Bullets again! What we've been up to!

- We did end up up for Gymboree class and Tyler really enjoys it! The class is on Saturdays and not too far from home.

- Tyler had to attend his first funeral last week, for his great-grandfather Clyde Gray. He was very good for the whirlwind trip to Richmond & back, and he was great with his Grammy Kay.

- Knock wood, he's been healthy even with his umpteen teeth coming in!

- We saw a Physical Therapist this past week for consultation on his walking (or, more correctly, not walking). We had noticed that his feet turning in seem to hamper his walking, and the PT agreed with us. We are going to start with new shoes and exercises at home and go back to PT in a week.

- Tyler loves Bubble Guppies (on Nick)! We have several episodes recorded and each and every time we put on on he gets really excited.

- He's getting more and more words now....very exciting to watch him process when we ask him something!

Ear Infection again!?!?!

So Tyler was on antibiotics (Augmentin) for 10 days and that cleared up his ear infections from the last post. For about 3 days. Sigh.

We went in for our 2-week check up on the ears last Wednesday. Dr. Gessner looked at both ears and said they were clear. HOORAY, right!?!?

Thursday night he was feeling warm so we took his temperature - fever. Other than that virus he had at the beginning of April the only reason he gets a fever is ear infection. We kept him home from daycare Friday and kept him on tylenol for the fever. We called the pediatrician Friday evening and she said it would be best to get him in to their office in the morning so we did. One ear was clear but his right ear was a mess. Now we're on another, stronger antibiotic (Omnicef) and hopefully that will do the trick. I really want one of those ear scopes myself so I can check him!!

The meds seem to have helped so I think we're on the mend. At least I hope so!

I am a Terrible Mom!

So yeah, teething? Could be, but the main reason he was so fussy was an ear infection in BOTH EARS!! :(

We went to his 15-month appt a week ago yesterday, and everything went great - except the ear infection thing. He had goop in his eyes too, so we asked the pediatrician about that. Turns out the ears + eye goop = one feisty infection that has to be treated by Augmentin. We just finished that and I think it did the trick. But now, I'm not so confident....good thing we have the follow-up appt next week!

I felt terrible about the ear thing. Glad he seems no worse for the wear!

In other news, daycare is going well. They have water days on Fridays and he *really* enjoys that. He's been eating well - generally not a huge fan of pasta but today he wanted some of my spaghetti and seemed to like it so maybe we're getting over that.

We also took him to a class at Gymboree Play & Music. Very similar to Little Gym, but he seemed to like it more - not sure if he was just in a better mood or what. They offer a 10-class deal and we're going to sign up for that this coming weekend. He seemed to enjoy crawling around and meeting the other kids. Fun fun!

Day 1 in the Toddler Room

Today was Tyler's first full day in the Toddler room and it went pretty well. His teachers don't get in until 9 so I drop him off to the floaters, but that works out ok and I like the floaters a lot. I mentioned to one of them that we had a hat for him to wear outside and they remembered to get it for him when they went out to play. Drop off is a lot more busy in the Toddler room, so it consequently is a faster process than what we're used to.

He didn't eat well today but that's because he's not a huge fan of pasta and they had Mac & Cheese. They generally don't have something else - because they want them to eat what's offered - and since Tyler eats the snacks well we are ok with it. Soon he will realize that he's gotta eat. And until then we know he'll eat when he gets home (and he sure did today). The teacher also remarked that if they are hungry they won't sleep, and he napped GREAT today.

He knows several of the kids in this room from when they were in the infant program together. His journal has some really cute pictures of him and those kids, including one of him and another girl holding hands at lunch!!

Funny stories from today:

- He and his buddy Tristan know each other and hang out a lot. Apparently today they were outside and he crawled over to Tristan (who is walking) and didn't like that Tristan was standing up and he wasn't, so he went and got one of the walking toys so he could stand too. Smart kid!

- he napped great today, like I mentioned. He's been sleeping on a cot the last 3 days of last week and transitioned fine to it (helps that we have one at home). Today he was snoozing and Tristan came over and woke him up. We saw that last week on the video last week too, made us giggle!

- Then he and Tristan were seated for snacktime. They were sitting across from each other at a rectangular table, just the 2 of them. Reminded me of 2 old men sitting at a table about to play checkers; too funny!

We also had a great holiday weekend, except Tyler was teething. He seriously has a mouth full of teeth! He had a slight fever, was drooling all over the place, chewed his fingers and pulled on his ears. Caused some teary crying episodes but once we broke out the Orajel swabs all was well.

