Winter is here! :-( We've been blessed with an unseasonably warm first 1/2 of winter here in Iowa, but I just know it's going to catch up with us. Today, Jan 12th, 2012 we got our first actual snowfall of the season. This is extreemly rare here in the midwest to go that long without snow, but I can't say I didn't enjoy the last two days of 50+ degree weather!
Today, you will find Adam and I curled up inside praying for more of those warm days! Luckily, I didn't have to sub today, so it's gonna be a day filled with a warm house, warm tea and a movie.... We'll see if Adam agrees!
Happy first "real" day of winter from us in Iowa!!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Ears Ears Ears
What's that you say? Yeah, I'm talking about ears. My little boy's ears to be exact. He's been so miserable these past 6ish months with ear infection after ear infection and I just can't stand to have him go through it anymore. I felt like every time we went to the doctor, he was put on yet another antibiotic and after his 5th ear infection, I said enough is enough.
I took him to the ENT for a consult and the doctor looked in his ears and said yup, there's fluid in there and it's a cream colored fluid which isn't good. He sent us for a hearing test and sure enough, Adam's hearing was being harmed by that fluid. So, with that said, doc said Adam was a good candidate for tubes and we have it scheduled for Jan 17th.
Don't get me wrong, I'd rather not get tubes in his ears, the thought of my little baby going through surgery makes me sick to my stomach, but I suppose if it's better for him in the long run and it's better for his hearing and speech, then it's what we should do.
We tried the chiropractor, but it was a bust in the ear infection department. I wish it would have worked, however; I am at peace with this decision. My husband and I both agree that this is the next step for Adam and we've heard great things about how tubes have worked for so many other families.
Now I know what you're probably thinking, they don't help everyone and yes, I understand that. But if there is a chance that it will help my little man, well then by gosh I'm going to do it. Sometimes ear infections can lead to hearing problems, which it has for for Adam, well if it's not caught early enough, it can lead to speech problems and I definitely don't want him to have problems speaking because we neglected to find a remedy sooner.
What about your kids? Any of them have tubes? If so, I want to hear the good, the bad and the ulgy because I'd rather be prepared than blindsided!
I took him to the ENT for a consult and the doctor looked in his ears and said yup, there's fluid in there and it's a cream colored fluid which isn't good. He sent us for a hearing test and sure enough, Adam's hearing was being harmed by that fluid. So, with that said, doc said Adam was a good candidate for tubes and we have it scheduled for Jan 17th.
Don't get me wrong, I'd rather not get tubes in his ears, the thought of my little baby going through surgery makes me sick to my stomach, but I suppose if it's better for him in the long run and it's better for his hearing and speech, then it's what we should do.
We tried the chiropractor, but it was a bust in the ear infection department. I wish it would have worked, however; I am at peace with this decision. My husband and I both agree that this is the next step for Adam and we've heard great things about how tubes have worked for so many other families.
Now I know what you're probably thinking, they don't help everyone and yes, I understand that. But if there is a chance that it will help my little man, well then by gosh I'm going to do it. Sometimes ear infections can lead to hearing problems, which it has for for Adam, well if it's not caught early enough, it can lead to speech problems and I definitely don't want him to have problems speaking because we neglected to find a remedy sooner.
What about your kids? Any of them have tubes? If so, I want to hear the good, the bad and the ulgy because I'd rather be prepared than blindsided!
Friday, December 23, 2011
Adam- 12 Months
Dear Adam,
You are such a joy to be around. You've developed so much in the last month, that it's hard to keep track. I don't want to miss anything, so this might be quite long!
Your personality, oooo your personality, it's definitely showing. You are an independent little thing and you love to do things yourself. You giggle all the time, and you love when Mommy and Daddy do goofy stuff to make you laugh. You like to dance, mostly with just your arms, and being "chased" is one of your favorite things. If I say "I'm going to get you" you turn and run to your daddy and vise versa. You even love when the puppy chases after you. room. You love to smile at EVERYONE, but strangers are a big no no for you this month. You cry when strangers get near.
