Well, remember my last post about Wyatt being sick again and we thought it was his teeth that were coming in. That was part of it but he definately has another ear infection. So we have gone almost a month between ear infections this time. I think a lot of that has to do with the Claritan that he has been taking every morning since his last ear infection ended.
The doctor said he would give us a referral for the ENT but said something to consider is that Wyatt is about 2 years old and Spring is coming around the corner. There tends to more ear problems in the Fall and Winter and the weather change could help his infections and the fact that he could be about ready to grow out of the ear infection stage are weighing heavily on my mind. If he continues to have ear problems in the Spring then we would know for sure that the problem is his ears.
This has to be the hardest part of being a parent. I don't want him to be in pain or stunt his learning with plugged up ears and being doped up on medicine all the time but I don't want to put him through a surgery. I know it's a small and out patient surgery but it's still a surgery. I haven't even had a surgery, let alone letting my small baby boy have one. Who knows?! Only time will tell at this point and once Mike gets home from his work trip and we are able to talk more about this situation we can come to some sort of consensus about what should happen.
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Wednesday, February 23
Sunday, February 20
Week Recap
Well this was another jam-packed week like usual but it seemed to only be compounded by the fact that Wyatt was getting sicker by the day. Wednesday and Thursday were Parent/Teacher Conferences for our school district which meant late nights and no seeing him before he went to bed. Of course on Wednesday I got a call from his school saying that I needed to pick him up because he was sick and had a fever. (Side note: Wyatt has been on Claritan since January and so far no ear infections since starting it.) So I left school with two hours left and picked him up and stayed with him until Mike's dad could come over and watch him until Mike got home. Once Joe came over I sped back to school for my 7 conferences.
Thursday morning came and I took Wyatt to Grandma Audry's for the day because I just didn't want to chance taking him to daycare and then getting a call later on and being stuck with what to do and how to do it in very little time. After a long day of conferences I headed home to Mike and Wyatt and found out that he wasn't getting much better. We thought it was his teeth because he has 3 more teeth breaking through, bringing our count up to 16 teeth, but since it is now the weekend and is still in a very crabby and uncooperative mood I'm going to say that he is officially sick. With what, I don't know but it's not just teeth.
My mom came over on Saturday and spent the night with us and saw Wyatt at his worst. He wouldn't eat anything, crabby, and super tired. Whatever is going on I hope he gets over it before Tuesday because Mike is heading out of town for the week!! Oi!!
Today we spent a majority, 4 hours, outside playing in the wonderful sun and the hurricane-like winds. The winds tamed down this afternoon and we headed to the backyard and got some yard work done. I started cleaning all the dried yucky leaves from around the house and raking the yard. Mike pulled up the garden from last year and burned some brush. Wyatt did great playing in the backyard with Powder running around like an idiot. He helped me scoop leaves and even swept off the slab for me when I was done. He also really enjoyed discovering Powder's dog run and house. In fact he spent more time in her house than she did. We didn't get everything done but we got a good start. Maybe if the weather is nice we can work on it some more later this week.
Thursday morning came and I took Wyatt to Grandma Audry's for the day because I just didn't want to chance taking him to daycare and then getting a call later on and being stuck with what to do and how to do it in very little time. After a long day of conferences I headed home to Mike and Wyatt and found out that he wasn't getting much better. We thought it was his teeth because he has 3 more teeth breaking through, bringing our count up to 16 teeth, but since it is now the weekend and is still in a very crabby and uncooperative mood I'm going to say that he is officially sick. With what, I don't know but it's not just teeth.
My mom came over on Saturday and spent the night with us and saw Wyatt at his worst. He wouldn't eat anything, crabby, and super tired. Whatever is going on I hope he gets over it before Tuesday because Mike is heading out of town for the week!! Oi!!
