A brief update

This was copied from my Aug boards so I didn't have to retype ;)

As for my thrush. Went to my Dr on Mon and he was completely stupid. Said it wasn't thrush, don't let the baby eat so often (use a pacifier or something) and use lanolin on it.. Went to Kai's 6mo appt on Tuesday (we're a month behind around here LOL He turned 7mo on Sat!!) and doc says yup he's got yeast in his mouth and gave me prescriptions for nipple cream and mouth drops. My right nipple still hurts and stings like a son of a gun when he latches on because it cracked really badly across the top but it does seem to be doing better. The left nipple is MUCh better and almost no pain when we nurse. Kailer is definitely my mini man and weighed in at a whopping 13lb8oz. Up a whole 3oz in a month. This is concerning me, but he's still developing so I'm not going to stress too badly about it right now. He measured at 25 1/4in tall but when I try to put him on our growth chart at home he's still under the 24in mark and they never measure him accurately so he's on the little side. The reason they are getting concerned is he went from 25% to 10% to 5% now and they don't like to see them dropping like that... although if they'd caught his "rotavirus" or whatever he had and didn't let him have the runs for 2 months straight maybe he wouldn't have dropped so badly!!! The dr suggested supplementing with formula which I refuse to do. He asked if he seemed content when he was done nursing and I told him he always does! He wanted me to give 1-2oz of formula after nursing him and I said probably won't do that. If he acted hungry and my boobies were empty then I would supplement, but these puppies are full of milk and he's the one that quits eating and starts playing/laughing/smiling at me so I'm sure he's eating enough. I am going to up his solids a bit. I was doing cereal/jar food every few days and now I"m trying to do it at least once a night, but he his is still mostly on breastmilk at this point. He does love to see me coming at him with that bowl of food and gets very excited! He has finally mastered sitting on his own and grabbing things very well to pull towards his mouth. He loves to sit on the floor and swat at toys and toss them around while talking to them It's adorable for Mommy to watch! He also decided to start saying dadadadadada this week. This week was a big week for him! He sat on his own the first time March 17th but it wasn't until this week that he's really mastered it and doesn't fall over when he turns to look at someone or something, and now he's making new sounds, the dadadada and he also is making grunting noises when he wants to "talk" to us. I just love it! He got 4 shots and took them like a champ!! He cried each time they poked him, but stopped in between all of them and also stopped crying immediately after she pulled the last needle out. I was worried that he'd be extremely grumpy for the funeral and trip out of town but he did great! I was a proud Momma

As for Kaeden's arm... I gave him Ibuprofin and Tylenol and he still wouldn't use it, said it hurt, etc. Decided I'd just have the Dr look at it when I took Kai in that afternoon instead of taking him to Urgent Care. We stopped at Steven's work on the way out of town and about 5min after he got out of the van he was running around playing and using it and told me it was all better! Strangest thing... I'm wondering if it had to do with his tendon problem in his thumb? I'll have to ask his physical therapist. I'm just thankful that it seemed to fix itself and it wasn't anything major, although it does concern me that it caused him that much pain yet nothing happened that we know of to make it hurt that badly!

Well Daddy is working on bathing the girls before it's time for Melissa to pick them up so I'm gonna end this long update Thanks for reading and I"ll try to post some great pics of Kailer Quintin and Kaeden from this weekend


Just to add to this, my Grandma Frieda passed away Wed March 29th 2006. It was a sad day, but I know her suffering is over. She lived 91 1/2 yrs and had a very full life. I hope she is in a better place watching over everyone, but especially her new Great Grandbabies that she did not get the chance to know very well but loved to pieces! This Wed, April 5th we all went to Lewiston Id for her service. It was a nice service, it was wonderful to see family that we have not seen in a long time. I had a great visit with my Daddy Wed night when I took the boys over to see him for a couple of hours. It's not very often that my Dad and I can sit down and just enjoy eachother and it was great that we got to do that. No arguments, no fighting, and not too many lectures ;)

Jared and Tammy came up this weekend so that Jared could apply for another job with the County up here and we're all crossing our fingers that he has better luck this time around! I love hanging out with him Tammy and quintin. Growing up we always got along great, but in the past year or two we've grown extremely close and it's like I've got a new best friend. I love how well the 4 of us (Steven, Me, Jared and Tammy) all get along and I love just being with them. I would be ecstatic if he got the job and moved up here so we could spend more time together. Everytime either of us goes to the other's house we never want to go home! Steven and I have even stayed Sun night and driven home at the crack of dawn for work Mon morning after Steven and I were there too late helping Jared put carpet down on his stairs... And Jared and Tammy have stayed or come when they had no plans to do so and we have a wonderful time everytime! This weekend they were going to go home Sat night and they started helping us re-arrange and shampoo our living room. Next thing I know Jared started helping Steven switch my sattelite around so I could have surround sound on my regular TV and the project turned into an all nighter so they did not make it home until today BUT I HAVE MY TV FIXED YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well enough typing for now, I've got some awesome pics to share and will try to do so later this evening. So much for a brief update huh? lol