You're still saying Dada and Mama quite frequently, but mostly Dada. Once in awhile we'll hear dacto (Tractor) and itty (kitty). You even try to say Eee Eye Eee Eye O, but it somes out sounding like eeee eye eee eye ee eye. Every time you see a big truck, tractor or train you say Dacto (tractor). If we ask you to say a word, you will almost always say the same amount of syllables, but chances are it will be nothing like we asked. For instance, if we ask you to say Papa, you say Dada, or Please you say Da or even AH! You can sign more and all done like it's nobody's business. You get really mad when you sign more and we don't give you more immediately.
You're still in size 4 diapers and wearing size 4-4.5 shoes. You're wearing size 12-18 Month for almost everything. The pants are usually a bit too long for you since you're pretty short.
Previous to this week, you were eating EVERYTHING. Your favorite foods are peaches, pears and bananas. But just a week ago, you've decided that you want nothing except fruit and milk to eat. It's been stressing mama out to the max. You haven't had a bottle since right after your 11 month birthday. You drink a sippy cup of milk with every meal and you still get a sippy cup with about 4 oz in it before you go to bed along with a bowl of cereal.
Sleep.... O yes, sleep. You've been determined to fight every single nap, but end up napping for at least an hour each time. You're sick again, with another ear infection and mama hates it so much. The ear infection has been disrupting your sleep and you've decided that waking up at 3:00am is acceptable... We had about 4 days of that and now you're back to waking up at 5am.... I sure do miss the days of you waking up at 6-6:30! Let's go back to those, ok??
You're very bright baby boy. You pick up on things very easily. Nana got you a phone to play with and you put it on the back of your head like you're trying to talk to someone. You point the remote at the TV and push buttons, you even dance whenever you hear music. You like to mimic everyone if you can. When we say vroom vroom for car sounds, you will immediately make the cutest gurgling sound as you try to imitate a car. It's actually pretty good. Every time you see a car you do it. You're pointing to everything these days, with your entire arm stretched out and all 5 fingers pointing at whatever you want. Which is usually everything you can see.
We had your birthday party on Dec. 10th because everyone gets so busy during the holidays. You got more toys than we know what to do with.
You are such a joy, my baby boy, and I cannot believe that you are 1! I'm amazed by you everyday and you are truly my greatest joy in life. I have no idea what we would do without you! Thank you for being you! And thanks to God for bringing you into our lives, you truly make them so much better!
Edit: We had your 12 month check up on Jan 6th- your current stats were: 28.5" (15%) for height, 21lbs (20%) for weight, and 46" (40%) for head circumference. You're our little man right now, I just hope you're not short like your mama when you grow up!
I love you now, forever and always,
Mama
You are such a joy to be around. You've developed so much in the last month, that it's hard to keep track. I don't want to miss anything, so this might be quite long!
Your personality, oooo your personality, it's definitely showing. You are an independent little thing and you love to do things yourself. You giggle all the time, and you love when Mommy and Daddy do goofy stuff to make you laugh. You like to dance, mostly with just your arms, and being "chased" is one of your favorite things. If I say "I'm going to get you" you turn and run to your daddy and vise versa. You even love when the puppy chases after you. room. You love to smile at EVERYONE, but strangers are a big no no for you this month. You cry when strangers get near.
You're still saying Dada and Mama quite frequently, but mostly Dada. Once in awhile we'll hear dacto (Tractor) and itty (kitty). You even try to say Eee Eye Eee Eye O, but it somes out sounding like eeee eye eee eye ee eye. Every time you see a big truck, tractor or train you say Dacto (tractor). If we ask you to say a word, you will almost always say the same amount of syllables, but chances are it will be nothing like we asked. For instance, if we ask you to say Papa, you say Dada, or Please you say Da or even AH! You can sign more and all done like it's nobody's business. You get really mad when you sign more and we don't give you more immediately.
You're still in size 4 diapers and wearing size 4-4.5 shoes. You're wearing size 12-18 Month for almost everything. The pants are usually a bit too long for you since you're pretty short.
