Ok - Fresh perspective. Deep Breath.
Trying to find the positives in our current situation:
The Top Five Reasons to be positive after Rece's broken leg:
5. I can easily clip his toenails on the left foot without him moving his toes everywhere
4. We can use his cast as the latest art project for the toddler room
3. We are back to him not being able to beat me to objects he is not supposed to have
2. The cast adds weight which tones the arms
1. I finally have a use for all the one off baby socks!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Par for the Course
Warning to all readers: The following is going to be a complete and utter gripe fest complete with "whoa as me" and more whine than is in my winerator...
Let me start by saying WTH? Why is our "normal", as parents with Rece a complete freakng muddle of ridiculousness and struggles?
In case you are a reader who hasn't heard, Rece broke his leg at daycare this week. YEP. BROKE IT. And I am pissed off. Not at the daycare, actually I have ZERO complaints about this place and I think the teachers are great they absolutley love him and are just as devestated as we are. They should know that for us this is just another stupid crazy thing to add to the list. And it was just that, Crazy. He was climbing on a activity center thing, similar to one we have at home, he slipped, like he does all the time because he is still learning to walk steadily and he fell on his butt. BUT, his foot got caught as he was falling and it twisted and it broke. So he has a cast and he will wear it for 4 weeks. I am ticked that this happened. This freak thing. It sucks. This kid can't catch a break.
To reinforce this point, lets go back in time....one week. Last Tuesday night we were getting ready to give Rece a bath and we take off his shirt and his Left Nipple is all red and puffy and when I touch it a pus head comes to the surface. WTH!?!?!? So me being the freaked out first time mom that I am take him in the next morning, and the doctor (whom is one of the Peds Dr.s we have never seen before) becomes very serious and tells me he has a Mastitis and "it could become very serious" if it is not treated properly. Oh wait, yes, I said Mastitis - a breast tissue infection. The doctor tells is it is "rare" but they do see it and it can occur in both boys and girls of any age. He also tells me that the "bacteria" just gets in through a pore, in this case it was a pore on his nipple. OH, and the "bacteria" are often like a staph or a MERSA. Anyway, we get antibotics, which we haven't had since Dec. (Thank You Ear Tubes) for this infection and they work like a charm, Rece wasn't even phased. When I took him back three days later to make sure the infection was gone, the Dr. kept Thanking me for brining him in. Ummmm, that is a first. Then he proceedes to tell me - he once saw a little boy with this infection and he lost half of his chest wall to the infection. Glad he didn't tell me that the first day I saw him.
Since Rece was born here is what he and we have dealt with:
-GERD
-A nasal tip hemangioma
-Cold after Cold after Flu after Cold
-250 ear infections - ok not that many but a bunch
-A mastitis
-A broken Leg
That equals out to something happening every 2.3 months. If you divide out all the terrbile colds and Flu's this winter, that drives the average down to what like every two weeks?
I actually asked Jeremy last night after we got home from the hospital - "Do you think this is God's way of telling us to only have one kid?" We laughed - but seriously. What are we doing wrong here? Rece is a GREAT kid, the perfect kid for all of this to happen to actually because he is a tropper but he deserves a break - and I do not mean another limb. And the problem is I don't know how to get him that break. I am feeling so helpless as a mom, like I can't protect my kid. This is stupid but I seriously picture his medical file at the pediatrics office, I cannot even imagine what a new doctor would think scrolling through his history. All I can imagine them saying is "what are these people doing?????"....what are we doing? Sigh.
I think I am done feeling sorry for us. Myself. Rece is still smiling.
Let me start by saying WTH? Why is our "normal", as parents with Rece a complete freakng muddle of ridiculousness and struggles?
In case you are a reader who hasn't heard, Rece broke his leg at daycare this week. YEP. BROKE IT. And I am pissed off. Not at the daycare, actually I have ZERO complaints about this place and I think the teachers are great they absolutley love him and are just as devestated as we are. They should know that for us this is just another stupid crazy thing to add to the list. And it was just that, Crazy. He was climbing on a activity center thing, similar to one we have at home, he slipped, like he does all the time because he is still learning to walk steadily and he fell on his butt. BUT, his foot got caught as he was falling and it twisted and it broke. So he has a cast and he will wear it for 4 weeks. I am ticked that this happened. This freak thing. It sucks. This kid can't catch a break.