Tomorrow morning is our 15 month appt!

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Latest Feeding Therapy and more updates

We had what was probably our last (or maybe 2nd-to-last) feeding therapy appt yesterday. As always we bring food that he does well with and food that he doesn't do so well with. However, he was very interested in eating all of it, proving Mom & Dad wrong once again....Anyway, he was slow to learn to chew really well but has totally gotten the hang of that and chews great now. The Feeding Therapist was very impressed with his progress, gave us a few recommendations, and said we don't need to go back again unless we just want to check in with her in 6-8 weeks.

Tyler's been doing great on the eating front. This week they are having him in the Toddler Room 2 hours per day, including lunchtime, and he's eating like a champ. Today they had chicken nuggets (which are tough for him since he's a slow chewer), but he ate enough. Monday he ate 1.5 of the cornbread muffins at breakfast and 2 servings of lunch (chicken stir-fry). We were amazed.

Daycare has officially set his transition day to the Toddler Room as 5/31. YAY! He's not walking yet but I would not be surprised if he's walking relatively soon after the transition since most of the kids over there are walking.

Tyler got his first haircut on Mother's Day. We went over to Snip-It's in Brier Creek, and it's totally kid-centric. The only thing Tyler fussed about was the cape they tried to put on him so we went without that and it went fine. We had the big camera and video to record the moment, and they gave us a clipping of his hair. Got some great photos too.

We also got him bigger shoes this past weekend - kiddos feet are growing slowly but surely. We had a coupon so we ended up getting him 2 pairs, so he's ready for any occaision now.

And did i mention that we are now a bottle-free household? So glad not to have to wash those Doc Brown bottles with a gazillion parts each. Sippy cups go in the dishwasher.

And as a mom of a reflux-y baby, it's so nice to do his laundry every week or so! For a while there we were doing it daily, so this is a much needed change.

And those are all the updates I can think of for now......

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Eating more & more!

Tyler got over his virus just a day or two after our last post. We also figured out that he had two molars come in when we weren't looking, plus another tooth. He had a stomach bug last weekend which resulted in a lot of stinky diapers. There had been a bug going around daycare and We had to have our turn.....But now he's over that and doing great.

On the eating front...Tyler's been eating more and more these past few weeks. We have them offer him whatever they are having at daycare and he seems to pick and choose what he'll eat. We noticed that he really started eating their food right after daycare had me put his baby food containers in the cabinet (where he could not see it) instead of his cubby (where he could see it). Not sure if him seeing it has abything to do with it or not but it sure is a coincedence. Some of the things he's eaten are: taco salad, chicken, ham sandwich, goldfish, nutri grain bars, toddler mum mums, cheeseburger, rice krispie treat, jello, fish sticks, tater tots, french fries, and chicken nuggets. We're continuing to offer him food to see what he'll take!

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rough night

Rough couple of days here..After we picked Tyler up from daycare Friday we noticed he felt a little hot. Took his temp and it was almost 103, so we went over to Urgent Care. They were able to see us relatively quickly and we were diagnosed with really nothing but an RX for an antibiotic. I went to fill the prescripton then came home. Tyler was asleep by the time I got home with the RX, so we were going to start it in the morning. Eric and I got to talking and neither of us felt comfortable with the disgnosis from that doctor - it seemed like he came in with a decision of what he was going to do and nothing would change his mind. He didn't see any evidence of an ear infection, said we probably have RSV (even though it's very late in the season for that), and said to take the antibiotic even though if it WAS RSV it wouldn't help (the V stands for virus....). We also were concerned about having him on another antibiotic and he didn't seem to care about that. So we kept Tyler on baby advil to manage the fever.

Saturday morning his fever went even higher so we called our pediatrician and they were able to see us. The doctor on call was one of the ones we really like, very experienced and good with patients. So, she checked him out and didn't see anything in his ears. She noted how late it was in the season to be RSV, and got a white blood count to see if he had an infection. WBC was normal so she says he has a virus. No need for the antibiotic, keep him on ibuprofen, and he will probably be over it in 2-3 days. We felt so much better after seeing her - she said we were smart not to give the antibiotic and to get in to see them today.

Yesterday was still rough. He was fussy and tired and just not himself. He slept a lot, but would get super sweaty then wake up with the chills. He ate pretty well, thank goodness. It was a scary day and we almost ended up going to the ER at one point during the chills. That continued overnight but he woke up this morning feeling much better temp-wise, so we're hoping we're over the worst of it. Cross your fingers.

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