Previous to this week, you were eating EVERYTHING. Your favorite foods are peaches, pears and bananas. But just a week ago, you've decided that you want nothing except fruit and milk to eat. It's been stressing mama out to the max. You haven't had a bottle since right after your 11 month birthday. You drink a sippy cup of milk with every meal and you still get a sippy cup with about 4 oz in it before you go to bed along with a bowl of cereal.
Sleep.... O yes, sleep. You've been determined to fight every single nap, but end up napping for at least an hour each time. You're sick again, with another ear infection and mama hates it so much. The ear infection has been disrupting your sleep and you've decided that waking up at 3:00am is acceptable... We had about 4 days of that and now you're back to waking up at 5am.... I sure do miss the days of you waking up at 6-6:30! Let's go back to those, ok??
You're very bright baby boy. You pick up on things very easily. Nana got you a phone to play with and you put it on the back of your head like you're trying to talk to someone. You point the remote at the TV and push buttons, you even dance whenever you hear music. You like to mimic everyone if you can. When we say vroom vroom for car sounds, you will immediately make the cutest gurgling sound as you try to imitate a car. It's actually pretty good. Every time you see a car you do it. You're pointing to everything these days, with your entire arm stretched out and all 5 fingers pointing at whatever you want. Which is usually everything you can see.
We had your birthday party on Dec. 10th because everyone gets so busy during the holidays. You got more toys than we know what to do with.
You are such a joy, my baby boy, and I cannot believe that you are 1! I'm amazed by you everyday and you are truly my greatest joy in life. I have no idea what we would do without you! Thank you for being you! And thanks to God for bringing you into our lives, you truly make them so much better!
Edit: We had your 12 month check up on Jan 6th- your current stats were: 28.5" (15%) for height, 21lbs (20%) for weight, and 46" (40%) for head circumference. You're our little man right now, I just hope you're not short like your mama when you grow up!
I love you now, forever and always,
Mama
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Picky eating habits!
I believe it is far too early to have reached the picky eating stage, but alas we are here. At about a week before his first birthday, Adam decided that he only wanted to eat fruit. Now don't get me wrong, a kid loving fruit is great, no? Yeah, but not so great when it's the only thing he will eat.
He was sick this past week with yet another ear infection, which marks #5, but who's counting... (I've scheduled an appt with the ENT doctor for January, don't you worry)
Anyway, back to the picky eating. This past week has been difficult in the eating department. At dinner, Adam would decide he only wanted to drink his milk and have nothing to do with food. We finally got him to start eating a little, but that consisted of peaches, pears and bananas. We went to the doctor yesterday for his ear infection, and sure enough he had lost about 1 lb in the last week due to his new eating habits, among other things (but I will spare you those details).
Do/did you have experience with a picky eater? What did you do? We will try anything! He's almost 1 and only weighs 20 lbs! I use to have a chunker for a baby, now he's a skinny mini!
I'm hoping this will be a short lived phase, but only time will tell. We're having lasagna tonight, and he LOVES spaghetti (or at least he use to), so maybe he'll eat some of that. Who knows!
He was sick this past week with yet another ear infection, which marks #5, but who's counting... (I've scheduled an appt with the ENT doctor for January, don't you worry)
Anyway, back to the picky eating. This past week has been difficult in the eating department. At dinner, Adam would decide he only wanted to drink his milk and have nothing to do with food. We finally got him to start eating a little, but that consisted of peaches, pears and bananas. We went to the doctor yesterday for his ear infection, and sure enough he had lost about 1 lb in the last week due to his new eating habits, among other things (but I will spare you those details).
Do/did you have experience with a picky eater? What did you do? We will try anything! He's almost 1 and only weighs 20 lbs! I use to have a chunker for a baby, now he's a skinny mini!
I'm hoping this will be a short lived phase, but only time will tell. We're having lasagna tonight, and he LOVES spaghetti (or at least he use to), so maybe he'll eat some of that. Who knows!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Sleep
These days we aren't getting much. Adam was sleeping 7-6 and that was great. Then came ear infection #4 with nights of rocking to sleep. Now, he wakes at least twice a night and gets up around 5:30. It is so exhausting. Any ideas or tips? I feel like we have tried everything!
