissed it saying it was not thrush because the white wiped away. So about 3 days ago my "girls" started itching like crazy. It progressed to mild discomfort and my skin is very irritated. Yesterday it became pretty much unbearable and totally painful to nurse. So much so everytime I nurse I feel like jumping out of my skin.
I talked to the lactation consultant and diagnosed over the phone for me so I wouldn't have to come in to get it checked out. She had me call my OBGYN who thankfully agreed to call in an RX for APNO. It's a compounded RX so only a few places in town do compounding. I was hoping that I wouldn't have to take Jayden back to the Dr and that they would agree to do the same. But nope, I guess they want their $ for the office visit!
Today we took her in and wow big suprise she has thrush too! And she has the whole fungal diaper rash thing going on too. Grrrr! If they would have listened to us 3 weeks ago we wouldn't be going through this crap right now! So I'm a little ticked but still like our Dr. I was hoping to be able to combine this with the flu shot booster that was due *tomorrow* but when I asked the nurse over the phone she said that I couldn't even do it one day early.
I took Trevor with me in hopes that maybe we could still do it and I could save the hassle going back next week. And so I played to the Doctor's sympathy and she did it! I was so happy she said that it was exactly 28 days so she could do it. I really was wanting to avoid going back again next week. Since Trevor's 2 year check in August we all have been to the Dr. way too many times. Damn, I was just sitting her counting and between all of us it's been 10 appointments* so far equalling $235 for the appointments alone, not including rx's!
Trevor of course freaked out when he got his shot. He was pretty ticked at the nurse but it was soon forgotten. With Jayden, it was the craziest thing! She didn't cry or even winced. As soon as they were done she even smiled at the nurse. They couldn't believe it. I was shocked too. On the plus side, I think Trevor is finally starting to get over his fear of elavators. Normally he screams. On the way up he whined a little but on the way down he even seemed like he enjoyed it a little bit. It will be so much easier once he completely conquers that fear.
So if anyone has any advice I'd love to hear on a personal level what worked. For myself I'm using the APNO (all-purpose-nipple-ointment) and using a vinegar/water rinse. And I'm eating massive quantities of activa yogurt. For Jayden we're using nystatin both oral drops and swabbing her cheeks and nystatin ointment for the diaper rash. In addition to that, of course we are practicing good hygiene and will be sterilizing pump parts, bottles and pacifiers. Does anyone know if the dishwasher actually sterilizes so I can avoid that step? I think it does but I'm not sure.
*Trevor 2 year, Jayden 6 months, Jayden suspected Strep, Me emergency room visit for what I thought was a foreign body in my eye and was actually conjunctivitis, Trevor knocked a bookshelf over and I thought he broke his leg, Trevor for an ear infection, Travis for conjunctivitis, Travis for a physical, Travis for a dentist appointment b/c he knocked out a filling, today's visit, plus in 2 weeks Trevor is being seen by a nutritionist for his lack of weight gain. Plus I'm probably forgetting something! Equalling a grand total of $235
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Proctective little sister?
Tonight was the first night Jayden had a bath in the big bath tub. We went in to watch Trevor take a bath. All was fine until Travis dumped water of Trevor's head. She panicked. She screamed and was trembling the whole time Travis was washing Trevor's hair. Poor girl was terrified. I was really nervous when the time came to put her in the tub. She loved it though and didn't even mind when I rinsed her hair. Silly girl!
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