Let me tell you, this last weekend was NOT fun. Lachlan finished his drugs for ear infection #3 on Wednesday. We were at the doc's office for Reef on Thursday (bum pain-a whole different story!), and I had him take a peak at Lach's ears to see if the infection had cleared. He said there was a little fluid but no signs of infection and to follow up in 3-4 weeks.
Well, Friday found us very fussy all day, and I chalked it up to teething most of the day...Until I took his temperature right before dinner and it was 102! Too high to be just teething! Of course, by this time, it was too late to see the pediatrician! We loaded him up with some Motrin and prayed for a good night. All was well until the drugs wore off around 3, when he woke up with another high fever and chills. Every time I got him back to sleep, he'd start shaking again and wake him up. He finally crashed again around 5. Luckily Troy was home, so I got to sleep in with Lachlan on Saturday.
His fever seemed to be under control and he was in a little bit better mood, but I decided to visit Good night Pediatrics anyway. Apparently, every other sick kid on the north side also needed to see the doctor because the place was packed! After a 2 hour wait, we were seen and diagnosed with an infection in the right ear. Ugh, I knew it! Since he'd been on so many antibiotics, the doc decided to go with a shot of Rocephin. She also asked me to come back Sunday for a re-check.
Saturday night went well, and I was actually planning on skipping the Sunday re-check and seeing our regular doctor on Monday instead...until my poor baby woke up with 102 fever again on Sunday and feeling worse than before! The nurse told me not to come until 1 or 2 (after the morning rush), so we went to church and took a nap before heading back to the clinic. After a much shorter wait, the doctor said the right ear looked a little better but now the left one was red! So, another shot of Rocephin was ordered.
We saw Dr. Gulde this morning to get his take on things. I was so thankful to get an early appointment and that Theresa let me drop Reef off early and that Melynda watched Jonas for me! After looking in both ears and declaring them both infected, Lachlan was given yet another shot of Rocephin. These shots are painful, so I feel so bad for him. Dr. Gulde took a lot of time getting all the details, and we agreed that it's time to see the ENT. I called to make the appointment, though, and first available isn't until June! I'm really praying that all these shots will clear this infection and we can get squeezed in at the ENT before he gets another one!
Praying for a good night's sleep and better day tomorrow...
Monday, April 12, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Happy Birthday Troy!
We celebrated Troy's 36th birthday on the 7th. Can you believe he's 36??
We actually celebrated all week long, which is funny because he never makes a big deal out of his birthday! On the Saturday before, I surprised him with a breakfast at Panera just the 2 of us. It was nice to be on our own for the morning, maybe because we didn't have the chance to be tired yet! And, because it was before Easter, Panera had hot cross buns!
Then on Monday night, we had dinner with the Miles' at PF Chang's. I'd never eaten there before since I'm just now starting to eat Asian foods. It was really good food and great to hang out with old friends!
Our final birthday celebration was Wednesday night, his actual birthday. The requested dessert was panna cotta. Of course it would have to be something that had to refrigerate for a long time so you don't know until the last minute if it turned out! Well, the first try did not work but luckily Erin saved me with extra heavy cream so I could try again! We enjoyed the panna cotta with new friends, Jonathan and Stephanie, after church and that was lots of fun too.
Looking forward to seeing what this next year will bring!
8 months old
Yet another month has flown by! Lachlan continues to be such a happy baby. A girl from the nursery told me the other day that he was really the happiest baby she'd ever seen. Things to remember about this month:
-You're slowly extending your night time sleep. Usually I feed you between 4 and 5 now. Hopefully in the next month, you'll completely drop that night feeding.
-Finally 2 teeth popped up on the bottom! The next ones aren't far behind; I can see them just under the gums on top.
-You're sooo close to crawling. You can get up on all fours and rock but haven't made gone forward yet. I think you'll have it in the next couple weeks and then life will change around here!
-When you want something REALLY bad, you can get to it with a combo of rolling and a weird army crawl with your legs and head. It's almost like your arms just get too tired!
Here are some pictures from this month:
Can you see my teeth?
-You're slowly extending your night time sleep. Usually I feed you between 4 and 5 now. Hopefully in the next month, you'll completely drop that night feeding.
-Finally 2 teeth popped up on the bottom! The next ones aren't far behind; I can see them just under the gums on top.
-You're sooo close to crawling. You can get up on all fours and rock but haven't made gone forward yet. I think you'll have it in the next couple weeks and then life will change around here!
-When you want something REALLY bad, you can get to it with a combo of rolling and a weird army crawl with your legs and head. It's almost like your arms just get too tired!
Here are some pictures from this month:
Can you see my teeth?