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Adam- 11 Months
Dear Adam,
You are 11 months! Where has the time gone? I cannot believe that in one month you will be 1! You are growing up too fast darn it. This month has been incredible as far as your learning goes. It is so exciting to watch you grow into a sweet, albeit demanding little boy and to see your personality blossom. Here is what you have been up to this month:
You're still wearing size 12-18 month clothes, size 4 diapers and size 4 shoes. We can tell you're getting taller because you're reaching new things and we're quickly finding out that we need to re-baby proof the house.
You're babbling a lot more these days. Words you say that we can clearly understand are: na na na (no), tac to (tractor), ity (kitty, though he also calls our dog ity), mama, and dada. You love to point to everything that you want now, and usually you want everything. If we take something away from you, you get mad and cry or yell and your face turns red. You pick up the tv remote and point it at the tv while pushing buttons, so you obviously have figured out what that is for. You also pick up any phone you see and hold it up to the side/back of your head to talk on it.
You usually don't walk anywhere anymore, you run everywhere. You're pretty much a pro at walking now and hardly ever crawl. You loved to be chased and giggle as you run away.
You eat everything and are always hungry for more! I'm so glad that you aren't picky, but I know that we will probably discover that sooner than we want.
At the beginning of this month, we dropped two bottles and are down to just one. We went cold turkey and just stopped giving it to you and gave you a full sippy cup of whole milk with breakfast, lunch and dinner. You get one 7 oz bottle right before bed and I have a feeling that one is going to be hard to give up.
You also had your worst cold this month. You had a fever of 103 for three nights in a row, and we all got very little sleep. You had an ear infection, could hardly keep anything down and were getting teeth at the same time. The ONLY thing Mommy was ok with during this was the fact that you wanted to cuddle all day/night.
Just today, I noticed you have one tooth on top poking through and another just about to poke through, that marks # 5 & 6.
You are such an amazing little boy and you love to give hugs now. You're starting to pick up on giving kisses and you try to give the puppy and kitty kisses. I cannot wait to see what this next month brings until your 1st birthday! I love being your mommy and would not change a thing!
I love you!
Mama
You are 11 months! Where has the time gone? I cannot believe that in one month you will be 1! You are growing up too fast darn it. This month has been incredible as far as your learning goes. It is so exciting to watch you grow into a sweet, albeit demanding little boy and to see your personality blossom. Here is what you have been up to this month:
You're babbling a lot more these days. Words you say that we can clearly understand are: na na na (no), tac to (tractor), ity (kitty, though he also calls our dog ity), mama, and dada. You love to point to everything that you want now, and usually you want everything. If we take something away from you, you get mad and cry or yell and your face turns red. You pick up the tv remote and point it at the tv while pushing buttons, so you obviously have figured out what that is for. You also pick up any phone you see and hold it up to the side/back of your head to talk on it.
You usually don't walk anywhere anymore, you run everywhere. You're pretty much a pro at walking now and hardly ever crawl. You loved to be chased and giggle as you run away.
You eat everything and are always hungry for more! I'm so glad that you aren't picky, but I know that we will probably discover that sooner than we want.
At the beginning of this month, we dropped two bottles and are down to just one. We went cold turkey and just stopped giving it to you and gave you a full sippy cup of whole milk with breakfast, lunch and dinner. You get one 7 oz bottle right before bed and I have a feeling that one is going to be hard to give up.
You also had your worst cold this month. You had a fever of 103 for three nights in a row, and we all got very little sleep. You had an ear infection, could hardly keep anything down and were getting teeth at the same time. The ONLY thing Mommy was ok with during this was the fact that you wanted to cuddle all day/night.
Just today, I noticed you have one tooth on top poking through and another just about to poke through, that marks # 5 & 6.
You are such an amazing little boy and you love to give hugs now. You're starting to pick up on giving kisses and you try to give the puppy and kitty kisses. I cannot wait to see what this next month brings until your 1st birthday! I love being your mommy and would not change a thing!
I love you!
Mama
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