Playing Catch-up

Ok so It's been a few days which in the blogging world might as well be an eternity at least for me... The big news: Kaden is doing much better.... The breathing treatments 3 times a day and twice at night have been paying off.

The pediatrician is a woman who thinks things are a a certain way.. end of story...
What am I talking about?
Well take this face mask for example. She is fussy about how he NEEDS to wear the strap even though it makes him freak out to high heaven...


My way: Super loosen the strap and let him hold it. I know it's unconventional but I know my baby is FAR too curious to put it down. I've been right so far that we removed the strap all together and he holds it snug to his face. It's weird but you'd have to know Kaden. Sometimes he takes it off because he tired of holding it so then I hold it and lightly bounce him on my leg. If one of his arms is free to do whatever it wants he will never freak out.
Basically when you feel like you can't breath you wouldn't want to be forced to do anything either!

The ped also told me that he was not teething. I said "I think he is and that is what is making this illness hit him like a ton of bricks out of no where". Nope she said, no more Tylenol. Like I was abusing it! I NEVER use Tylenol! ~but~ When your child is screaming like he is literally going to die from pain... hello! Your gonna give him the darn Tylenol.... I know how serious RSV is, I mean I know it's the #1 killer of kids his age. However, I do not appreciate the insinuation that I would ever harm my baby in any way or that I'm some kind of idiot!

(no need to hop on the 'doc defence train', I still trust her but I do get annoyed at the bedside behavior. Just say Hellooo to my hormones... )

Gee I wonder what these 2 pearly white things are...

*in my best SNL church lady voice*

Hmm, It's a mystery!

I'm not trying to bash my doc but... please! This isn't my first rodeo I know teething by now! Too funny! In fact the moment the teeth arrived his entire RSV sickness improved by well over 50%... ahh vindication, sweet be thy sound... ;-)


In other news I take real delight in the uniqueness of my children. Don't get me wrong of coarse I don't want them to be freaks of nature but just know Abigail and Zack have no shortage of friends. They are so friendly at school (even abs, no joke) & everyone loves them. I'm just saying I love how they think outside the box and are so odd sometimes. Like Zack. He was doing a unit on inventions he came up with 3 of his own:

• A car powered by Love... no mater how you try can you ever run out of love?
• Insect mind control- make them do you biding... a bit scary.
• Color change paint - you'll never have to paint again.

Also today Zack came home with a new 'experience' which will be put in the school year book, (so saith the principal.) Zack got his finger stuck ever so oddly in a tuba strap ring today and NOTHING would birth that womping finger from it's predicament. Spit, soap, tuba lube, nada. But finally the nurse pulled out carmex while the principal pulled out a camera ...and voila! School news!

Then there's Abigail. She tells me once in a while

"I don't want to go to school today."

"Why?", I say.

"Because I don't want to get a yellow light."

She NEVER gets yellow lights.. except for the days she tells me this BEFORE she goes to school... coincidence, I think not. At least I know if Abs says she's gonna do something, she means it!

Then there's Grant. He comes running in crying. "Someone stop the washer before it blows up!" Every time the washing machine has been loaded by Zack (which has been the case a lot lately) The washer is unbalanced and sounds like it's gonna start taking off like a plane. When we laugh at Grant's cute request he wipes his tears and says "No, I'm serweeous!"

Ok so here's a chipper note to end on. Zack's quite the cooking enthusiast. This is him cooking dinner because no one is well!! He calls it his secret chili recipe... but no longer shall it be a secret because it was good and I wanted to post it:

Zack's Secret Chili

1 sliced up, all beef sausage

2 cans of GV chilli (Wal-mart)

1 can of Campbell's cheese soup (add only a half can of milk not whole can)

2 squirt of ketchup

1 squirt of mustard

Toast some bread. Serve on bread and sprinkle top lightly with cheese.

Soo tasty! Great job Zack!