To reinforce this point, lets go back in time....one week. Last Tuesday night we were getting ready to give Rece a bath and we take off his shirt and his Left Nipple is all red and puffy and when I touch it a pus head comes to the surface. WTH!?!?!? So me being the freaked out first time mom that I am take him in the next morning, and the doctor (whom is one of the Peds Dr.s we have never seen before) becomes very serious and tells me he has a Mastitis and "it could become very serious" if it is not treated properly. Oh wait, yes, I said Mastitis - a breast tissue infection. The doctor tells is it is "rare" but they do see it and it can occur in both boys and girls of any age. He also tells me that the "bacteria" just gets in through a pore, in this case it was a pore on his nipple. OH, and the "bacteria" are often like a staph or a MERSA. Anyway, we get antibotics, which we haven't had since Dec. (Thank You Ear Tubes) for this infection and they work like a charm, Rece wasn't even phased. When I took him back three days later to make sure the infection was gone, the Dr. kept Thanking me for brining him in. Ummmm, that is a first. Then he proceedes to tell me - he once saw a little boy with this infection and he lost half of his chest wall to the infection. Glad he didn't tell me that the first day I saw him.
Since Rece was born here is what he and we have dealt with:
-GERD
-A nasal tip hemangioma
-Cold after Cold after Flu after Cold
-250 ear infections - ok not that many but a bunch
-A mastitis
-A broken Leg
That equals out to something happening every 2.3 months. If you divide out all the terrbile colds and Flu's this winter, that drives the average down to what like every two weeks?
I actually asked Jeremy last night after we got home from the hospital - "Do you think this is God's way of telling us to only have one kid?" We laughed - but seriously. What are we doing wrong here? Rece is a GREAT kid, the perfect kid for all of this to happen to actually because he is a tropper but he deserves a break - and I do not mean another limb. And the problem is I don't know how to get him that break. I am feeling so helpless as a mom, like I can't protect my kid. This is stupid but I seriously picture his medical file at the pediatrics office, I cannot even imagine what a new doctor would think scrolling through his history. All I can imagine them saying is "what are these people doing?????"....what are we doing? Sigh.
I think I am done feeling sorry for us. Myself. Rece is still smiling.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
1 Kid and 100 Posts and Counting
This is my 100th Blog Post. I started the blog on August 31, 2008. When I went back and found that date - I couldn't believe it. 2008. Seems like forever ago. I was only 2 months pregnant for instance...and now I find it funny that I measure time, as in when an event happened, in three time buckets: before I was pregnant, when I was pregnant and after Rece was born. Since that time, I have found I enjoy blogging quite a bit, when I actually get to it, and I wish I could post more - not so every mundane detail of life could be read about by others (I have FB for that, should I so choose ;-) but for me to be able to look back and remember more about the stage that is "After Rece was Born". Time seems to have accelerated to warp speed since we started this stage of life and it sad to think there will be a time where all of the little daily memories we are making now are hard to recollect. Hopefully we will enjoy looking back and remembering our crazy life - one post at a time ;-)
Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Spoiled
Our "spring" weather has been so incredible that we have been incredibly spoiled. Easter weekend was 80+ and Sunny everyday for goodness sakes...And even since then we have had very few days that weren't 65+ and sunny. So today, being that it is the middle of April I can't help but be bummed that the weather is so cold and windy and well....seasonal. This is the kind of weather we are "supposed" to be having. Yuck.
Anyway, since I am a baseball widow today and Rece is quietly watching Yo Gabba Gabba and having a snack of milk and goldfish crackers, I thought, no better time to draft up a blog post.
So what has been going on you ask? Well lots I suppose.
Big Rece news: He started taking independent steps! He has been walking behind push toys and using a mommy or daddy finger as support for a while, but now he is doing it all by himself a few steps at a time.
