give us a break

My birthday was June 9th and do you want to know how i spent it? At the ER with Harry. His foot was double the size of his other foot plus it was warm and the back of his leg was red and warm as well. he didn't want me to touch it so i called the pedi's office and they said to take him in to get checked out. it's a infection they said and sent us home with a antibiotic and said to return if it worsened. it's getting better after a few days on antibiotics thank God.
Now it's Ethans turn for some discomfort. he has the worst diaper rash/yeast infection and i am trying to get rid of it for him and make him feel better. I'd like to avoid a trip to the pedi's office this week if possible. so lots of naked baby time and baths. can't wait till next weekend. i have company coming. that should be a nice break.

seems to be working

today is day 7 of the new med for Harry and day 2 of the increased dose. he seem to be doing better. he sure is listening better and we are having fewer melt downs. i know it's to soon to know the full effect of it but i am beginning to feel less like a bad mommy for putting him on it. one day at a time :)

updates

sorry it's been so long since i last updated. life in our house has been crazy to say the least. So lets start with Harry.


Harry: he has been having lots of challenging behavior. he has been having out bursts of anger and it's directed at Ethan and at times me. He stomps his feet spins in circles, bangs his head on the floor or walls, he's been biting himself, screams and screeches all the time. I know it's going to be a bad day when he wakes up screaming and screeching. I made a appointment with a pediatric behavior doctor 3 hours away a few weeks back and the soonest they could get us in was Aug 17th but they put us on the cancellation list and the next day they called and said there was a opening for June 2nd. WOW. I was scrambling to find a person to trade with at work and thankfully I found someone who was willing. Harry and I left the day before and stayed at a hotel while Ethan stayed with Grandma and Papa. Our appointment went good. Harry is now on a medication to hopefully help control some of his behaviors. Medications were never my first choice but i didn't know what else to do. our insurance does not cover ABA therapy that would help but we are getting on the Wisconsin Autism waver waiting list but that's a 8-12 wait at
least. Harry also had a transition meeting for school. he is supposed to start in Oct after his 3rd birthday. How exciting for him. he was super excited to see his class room.
Recently Harry has been enjoying time outside with Papa playing on the swing and in the sandbox and taking walks with Papa. I think it's wonderful that since his dad is not a active part of his life that Papa can be there for him and i know they both enjoy it.

Ethan: He is now 10 months old and getting into EVERY THING!! It's fun to see him explore his world. I did have a scare with him Memorial day. He woke up happy and playing. but shortly after Harry got up Ethan started throwing up and I called my mom who came over very quickly. When she got here she took him and i told her what was going on more and that he looked purple to me. she said she didn't see what i was seeing but to get Harry ready and we would take Ethan to the ER. I said no I'll DJ (my niece) to come and take care of Harry. After i got DJ to come over my mom said call 911. when they got here Ethan had thrown up at least 6 times and he was now pale and non responsive. we got hooked up in the ambulance and off we went. they gave him oxygen because his stats were low. we had a paramedic intercept half way to the hospital. they attempted to put a IV in and when they poked him he barely squeaked. not my boy. I was so scared. by the time we got the hospital he had come around and after 3 hours in the hospital they sent us home still not knowing what happened but he was better and mostly back to normal.

So life to say the least has been challenging but we just take it one day at a time and at moments when it's real crazy it's one minute at a time. I hope to be better at posting updates on the boys. thanks for those who read.

Ethan first word

Ethan said mama last night. Oh what music to my ears that was to hear. I told Bobby this morning because well it's Ethans first and he cried. i know it's hard for him to miss the firsts. i did get it on video so i sent it to him so he could enjoy it as well. Ethans also trying to crawl. he has the being on his hands and knees down pat just not the moving the knees to crawl. he does more of a bunny hop . that's cute to see to. my baby is growing up way to fast.

Austism Eval update

Harry had a eval for autism on March 1st. it has been determined that he does have autism. not really sure where at on the spectrum he is but may be as time goes one we will learn more. the doctor who did the eval said that he will be putting a team of people together to come to the house 30+ hours a week to work with Harry. They think that maybe this will help him greatly and when harry turns 3 in Oct he will then be going to school. well at least that's the plan for now. a lot can happen in a few short months. I also have a appointment with social security on March 16th to sign harry up for SSI.

Happy Valentines day

Just wanted to say Happy Valentines day. I plan on spending it with 2 of the most special little men in my life, Harry and Ethan, at least they love me unconditionally. tomorrow i plan on getting discounted chocolate and sweet tarts, yummy.

finaIIy updating

Sorry it's taken me so long to update. life has been pretty crazy around here lately.

Harry: he's been going through a lot of things lately. He's been in speech therapy since November and we have found out that he has sensory issues with eating and hearing which explains why it's so hard to get him to eat. It has also been mentioned that Harry is showing signs of Autism. So he has a evaluation on March 1st. They come to the house which is nice. Harry will also be having a evaluation for OT on Feb 17th and he's seeing his pedi and ent on the 15th. It saddens me to see my baby so frustrated . He's been doing some head banging so he now has a helmet which seems to be helping.

Ethan: he's growing like a weed. I can't believe he's going to be 7 months soon. wow has time gone by so fast. He's starting to try and crawl and is babbling more each day. he thinks his brother is funny and laughs at him hysterically. so funny to hear, too.

Other: Mittens is our newest family member. he's a good kitty to. the boys love him and he follows harry around and plays with Ethan on the floor.

Bobby and i are talking and trying to work things out or see if theres even a chance of working things out. we are taking it very slow and it may be several more months before we even move back in with each other.

so i hope you are all doing good. going to post some pics soon as well.

hello all i'm back

forgot to update that i was back on here. i should really do a update but can't right now. i will update on whats been going on in our life soon.