*well the Dr didn't call Monday but Tuesday. Dean was off his med since Saturday so he pretty much went back to his normal. She called tues and referred him to the ent and a speech specialist. That is to check anatomically to make sure things are going down properly.
*the last few weeks, dean it's a very into boxes!! Perfect distraction haha.
*this week he has really discovered tags. Haha I knew it would come eventually.
*Thursday we went to the ent and he decided to clip Dean's tongue. He definitely cried but not like with shots. It wasn't the cry where they don't breathe. It was a more mature, sad cry. I nursed him immediately and he would go off and on with nursing and crying for a few minutes and then he was ok. Later nursing seemed to hurt and was a bit of a struggle for him but then he did ok later. The next day, Friday, I made the mistake of stretching it right before nursing. It hurt to nurse so it was a struggle. Since then, I've been stretching it after, when he's full and happy and he recovers very quickly. So quickly that I'm worried I'm not doing a good job stretching it... But he seems to nurse for shorter and I haven't pumped to see if he can still last three hours-I'm hoping he is more efficient now and that's why he does the shorter time. For the most part it might be true. However, last night was not fun. He ate great before bed so he went three hours. But then he kept only eating 5 minutes or so and then would get up every 1 1/2 to 2 hours. And I could not get him to eat longer. Lips pursed, head turned. And a few times it took more to get him back to sleep. I can't complain though because after his bed time feeding, we stretched his tongue, which woke him up. He was so wide awake and perky, I laid him down to wait til he played it out. I've done this a couple times to conserve my energy (usually I bounce him through the hyper stage up to the tired fussy stage, and then I'm soo tired of bouncing. Now I lay him down until he gets fussy and is more ready) but once in a great while lately, he will find the monitor camera which has red lights, he will stare until he falls asleep. He put himself to sleep last night at bedtime, so again, I can't complain. I know it will take time before I know if this helps or not but either way, I don't regret it because at least I know. That might make me a bad mom, but I saw a quote the other week that said something about motherhood and doing the right thong even when we don't know what the right thing is.
*we went to the zoo with Katie and ruby on Friday and he was so good the whole time. And such a tender mercy, it had been 4 hours and on the way home, traffic was the worst I've experienced with him in the car-he slept the entire way home. I was so so grateful because it could have been a disaster.
*we went for a walk along the waterfront and over bridges on Tuesday with Emily and Reagan. It was really cold but nice. Half way through though, dean got upset so we had to run the rest. I was fine with that since I wanted to run anyway. But Emily didn't even have a jogger stroller so I felt bad. She was so nice about it though. It was her idea even (to run).
*Halloween! Tuesday night we went to our old wards trunk or treat. It was fun to see friends! KR and Dean wore lettermans jackets and I was a fifties cheerleader.
We got lots of compliments. It was really fun. And I'm glad we did that since we didn't do anything on actual Halloween. We watched Charlie Brown. But we didn't even carve pumpkins this year and I'm kind of grumpy over it. KR was just too busy.
*speaking of that, KR finished the first half of this rotation on Friday. He has the whole weekend off and doesn't start Monday until like 10. The next five weeks aren't on the hill but at st. Vincent's (where Dean was born!) So hes going to have to drive. We are grateful for the second car at times like this. The downside to this next half is that he still has 6 days a week but we never know which day will be off. Hard to plan plus.I will have to do Sunday's alone and he will miss church. Oh well, we'll get through it!
*the last few weeks, dean it's a very into boxes!! Perfect distraction haha.
*this week he has really discovered tags. Haha I knew it would come eventually.
*Thursday we went to the ent and he decided to clip Dean's tongue. He definitely cried but not like with shots. It wasn't the cry where they don't breathe. It was a more mature, sad cry. I nursed him immediately and he would go off and on with nursing and crying for a few minutes and then he was ok. Later nursing seemed to hurt and was a bit of a struggle for him but then he did ok later. The next day, Friday, I made the mistake of stretching it right before nursing. It hurt to nurse so it was a struggle. Since then, I've been stretching it after, when he's full and happy and he recovers very quickly. So quickly that I'm worried I'm not doing a good job stretching it... But he seems to nurse for shorter and I haven't pumped to see if he can still last three hours-I'm hoping he is more efficient now and that's why he does the shorter time. For the most part it might be true. However, last night was not fun. He ate great before bed so he went three hours. But then he kept only eating 5 minutes or so and then would get up every 1 1/2 to 2 hours. And I could not get him to eat longer. Lips pursed, head turned. And a few times it took more to get him back to sleep. I can't complain though because after his bed time feeding, we stretched his tongue, which woke him up. He was so wide awake and perky, I laid him down to wait til he played it out. I've done this a couple times to conserve my energy (usually I bounce him through the hyper stage up to the tired fussy stage, and then I'm soo tired of bouncing. Now I lay him down until he gets fussy and is more ready) but once in a great while lately, he will find the monitor camera which has red lights, he will stare until he falls asleep. He put himself to sleep last night at bedtime, so again, I can't complain. I know it will take time before I know if this helps or not but either way, I don't regret it because at least I know. That might make me a bad mom, but I saw a quote the other week that said something about motherhood and doing the right thong even when we don't know what the right thing is.
*we went to the zoo with Katie and ruby on Friday and he was so good the whole time. And such a tender mercy, it had been 4 hours and on the way home, traffic was the worst I've experienced with him in the car-he slept the entire way home. I was so so grateful because it could have been a disaster.
*we went for a walk along the waterfront and over bridges on Tuesday with Emily and Reagan. It was really cold but nice. Half way through though, dean got upset so we had to run the rest. I was fine with that since I wanted to run anyway. But Emily didn't even have a jogger stroller so I felt bad. She was so nice about it though. It was her idea even (to run).
*Halloween! Tuesday night we went to our old wards trunk or treat. It was fun to see friends! KR and Dean wore lettermans jackets and I was a fifties cheerleader.
We got lots of compliments. It was really fun. And I'm glad we did that since we didn't do anything on actual Halloween. We watched Charlie Brown. But we didn't even carve pumpkins this year and I'm kind of grumpy over it. KR was just too busy.
*speaking of that, KR finished the first half of this rotation on Friday. He has the whole weekend off and doesn't start Monday until like 10. The next five weeks aren't on the hill but at st. Vincent's (where Dean was born!) So hes going to have to drive. We are grateful for the second car at times like this. The downside to this next half is that he still has 6 days a week but we never know which day will be off. Hard to plan plus.I will have to do Sunday's alone and he will miss church. Oh well, we'll get through it!
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You guys are so cute! Sorry about your little man's little procedure. They are so resilient, though. Love reading this update on your family!
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