Saturday, January 16, 2010
Pictures Finally
We finally got our computer back with a new hard drive so I am able to put pictures from the last few weeks on here. I am upset because they weren't able to recover anything from our old hard drive so I lost tons of pictures of Brandon. I learned my lesson to back things up from now on. At least I have the pictures on the blog so not all are lost.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Delurking Week
I have read on several blogs that I follow that this week is delurking week. I thought I would join in the fun by writing about it on my blog. Do you read here but never comment? Let me know!!!! And...if you have questions, ask and I will answer!I would love to hear from everyone who reads my blog.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
My Birthday
My birthday was yesterday. It was a good birthday. Stu, Brandon, and I went out to dinner on Friday night with my parents, brother, and his wife. We went to a restaurant in Red Bank called The Brothers that a friend of mine recommended. It was really good. Brandon was so good at the restaurant even though he woke up from his nap at 12:15 that day. We didn't go out to eat until 6:30. He lasted the whole time at the restaurant and finally fell asleep in the car on the way home.
Yesterday my parents and Stu's parents came over for dinner. My mom made stuffed shells and birthday cake. Everything was delicious.
Yesterday my parents and Stu's parents came over for dinner. My mom made stuffed shells and birthday cake. Everything was delicious.
Friday, January 8, 2010
18 Month Well Visit
Brandon had his 18 month well visit yesterday at the pediatrician. He is now 31 inches so he grew 1 1/2 inches since his 15 month visit. He weighed 20 pounds, 8 ounces. The reason he was down 2 ounces from Monday is because he was weighed with his diaper on at the pulminologist. Brandon hasn't gained any weight since his 15 month visit. However, he started walking a month after his 15 month well visit so the pediatrician thinks that he hasn't gained any weight since he is more active. He didn't seem concerned.
The pediatrician did say I need to give Brandon less whole milk than he has been drinking. He only wants him to have 16-20 ounces a day. For awhile that is all he was drinking but once he started getting sick in October he started to crave milk. So he has been drinking more than that the majority of the time. According to the pediatrician if you drink to much milk you can become anemic. I never heard that before so I am not sure if that is true.
Brandon got 3 shots yesterday. He didn't react right away after the first shot but about 5 seconds after the first shot he started to cry. He cried right through the next two shots and then continued to cry for 10 minutes after.
The pediatrician did say I need to give Brandon less whole milk than he has been drinking. He only wants him to have 16-20 ounces a day. For awhile that is all he was drinking but once he started getting sick in October he started to crave milk. So he has been drinking more than that the majority of the time. According to the pediatrician if you drink to much milk you can become anemic. I never heard that before so I am not sure if that is true.
Brandon got 3 shots yesterday. He didn't react right away after the first shot but about 5 seconds after the first shot he started to cry. He cried right through the next two shots and then continued to cry for 10 minutes after.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
One and a Half Years Old
Brandon turned one and a half yesterday. I can't believe my baby is now closer to being two than one. He has changed so much in the past year. He goes to the pediatrician tomorrow for his 18 month well visit so I will update tomorrow with his length and weight.
Brandon has been doing so many new things in the past week. He claps all of the time now. And he claps the right way. He no longer claps his one hand on the back of the other hand but claps both hands together the way that he should. He dances whenever he hears music now. It is really cute. A lot of the time he gets his head involved with his dancing by shaking it back and forth. Brandon continues to say Elmo all day long. He just loves him.
Brandon had speech yesterday. He has a DI (developmental intervention) teacher work with him. I was a little confused about why it was a DI and not a speech therapist so I called his coordinator and she said that they don't get a speech therapist until they are 28 months old. Before that they have a DI to work on language prerequisites. She heard him say Elmo several times. She worked on him with animal sounds. He says a monkey sound and he was making a roaring noise with his throat when she said roar for a lion. She also worked on the sign for more with him again. He claps his hands together for more. I think he is confused between the symbol for more and clapping since they are similar. It did sound like he was saying more several times after she said more.
Sorry for the lack of pictures. Our new computer broke so we have the old one hooked up and it doesn't have a card reader. We are going to look for our old card reader. If not I will post a bunch of pictures when the computer is fixed.
Brandon has been doing so many new things in the past week. He claps all of the time now. And he claps the right way. He no longer claps his one hand on the back of the other hand but claps both hands together the way that he should. He dances whenever he hears music now. It is really cute. A lot of the time he gets his head involved with his dancing by shaking it back and forth. Brandon continues to say Elmo all day long. He just loves him.