He is also starting to use mini sentences - no joke here, I am no Dr. Sears or anything (and I could be a wee bit biased) but I think his vocabulary and speaking ability is pretty stellar. Jeremy and I counted about 25 "words" that he has now, and I am sure we are forgetting some. He is also putting things together: Thank You, What's That?, Where they go? He loves books and sits patiently (most mornings) waiting for mommy and daddy to get ready and reads to himself, just flipping through one board book after another. He is so social, we go to Target and he says Hi to everyone we see throughout the store and then after we have checked out he switches to Bye to everyone on the way out. This weekend the guy at Lowes said "Hey buddy, you can probably do my job" - he was the guy who hangs out at the door greets you and directs you to the department you are looking for. He also likes to tell you what is his, example the other day he took the lady at day-care's flip flop off and kept telling her "shoe, mine!". For 14 months old, I think he is a genius. But like I said I could be a little bit biased. ;-)
Other than that, we think (Rece's pediatrician and I) that Rece may have seasonal allergies, so we are trying some children's claritan to see if his symptoms improve.
Other than Rece's happenings, work has been good, busy as ever before but I like it really, I like the intensity and I feel like I get more done when the pressure is on. Jeremy is in a word "baseball". He is coaching the High School JV team and they are playing 3-4 games a week and then he is playing in two leagues which have started to "practice" - good lord ;-)
Lastly, a couple of products/things I have discovered and love lately:
Steamfresh single serve veggies - peas in particular - Rece LOVES peas. Go figure.
Green Giant "Just for One" veggies - especially Cauliflower with cheese sauce ;-)
Shutterfly Share sites - great way to share pictures without having to email them.
Kids consignment sales - I got Rece's entire summer wardrobe for next to nothing.
My new virtual wallet account at PNC - IT ROCKS!
Zyrtec and Flonase - Need them both to surrvive my allergies this time of year.
Anyway, since I am a baseball widow today and Rece is quietly watching Yo Gabba Gabba and having a snack of milk and goldfish crackers, I thought, no better time to draft up a blog post.
So what has been going on you ask? Well lots I suppose.
Big Rece news: He started taking independent steps! He has been walking behind push toys and using a mommy or daddy finger as support for a while, but now he is doing it all by himself a few steps at a time.
He is also starting to use mini sentences - no joke here, I am no Dr. Sears or anything (and I could be a wee bit biased) but I think his vocabulary and speaking ability is pretty stellar. Jeremy and I counted about 25 "words" that he has now, and I am sure we are forgetting some. He is also putting things together: Thank You, What's That?, Where they go? He loves books and sits patiently (most mornings) waiting for mommy and daddy to get ready and reads to himself, just flipping through one board book after another. He is so social, we go to Target and he says Hi to everyone we see throughout the store and then after we have checked out he switches to Bye to everyone on the way out. This weekend the guy at Lowes said "Hey buddy, you can probably do my job" - he was the guy who hangs out at the door greets you and directs you to the department you are looking for. He also likes to tell you what is his, example the other day he took the lady at day-care's flip flop off and kept telling her "shoe, mine!". For 14 months old, I think he is a genius. But like I said I could be a little bit biased. ;-)
Other than that, we think (Rece's pediatrician and I) that Rece may have seasonal allergies, so we are trying some children's claritan to see if his symptoms improve.
Other than Rece's happenings, work has been good, busy as ever before but I like it really, I like the intensity and I feel like I get more done when the pressure is on. Jeremy is in a word "baseball". He is coaching the High School JV team and they are playing 3-4 games a week and then he is playing in two leagues which have started to "practice" - good lord ;-)
Lastly, a couple of products/things I have discovered and love lately:
Steamfresh single serve veggies - peas in particular - Rece LOVES peas. Go figure.
Green Giant "Just for One" veggies - especially Cauliflower with cheese sauce ;-)
Shutterfly Share sites - great way to share pictures without having to email them.
Kids consignment sales - I got Rece's entire summer wardrobe for next to nothing.
My new virtual wallet account at PNC - IT ROCKS!
Zyrtec and Flonase - Need them both to surrvive my allergies this time of year.
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