Oh dear lord!
Another freakin cold... that's eight!
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
My kid is better then yours!
Ok so I'm one of those moms who loves their child being advanced! I never thought I would be but I have to admit, When I hear someone at Daycare say to me, "Quinn is the only baby that does that" or "these kids are about three months older and he does everything and more then they can do" well I hate to admit it but I get a bit smug. Not mean smug but "that's my boy" or "damn right" But I keep it inside and just smile. He really is a smart kid. You can watch him try and grasp an issue or problem then you see the light go on and he starts smiling and concentrating real hard on the task at hand. HE is still the only child at daycare in his approx age group that can hold his own bottle and soon he'll be the only one crawling (he's close)
Ear infection official
Quinn and I went to the doctor Friday and he has an ear infection. She said he should not be really hurting because we caught it very soon. But when she went in his ear to look, he screamed bloody murder. Tony and I have been on the look out for any allergies to this new antibiotic. Last week he was on Amoxacilon now he's on something stronger. Can't remember the name... We saw one side effect. His poop turned Reddish. Tony and I panicked we called the doctor and started locking up the symptoms on the Internet, which scared the shit out of us even more. The websites were saying a sign of reddish stool could mean that the upper area of his colon was bleeding. After the three day hospital visit and all the issues with his colon months ago, I lost it. At some point I had the brilliant idea to look at the paperwork the medication came with. And there it was, with a light from heaven shining on it. "This Medication may turn stool a reddish color, THIS IS HARMLESS" Oh thank God! I'm a bit of a nervous Nellie ever since that hospital visit. I can't help but think, had I seen the signs sooner and gotten him a stool test we may have been able to avoid all that starving and testing done at the hospital and just known right away that he had an allergy, I feel really guilty about that. But At the same time he did have blockage and a stool test would not fix that. Well now I watch him like a hawk one sign of trouble and the doctor gets woken up!
Friday, March 24, 2006
Puke Puke every where PUKE
Quinn has a new trick! It's called gag and throw up any new flavors we don't like.
The only way I can get him to NOT gag and puke at ALL vegetable is to make a complete fool of my self screaming YAHHHHHHHHHH and clapping madly! Then he stops gagging and actually SWALLOWS his veggies.
I have made mention that Quinn and Sweet Potatoes are synonymous! Well not stage two. He hates all stage two vegetables.
Gag, gag, puke, gag... HEY, maybe now he'll lose some weight!
The only way I can get him to NOT gag and puke at ALL vegetable is to make a complete fool of my self screaming YAHHHHHHHHHH and clapping madly! Then he stops gagging and actually SWALLOWS his veggies.
I have made mention that Quinn and Sweet Potatoes are synonymous! Well not stage two. He hates all stage two vegetables.
Gag, gag, puke, gag... HEY, maybe now he'll lose some weight!
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Ear infection
Little man now has an ear infection!
I can't believe this kid just can't catch a break... He's always sick. He just got over a sinus infection and now it's his ears. We know he does because a classic sign of an ear infection is when I baby tugs at his ears. He's tugging at his left ear only and he does it every few minutes. He doesn't look to be in real serious pain but you can tell he's annoyed. He was also having a hard time sleeping so we gave him some tylenol and I rocked him until it kicked in. It was kinda cute to see it kick in, he was so restless then he just went into a deep slumber after about 10 minutes and started snoring.
I was so careful not to let him get an ear infection too. They say "don't let your baby drink a bottle laying flat or unattended in his crib because the formula can drip in his ears and cause an infection". Quinn is pretty good at holding his own bottle so sometimes I do prop him up and let him have the bottle alone but I watch vigorously! And make sure it's not EVER going into his ears, I make sure he's not on his back and I wipe any drips coming from his mouth that I see. And those drips are usually heading for his neck not his ears.
SO WHAT THE F@#$! Why does he have an ear infection?
Tony did some investigating on the internet and it turns out that when a baby has a Sinus infection an ear infection is most likely soon to follow.
He just can't win!
The issue Tony and I are having as good/bad parents is that he has a doctor appointment already set up for shots on Friday. So, do we take him in also tonight? Or do we give him Tylenol until Friday?
Obviously if Quinn looked like he was in pain we'd take him right away but he looks like he's just annoyed right now, like it's the beginning of the infection. I guess we'll just keep our eyes peeled...
I can't believe this kid just can't catch a break... He's always sick. He just got over a sinus infection and now it's his ears. We know he does because a classic sign of an ear infection is when I baby tugs at his ears. He's tugging at his left ear only and he does it every few minutes. He doesn't look to be in real serious pain but you can tell he's annoyed. He was also having a hard time sleeping so we gave him some tylenol and I rocked him until it kicked in. It was kinda cute to see it kick in, he was so restless then he just went into a deep slumber after about 10 minutes and started snoring.
I was so careful not to let him get an ear infection too. They say "don't let your baby drink a bottle laying flat or unattended in his crib because the formula can drip in his ears and cause an infection". Quinn is pretty good at holding his own bottle so sometimes I do prop him up and let him have the bottle alone but I watch vigorously! And make sure it's not EVER going into his ears, I make sure he's not on his back and I wipe any drips coming from his mouth that I see. And those drips are usually heading for his neck not his ears.
SO WHAT THE F@#$! Why does he have an ear infection?
Tony did some investigating on the internet and it turns out that when a baby has a Sinus infection an ear infection is most likely soon to follow.
He just can't win!
The issue Tony and I are having as good/bad parents is that he has a doctor appointment already set up for shots on Friday. So, do we take him in also tonight? Or do we give him Tylenol until Friday?
Obviously if Quinn looked like he was in pain we'd take him right away but he looks like he's just annoyed right now, like it's the beginning of the infection. I guess we'll just keep our eyes peeled...
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
I LOVE IT...
So I bought this portable seat that attaches to any table for Quinn. I thought it would be very convenient for going to restaurants, most restaurants have those hard wooden seats for infants that don't look very comfortable.
We attached it to our dining room table at home and it's PERFECT... I can see him from the kitchen if I wanna do some cooking or cleaning. I couldn't do that before I'd have to keep running to the living room and check on him. And he loves it, Quinn does not like laying in the "baby" position anymore. He'll strain his belly muscles so hard trying to sit up. So now he can sit up and play with his toy car while I get some cleaning done. It's perfect! The dogs think so too, they get to lick his toes... all though I'm not sure how Quinn feels about that, if he complains I'll stop them. So far so good.
I remember thinking, I'm wasting fifty bucks to have Quinn sit once a month at a restaurant. But this has turned out to be an everyday item, you just never know.
We attached it to our dining room table at home and it's PERFECT... I can see him from the kitchen if I wanna do some cooking or cleaning. I couldn't do that before I'd have to keep running to the living room and check on him. And he loves it, Quinn does not like laying in the "baby" position anymore. He'll strain his belly muscles so hard trying to sit up. So now he can sit up and play with his toy car while I get some cleaning done. It's perfect! The dogs think so too, they get to lick his toes... all though I'm not sure how Quinn feels about that, if he complains I'll stop them. So far so good.
I remember thinking, I'm wasting fifty bucks to have Quinn sit once a month at a restaurant. But this has turned out to be an everyday item, you just never know.
Car seat graduation
So Quinn has graduated to his new car seat. He is still facing the rear because he's under 30 pounds but he's got the big boy seat! He actually look very comfortable in it. The only issue is that we can't just take the Infant car seat out of the car when he's a sleep and move him around in it. Now we have to wake him every time we get out of the car. It was very convenient let him continue sleeping, especially when he's tired and cranky!