Today we spent a majority, 4 hours, outside playing in the wonderful sun and the hurricane-like winds. The winds tamed down this afternoon and we headed to the backyard and got some yard work done. I started cleaning all the dried yucky leaves from around the house and raking the yard. Mike pulled up the garden from last year and burned some brush. Wyatt did great playing in the backyard with Powder running around like an idiot. He helped me scoop leaves and even swept off the slab for me when I was done. He also really enjoyed discovering Powder's dog run and house. In fact he spent more time in her house than she did. We didn't get everything done but we got a good start. Maybe if the weather is nice we can work on it some more later this week.
Friday, January 21
20-months old
Wyatt is now 20-months old and he has been growing so much in the last couple of months it is crazy!
We have hit some new milestones, such as talking! He is jabbering up a storm. He has added these words to his vocabulary: blue, green, cheese, tractor, truck, one, two, three, poppa, and milk. I'm sure there are others but these are the ones that stick out to me right now. He can pretty much "say" anything you say by mimicking it back to you but double syllables and words that begin with "r" and "l" are a little tricky.
He is weighing in at a whopping 23 pounds! We never thought we would see the day that he would reach 20 let alone 23 pounds. His favorite foods are: cereal, chicken nuggets, green beans, pizza, meatloaf muffins, macaroni, tropical fruit cups, grapes, applesauce, crackers, and yogurt. He will pretty much try anything we are eating but that doesn't always means he will like it. Although he is a pretty big fan of being fed by anyone but him.
Wyatt is also a big fan of the following activities: playing with play-doh, racing cars, drawing, running, reading, and tumbling!
He also has 13 teeth now. The two teeth that he has been working on since Thanksgiving have finally broken through!!! :)
Wyatt is also going on ear infection #3, in a row. He is taking a stronger medicine now and we will be following that up with starting a regimin of Clariten allergy meds to help with the blockage in his sinus passages. Fingers crossed that the allergy meds are what we need for no more ear infections!
Here's a pic of Wyatt riding his dinosaur rocker after his bath tonight!
We have hit some new milestones, such as talking! He is jabbering up a storm. He has added these words to his vocabulary: blue, green, cheese, tractor, truck, one, two, three, poppa, and milk. I'm sure there are others but these are the ones that stick out to me right now. He can pretty much "say" anything you say by mimicking it back to you but double syllables and words that begin with "r" and "l" are a little tricky.
He is weighing in at a whopping 23 pounds! We never thought we would see the day that he would reach 20 let alone 23 pounds. His favorite foods are: cereal, chicken nuggets, green beans, pizza, meatloaf muffins, macaroni, tropical fruit cups, grapes, applesauce, crackers, and yogurt. He will pretty much try anything we are eating but that doesn't always means he will like it. Although he is a pretty big fan of being fed by anyone but him.
Wyatt is also a big fan of the following activities: playing with play-doh, racing cars, drawing, running, reading, and tumbling!
He also has 13 teeth now. The two teeth that he has been working on since Thanksgiving have finally broken through!!! :)
Wyatt is also going on ear infection #3, in a row. He is taking a stronger medicine now and we will be following that up with starting a regimin of Clariten allergy meds to help with the blockage in his sinus passages. Fingers crossed that the allergy meds are what we need for no more ear infections!
Here's a pic of Wyatt riding his dinosaur rocker after his bath tonight!
Yep, he's naked!
Friday, July 9
Allergic
We may have found the first food that Wyatt is allergic to. We were eating lunch the other day and I gave Wyatt a little bit of ranch dressing to dip his cucumber slices in and he had gotten it all over his lips and cheeks. When I went to wipe it off it left a red mark where the dressing had been. It was super red and took about 30 minutes to go completely away. I took his plate and got rid of the rest of the ranch and then watched him carefully to see if there was any other reaction but he appeared okay and nothing unusual just the redness on his face. Who knew that someone could be allergic to ranch? Pretty weird. So we'll try ranch again but in a much smaller dose and a few months from now. We'll see!
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