We took Nathaniel to the doctor for a follow-up to the x-ray he had last week. She listened to his lungs and checked him out thoroughly, and she said he looked good. He got a second x-ray (no piggostat this time, Patrick held him) and his lung looked much clearer than it did last time. Praise God! She did say that he has about a 33% chance of developing asthma, so that is definitely a subject for continuing prayer.
Thank you all for your kind support while we’ve all been under the weather.
Timothy is very into trains right now. He watches the trains go by on the track conveniently located beside our house. We bought him some new board books this weekend, and one of them was about trains. Daddy read the train book to Timothy. They also read one of his current favorite books, Touch and Feel Farm. When they get to the page that says “Pat the piglet’s pink spongy nose,” Timothy likes to find a real nose and pat that too!
Molly also got in on the fun, chasing Timothy down and kissing him. Finally Timothy had enough and pushed her away.
The past ten days have been very difficult. First, I started coughing uncontrollably and was diagnosed with bronchitis. Then Timothy developed a cough and runny nose and was diagnosed with croup. Finally, on this past Friday, Nathaniel developed a cough and congestion. We brought him in to the pediatrician’s office on Friday evening because he is so young. The PA that we saw said he was doing fine at that point, but to keep an eye on him. On Saturday his cough worsened, then on Sunday morning his cough and congestion were giving him slight breathing trouble. We made him an appointment and took him in on Sunday morning to see another PA at the doctor’s office. His pulse oximetry was 91, which is a little low. He also had to get a chest x-ray taken. I nearly cried when we put him in the piggostat! The chest x-ray showed a little irritation in one lung, and the PA diagnosed him as having bronchiolitis. He had a nebulizer treatment in the office, after which his pulse/ox was 100. We had a nebulizer delivered to our house, and we gave him treatments every four to six hours until bedtime.
The next day, we went in for a follow-up appointment with our regular pediatrician. She checked him out thoroughly and said that he was doing just fine by that time. His pulse/ox was 98. Fortunately, this health scare was not too serious and she said his cough should go away in a few days. What a wonderful answer to prayer!
I know it’s hard to see, but he does have blue teeth in one picture. I’m so glad crayons are non-toxic.
So many updates…where do I start? Well, we bade a fond farewell to Patrick’s mother this week, and now we are on our own. Yikes! Actually, it is going well. Nathaniel is sleeping through the night…may I repeat that…NATHANIEL IS SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT! The amount of sleep we are getting is keeping us sane. I wake up in the morning, usually between 6 and 6:30, feed Nathaniel, then put him back to bed (he likes to sleep in after breakfast), feed Timothy, then play the day away!
Timothy has begun to color with crayons. Auntie Ashley suggested that we purchase washable crayons, so we have done just that. Here is a picture of Timothy’s first masterpiece:
We think it’s pretty good. Notice that his main work is in dots, because he likes to pound the crayons into the paper, but he is exploring with some lines as well. We’ve sent in some samples to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, but for some reason we haven’t heard back. I’m sure their response got lost in the mail.
Nathaniel and Timothy had their two month and fifteen month doctor’s checkups, respectively. Nathaniel is 24 inches long and 10 lbs 8 oz. He’s grown four inches since birth! He is a little low on the weight curve, but our doctor said she thinks he’s doing just fine, but we should make sure he continues to gain weight, of course. Timothy is 33.5 inches tall, and 27 lbs 6 oz. What a big boy! (He loves to say “big boy” by the way.) I can’t believe our first baby is already almost three feet tall. The doctor was impressed with his ability to put two and three words together into phrases, and she was glad that he is doing a little bit of walking (which he is working on improving every day now). She was also pleased that he is drinking out of a straw cup exclusively. In fact, he loves to walk and crawl around with one hanging out of his mouth!
Nathaniel is quite a smiley boy right now, but it is hard to catch on camera. We’re still working on that, but rest assured, he has a very cute toothless grin!
Special thanks to Abbey, Brent, and Brendan for a special CD: It’s a Big World by Renee and Jeremy. I listened to it this morning during Nathaniel’s first morning feeding, and it was very calm and relaxing. I think it will be a great CD for our quiet morning feedings!
Sometimes Nathaniel has a little trouble settling down during while the rest of us eat dinner, so Patrick recently stumbled upon the perfect CD to put him to sleep in his swing. It is Space Age Bachelor Pad Music by Stereolab. It’s a weird title, but the CD is very mellow.
Timothy has some special music as well: he likes anything from Fatboy Slim. We play that in the car if he is getting tired and fussy.
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