The photo shoot with the bear this month didn't go as planned. Lachlan was much more interested in eating the bear than sittign with him...but he's still cute.
Reading already!
Then the big boys joined in.
Reading already!
Easter
Easter was pretty low key for us this year. Troy had Good Friday off, so we enjoyed that extra family day. The boys spent it moving and re-filling the sandbox with new sand. And then they played in it forever. We've discovered that if you want to renew their love for something move it to a new place or pack it away for a few days/weeks.
Anyway, on Saturday I decided to try egg dyeing with them again. I found it pretty stressful last year as they launched their eggs across the table, hoping to get them in the cups. Learning from my mistakes, we moved the process outside this year and limited it to only 3 colors. We only had 9 eggs in the fridge so I didn't see the point in making all 9 colors. Now I don't have to buy a new kit next year! Things were much better this year, but it went so fast that I kind of wished we had more eggs to do. They would have kept dunking the eggs if I'd let them, but I didn't want them all to turn out brown!
Of course, on Easter morning, all 3 of them woke up WAY too early, and the Easter bunny had to scramble to get the eggs hidden.
Their baskets were filled with books, play doh, a bubble gun, and a new lego animal.
Except Lachlan's...I'm sad to say that I was finished with the shopping before I remembered that he needed stuff for his basket! Poor third child! He did have fun just playing with the basket though...
Anyway, on Saturday I decided to try egg dyeing with them again. I found it pretty stressful last year as they launched their eggs across the table, hoping to get them in the cups. Learning from my mistakes, we moved the process outside this year and limited it to only 3 colors. We only had 9 eggs in the fridge so I didn't see the point in making all 9 colors. Now I don't have to buy a new kit next year! Things were much better this year, but it went so fast that I kind of wished we had more eggs to do. They would have kept dunking the eggs if I'd let them, but I didn't want them all to turn out brown!
Of course, on Easter morning, all 3 of them woke up WAY too early, and the Easter bunny had to scramble to get the eggs hidden.
Their baskets were filled with books, play doh, a bubble gun, and a new lego animal.
Except Lachlan's...I'm sad to say that I was finished with the shopping before I remembered that he needed stuff for his basket! Poor third child! He did have fun just playing with the basket though...
Ready for the egg hunt...Do you see how dark it is outside? I told you it was early!
We filled the eggs with fruit snacks since we were tired of all the candy they had been getting. I've got to remember that idea for next year!
After our egg hunt, it was off to Bible class. After church, I asked what they had learned about. This is what they said:
Reef: Jesus died on the cross.
Jonas: Jesus was crying. Birds were singing (he's very sure about this.)
R: But Jesus isn't died on the cross anymore.
J: No, the toon is empty!
Looks like the main idea of the story! Next year we'll work on the details.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Playgroup Egg Hunt
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On Wednesday, my sweet friend Kathryn organized a special playgroup for everyone. First we rode the zoo train. Always a big hit with my little conductors!
Here they are with friends Leyna and Lily Kate.
After the train ride, we had a nice picnic lunch. It was a super sunny, warm day but they were all very patient waiting for lunch and even wore their hats the whole time.
Here's Lachlan with his new girlfriend, Lily Kate.
After lunch, Kathryn organized an egg hunt for all the kiddos. With 13 kids that was a lot of eggs to put together!
Here they are waiting to get started. Kathryn was trying to tell them that Easter is really about Jesus, not the Easter bunny. I'm not sure they were listening, but I'm glad she was trying. I need to be better about putting the emphasis on Jesus and not the cultural traditions, so thanks for reminding me, Kathryn!
My hunters finishing up.
And finally, an attempt at a group shot. Not very successful.
On Wednesday, my sweet friend Kathryn organized a special playgroup for everyone. First we rode the zoo train. Always a big hit with my little conductors!
Here they are with friends Leyna and Lily Kate.
After the train ride, we had a nice picnic lunch. It was a super sunny, warm day but they were all very patient waiting for lunch and even wore their hats the whole time.
Here's Lachlan with his new girlfriend, Lily Kate.
After lunch, Kathryn organized an egg hunt for all the kiddos. With 13 kids that was a lot of eggs to put together!
Here they are waiting to get started. Kathryn was trying to tell them that Easter is really about Jesus, not the Easter bunny. I'm not sure they were listening, but I'm glad she was trying. I need to be better about putting the emphasis on Jesus and not the cultural traditions, so thanks for reminding me, Kathryn!
My hunters finishing up.
And finally, an attempt at a group shot. Not very successful.
Thanks for putting together such a great day!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Reef's 2nd dentist visit
On Tuesday, Reef and I had his 2nd visit to the dentist. If you recall, our first visit was NOT a success and involved much screaming, so I was a little nervous about this one. I decided to change dentists and spent a couple of days before "playing dentist" and reading a book about the dentist. That really helped prepare him, I think.
