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Strabismus
Posted by: | CommentsWe went to the pediatrician. He was glad I brought in the pictures. He did a few tests with covering each eye and having her follow a stick. He said he could see that the right eye was a bit slower or resting at the crossed point at times. He gave me a referral for a pediatric optometrist. When I called, they started to give me a date in Oct. When I said who my dr. was and that he had said to get us in Monday, something magically opened up at 9:30 Monday morning. So, Monday we will go the next step.
It looks like it is some kind of strabismus. She might need a patch, glasses, or possibly surgery. Maybe some or all. We will just have to wait and see.
If you have experienced something similar in yourself or your children, please share. I feel like the more I know, the better off we will be.
Worried about my sweet princess. :(
Posted by: | CommentsLast week I started noticing B’s right eye turning in. I thought it was just my own eyes playing a trick on me. Then, my mom noticed it. When we returned, dh noticed it. The more I have watched her, the more I noticed. In addition, she has started complaining about the other eye hurting.
After some research, I think it may be week eye muscles in the one eye. From other people, they say it can come on fairly quickly. The stronger eye is hurting her, because it is over compensating.
Perhaps others of you have experienced this. For us it is new. I am worried about it. I just want to protect my little baby. I hate to see her going through something else. 
First IUGR, then projectile vomiting/reflux, a bit behind on gross motor muscles, now this. I love her so much… I hate to see her going through anything.
Tomorrow we have an appt. with the pediatrician. Wish us luck. Here is a picture I captured at dinner. You can clearly see the one eye turning in.
2 year old fishies!!!!!
Posted by: | CommentsMama, I feel yucky.
Posted by: | CommentsKids woke with temps of about 101. Both were fairly lathargic. So, I finally gave them a little tylenol. They both perked up pretty quickly. We spent the day morning drinking my juice/salt/water mixture, watching Barney (yes, though this would be my last choice, they ARE sick…), changing nasty sick poo diapers, getting lots of snuggles, and reading books.
I let them stay in their jammies. I figured they would be much more comfortable… and I would love to be able to stay in mine while sick. So, we put on some clean ones and they have been comfortable all morning.
I myself DID shower. I thought about staying in my night gown all day. But since R was due to come around noon (yes, she was coming since she is also sick), I decided a shower was a necessity.
So, I have graced the day in very SEXY mommy attire. I have on an oversized t-shirt… decorated with some juice, maybe a bit of snot, and some tylenol (gotta give hugs when needed). I have on some baggy, but extremely comfortable capris. Glasses and frizzy hair in pig tails complete the look. Maybe I should submit my picture for “best dressed”! lol
Anyway, the kids are doing OK. Their temp has stayed around 100 or below since the 1 dose of tylenol around 7:30. I have been loading them up on liquids, soft foods, emergen-c, and rest. Hopefully, they will be ready to get back to the park soon.
Our new pets, worms!!!!
Posted by: | CommentsToday we went with some friends to build a worm bin. Jaime and Bailey gave me this for my birthday present. The kids loved it!
They had purchased a tupperware container. With Susan (the worm lady)’s help, we drilled holes in the container. Then we lined it with wet newspaper strips. Next, we put the worms in. Finally, we covered it with more wet newspaper strips.
When I got home, we put the bin in the kitchen, so it could get light for 24 hours. Then we gave it some of our compost scraps. It was a blast!
If you are in the Triangle area interested in building one, getting worms, or getting meal worms, contact redhen@nc.rr.com
Susan was awesome!!!!!!
Now a 2 car family, once again
Posted by: | CommentsYAY! As of yesterday, we are back to 2 vehicles! DH found a used 2003 Acura from a friend of a friend. It is nice and roomy! It also has space for all 4 of us to ride comfortably. The best part is the sports shifter. It is fun to act like I’m back in a manual vehicle! I miss my old Ford Ranger with the stick shift. Made me feel like a strong woman!
Yes, we had been with only 1 vehicle for a little over a month. On July 14th DH was headed to Charlotte (about 2-3 hours) and the head gasket on his Buick La Saber blew. I had to pack up the kids and head out on an empromptu journey. The good thing was, DHs kettle bell class he had help set up was right down the street from my MILs. So, the kids and I had a nice visit.
I was fine with having only one car, in the sense that I felt we were being more green. We have so many cars on the road here in the USA. It was nice to feel like I was saving a little bit of the environment (along with my recycling, cloth diapers, composting, eating organics, etc). However, after a few weeks I started feeling depressed.
With near 100degree days here, there wasn’t a whole lot to do. We played trains, made pictures, played in our little pool, rode bikes, etc. But 1 adult and 3 toddlers is hard in itself. It was even harder being stuck at home most days. On top of it, Zane has continued to struggle with sleeping in his “Big Boy” bed. So, naptime is spent putting him back in bed and bedtime is a bit of a battle. I was getting worn out!
Now we have the van back to ourselves. I am sad to have 2 vehicles on the road, for 1 family. But, for my sanity, it had to be done. We celebrated yesterday by going to the airport to watch the planes and by going to the park with some friends today. Sanity is slowly returning.
Alot can happen in 5 minutes!
Posted by: | CommentsAs you know, we put our kids in toddler beds recently. Sometimes it goes well, sometimes it doesn’t. The other day we put the Wondertwins to bed for nap and went out on the porch for a bit. We had the monitor on, but our little man was stealth. We heard movement, then quiet. We figured he had fallen right asleep. 5 minutes later I look up at the patio door and see Zane standing in his sleep sack. We went inside and found he had opened the art cabinet and explored his artistic talents. lol
Toddler bed update
Posted by: | CommentsSo far, B has been doing pretty good with the toddler bed. She has gotten out a few times, but only missed her nap twice. Mostly, she just sits in her bed, calling for us. She did get up really early one morning and went in to wake up Z, but other than that, she has been fine.
ZANE on the other hand has NOT been doing so well. I can’t get him to stay in his toddler bed. He constantly gets up, beats on the wall, plays with his toys, etc. He is a routine kid… and he just can’t get back into his routine in the new bed. Last week we actually put the pack n play in his room. He has been requesting to sleep in that. He falls asleep pretty quickly in the pnp. So, we will continue to let hims sleep there until he wants to sleep in his bed. As long as he sleeps, we are all fairly happy. 
Here is a picture of the 4th night of toddler bed. I found him asleep, on the floor. Funny kid.
Cool alternate for the summer splash pool
Posted by: | CommentsThursday was sunny and hot. Like most summer days here in NC. We are down to one vehicle, currently. So, I needed to find a fun activity for the kids. We play in the little plastic pool and our little splash yard most days. They were a little bored with that. Seems you get a few days of fun play, then they want something new.
So, I got out a bunch of cups and poured the freezer full of ice in the cooler. I dumped a bunch in the pool and had them catch the cubes. Then, I opened the cooler and let them take turns getting cup fulls. They poured them from one cup to another, ate ice, put ice down the slide, etc. They had a blast, for HOURS!!!!!! I will definitely keep this in mind for a “hot day” activity!!!!!