Brandon had speech yesterday. He has a DI (developmental intervention) teacher work with him. I was a little confused about why it was a DI and not a speech therapist so I called his coordinator and she said that they don't get a speech therapist until they are 28 months old. Before that they have a DI to work on language prerequisites. She heard him say Elmo several times. She worked on him with animal sounds. He says a monkey sound and he was making a roaring noise with his throat when she said roar for a lion. She also worked on the sign for more with him again. He claps his hands together for more. I think he is confused between the symbol for more and clapping since they are similar. It did sound like he was saying more several times after she said more.
Sorry for the lack of pictures. Our new computer broke so we have the old one hooked up and it doesn't have a card reader. We are going to look for our old card reader. If not I will post a bunch of pictures when the computer is fixed.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Daddy's Birthday and RSV Shot
Stu's birthday was on Saturday. We celebrated with a trip to Costco to buy filet for dinner and a trip to Target. I cooked Stu dinner and his parents came over for dinner.
Brandon had a pulminologist appointment today to get his RSV shot. My mom took him since I had to work. We aren't allowed to take off a day before or after a holiday so I wasn't able to take off to bring him and today is the day they scheduled it for. Brandon weighed 20 pounds, 10.6 ounces which is the heaviest he has been so far. He had gone down to 20 pounds, 3 ounces a few weeks ago when he was sick so I am happy he finally put back on the weight that he lost plus a few extra ounces. Dr. Sembrano said Brandon is doing great. His oxygen saturation is great and his lungs sound clear. He wants me to continue to give him the pulmicort for another week and then I can stop it. But if Brandon starts to cough again then I have to start it two times a day and put him on the xopenex again and then once he is off the xopenex go back to one time a day. I am keeping my fingers crossed that he doesn't have to go back on it after the next week. Brandon does have fluid in both ears. No ear infection yet but this is the pattern he seems to follow so I have a feeling the ear infection will be back in another week. We will see.
Brandon is in love with Elmo. He says Elmo all the time. He wants to watch Elmo on Elmo's World all the time and carry around his stuffed Elmo.
Brandon has been having some rough nights. His top two molars cut through so I don't know if it is teething related, pulmicort related, or just his age. He wakes up about a half hour after he goes to sleep crying and then wakes up every few hours throughout the night. It makes for one tired mom. He has been taking 3-3 1/2 hour naps because he is so tired.
Brandon had a pulminologist appointment today to get his RSV shot. My mom took him since I had to work. We aren't allowed to take off a day before or after a holiday so I wasn't able to take off to bring him and today is the day they scheduled it for. Brandon weighed 20 pounds, 10.6 ounces which is the heaviest he has been so far. He had gone down to 20 pounds, 3 ounces a few weeks ago when he was sick so I am happy he finally put back on the weight that he lost plus a few extra ounces. Dr. Sembrano said Brandon is doing great. His oxygen saturation is great and his lungs sound clear. He wants me to continue to give him the pulmicort for another week and then I can stop it. But if Brandon starts to cough again then I have to start it two times a day and put him on the xopenex again and then once he is off the xopenex go back to one time a day. I am keeping my fingers crossed that he doesn't have to go back on it after the next week. Brandon does have fluid in both ears. No ear infection yet but this is the pattern he seems to follow so I have a feeling the ear infection will be back in another week. We will see.
Brandon is in love with Elmo. He says Elmo all the time. He wants to watch Elmo on Elmo's World all the time and carry around his stuffed Elmo.
Brandon has been having some rough nights. His top two molars cut through so I don't know if it is teething related, pulmicort related, or just his age. He wakes up about a half hour after he goes to sleep crying and then wakes up every few hours throughout the night. It makes for one tired mom. He has been taking 3-3 1/2 hour naps because he is so tired.
Friday, January 1, 2010
New Year's Day
Stu had to go to the firehouse this morning for the New Year's Day swearing in ceremony of the new officers. Stu is not an officer anymore but he is president of the fire company this year so he had to run the ceremony. Brandon and I went to give Stu some support. Brandon had fun running around in the bay of the firehouse and screaming as he was running but once the ceremony started he didn't want to sit in my lap. We stayed for a little more than half of it before I had to take him home. My parents came to watch Brandon this afternoon so I could go with Stu to the different firehouses in towns near ours that were having parties for New Year's Day. It was nice being out for a few hours.
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