Here he is enjoying a video game while we waited.
The actual appointment went well. They put us in a private room with a movie in it. He was mesmerized by the movie while I talked to the hygenist. I was nervous when it came time to get in the big chair, but he handled it like a pro. He let the dentist look at all of his teeth, cooperated with 4 xrays, and even let them start the cleaning. Everthing came to a screeching halt when the hygenist accidentally pinched his chest while she was wiping off the scraping tool. Poor guy started screaming so loud! It turns out that he has 2 cavities (on his newest teeth!), so we're going to have to get those filled next month, so they decided to hold off on the rest of the cleaning until then.
They will do the fillings under sedation, so I don't think that appointment will be too bad. The blow to our wallet, however, will not be pretty! The dentist is going to put sealant on the rest of his molars so hopefully we can avoid anymore cavities in the baby teeth. I've also started being super vigilant about brushing twice a day with both boys, so that maybe we can avoid any cavities for Jonas.
I was so proud of how brave Reef did, so we had lunch and ice cream just the two of us! Don't worry, we brushed very well after!
Here he is enjoying a video game while we waited.
The actual appointment went well. They put us in a private room with a movie in it. He was mesmerized by the movie while I talked to the hygenist. I was nervous when it came time to get in the big chair, but he handled it like a pro. He let the dentist look at all of his teeth, cooperated with 4 xrays, and even let them start the cleaning. Everthing came to a screeching halt when the hygenist accidentally pinched his chest while she was wiping off the scraping tool. Poor guy started screaming so loud! It turns out that he has 2 cavities (on his newest teeth!), so we're going to have to get those filled next month, so they decided to hold off on the rest of the cleaning until then.
They will do the fillings under sedation, so I don't think that appointment will be too bad. The blow to our wallet, however, will not be pretty! The dentist is going to put sealant on the rest of his molars so hopefully we can avoid anymore cavities in the baby teeth. I've also started being super vigilant about brushing twice a day with both boys, so that maybe we can avoid any cavities for Jonas.
I was so proud of how brave Reef did, so we had lunch and ice cream just the two of us! Don't worry, we brushed very well after!
Ear infection #3
After several sleepless nights last week and 2 teeth breaking through, I thought for sure we'd get some sleep soon. This weekend, however, brought pretty much no sleep from Lachlan. He doesn't cry a lot in the night like the others did; he's more of a yeller, so it's impossible to sleep through it.
When we were at Dr. Gulde's office last week to check out Jonas, he looked at Lach's ears too and saw some fluid but no infection yet. Because of that, I hesitated to make Lachlan "cry it out" this weekend without knowing for sure that his ear was okay. So, early Monday morning, I called the doc for an appointment. Unfortunately, Dr. Gulde was booked, so we had to see his new partner at 8:40. Because we live on the other side of town, it was a race across town with everyone in their pj's. I also had to throw Reef's lunch stuff in the van since he had preschool that day.
We made it to the doctor's office right on time despite some major fit-throwing about a change in routine! I figured since we were her first patients of the day, we'd be in and out in no time. WRONG! We waited our usual time in the waiting room and quite a while in the back room too. I was very frustrated about this since: 1.I knew we were her first patients, 2. She knew were were there and said hello while we were getting weighed, and 3. she continued doing paperwork for another 15 minutes before seeing us! So frustrated!
Finally we were seen and another ear infection was confirmed. Monday was a fussy day for Lachlan, but the night went much better with Motrin and antibiotics on board! Praying for healthiness from now on!
When we were at Dr. Gulde's office last week to check out Jonas, he looked at Lach's ears too and saw some fluid but no infection yet. Because of that, I hesitated to make Lachlan "cry it out" this weekend without knowing for sure that his ear was okay. So, early Monday morning, I called the doc for an appointment. Unfortunately, Dr. Gulde was booked, so we had to see his new partner at 8:40. Because we live on the other side of town, it was a race across town with everyone in their pj's. I also had to throw Reef's lunch stuff in the van since he had preschool that day.
We made it to the doctor's office right on time despite some major fit-throwing about a change in routine! I figured since we were her first patients of the day, we'd be in and out in no time. WRONG! We waited our usual time in the waiting room and quite a while in the back room too. I was very frustrated about this since: 1.I knew we were her first patients, 2. She knew were were there and said hello while we were getting weighed, and 3. she continued doing paperwork for another 15 minutes before seeing us! So frustrated!
Finally we were seen and another ear infection was confirmed. Monday was a fussy day for Lachlan, but the night went much better with Motrin and antibiotics on board! Praying for healthiness from now on!
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