Archive for December, 2015

2015
31
Dec
17:13

leaps and bounds

   Posted by: arcanai    in the turkey

it seems like the turkey has been amazing us left and right lately.  within the last few weeks, he has mastered colors and shapes and countless objects.  he has started to say more words… most heartwarmingly was an unprompted “home” when we got back from vacation a few weeks ago.  he has started to take more interest in his chunky puzzles and we are working on numbers and letters.  it is just incredible to see how much he soaks up even though he can’t really communicate it yet.

of course, since we spent most of the month off schedule due to vacations and family and holidays, we’re also going through some rough patches behaviorally. I have the hardest time getting him to drink milk any more.  and since he also decided to start boycotting water, we ended up having to finally introduce juice just to keep him from dehydrating.  now the little twerp walks around the house asking for “tzssss”.  he’s also started growling “mom” when he’s upset (like when i’m making him drink his milk) and swatting undesired foods/drinks away. we’re working through it while trying to get him adjusted back to our normal schedule but it sure is frustrating.  it’s a good thing God made him so daggum cute!

2015
29
Dec
22:47

at least we had a good Christmas

   Posted by: arcanai    in the turkey

hubby and I joked on as we went to bed Christmas eve that it would be our last restful one… the turkey must have heard us and decided to give us some practice for future crack-o-early Christmases. around 02:30, he started fussing in his bed.  when we went out to dinner after church, he gobbled down a bunch of onions (as I was carefully picking them out of my food because *blech*) so I had given him some gripe water when we got home and figured he was just having some gas discomfort.  by 03:00 he was crying so I went to check him out and give him some gas drops.  when I picked him up, he was burning up.  so some snuggling while waiting for the Tylenol to bring down his fever and gas drops to ease his tummy… we all got back to sleep around 05:00.  he continued to run a fever (high 102s) all Christmas day but he didn’t have any other symptoms of any kind and it didn’t really seem to be bothering him much. he opened gifts and played and had a great time with friends.

Saturday, he sounded hoarse when I got him up in the morning but that’s not entirely unusual since he tends to sleep with his butt in the air and his face pressed into the mattress and wakes up stuffy a lot.  by 09:00, he started with the classic croup seal cough.  we spent 45 minutes playing in the steamy bathroom trying to get him some ease but it seemed like he was getting worse.  by the time we left the bathroom, he seemed to be laboring to breathe.  he fell asleep on my chest on the couch for about an hour and when he woke up, he was sucking his whole chest in trying to catch breath.  we decided to go to the urgent care.

you really walk a fine line when you’re a first time parent.  you don’t want to be one of those crazy people who runs to the dr for every sniffle but it’s terrifying to think of the consequences if you ignore something serious.

by the time he was seen by the pa, his fever was up to 104.7 and his sats were down to 90-91 (89 is where they start giving supplemental oxygen).  the pa was obviously concerned and put a call into the on-call dr.  twenty minutes later, the dr came in and immediately stated that he was admitting the turkey to the hospital.

it wasn’t the most fun holiday weekend but, thankfully, it wasn’t as bad as it could have been.  steroids and breathing treatments fixed him right up.  the first 30+ hours, he was NPO and on IV steroids.  he laid around and cuddled and displayed general malaise.  the second day, the dr decided to try taking him off the steroids to and kept him another night to make sure that he didn’t backslide without them.  by Monday morning, he was definitely getting back to his usual self.  we had a heck of a time keeping him from tearing up that hospital room.

as far as hospitalizations, i’m glad it was a “non-serious” one.  and the pediatric unit and nurses were terrific.  here’s hoping that we never have to spend another night there again though!

my poor one-armed turkey

2015
3
Dec
23:06

15+ months old

   Posted by: arcanai    in da belly, pix, the turkey

3 Dec 2015

2015
2
Dec
15:18

Negative

   Posted by: arcanai    in the sequel

I really thought it was going to be positive.  Between the acne-like rash, nausea, inability to eat, migraines, extreme emotions… And four day late period.  But I guess it’s not time yet.  I trust you, God.

2015
2
Dec
12:56

k-i-s-s-i-n-g

   Posted by: arcanai    in happy things, the turkey

The turkey has been doing better lately about giving out kisses when prompted. He’ll even give me an Eskimo kiss occasionally when I ask (and man do I wish my dad was here to see that!). Last night, while we were saying bedtime prayer, he kept hitting me in the ear. I didn’t know what he was trying to do. I thought he was  just playing with my ear. I finally figured out that he was trying to turn my head so that he could kiss my cheek. Just because he wanted to.  Cue tears.