In the last post I mentioned about the mess that Q made. On Wednesday morning, Q started throwing up again (we missed one pinecone). Q started gagging and Jim pulled Q into the kitchen (where the products would be easier to clean up). Q only had one episode as he had not eaten breakfast yet. Jim woke me up. I walked out into the living room. Bob told me everything that happened - complete with his reenactment of the noises Q made while he was puking.
Q acted like he didn't feel good for the rest of the day on Wednesday. When we did finally feed him, he did not eat all of his food in one sitting like he normally does. On Thursday, he was back to himself.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Friday, April 20, 2007
The Treadmill
Every night, we continue to go outside with Bob to tire him out to make bedtime easier. Plus, all the literature I read says that a child Bob's age needs at least one hour of physical activity a day. We usually exceed that by a lot. Bob likes to play "fetch" with the giant styrofoam airplanes we have. We also bought some foam planes that came with a launcher. Bob likes to launch the planes, then he runs after them to retrieve them. One of us has to re-load the launcher. I don't predict the launcher will last long, but it is fun for now. Grandma Mazie sent a huge frisbee-type thing with a picture of a pepperoni pizza on it. It is like a piece of cloth over a round wire. It is rarely flat, so when you throw it, it does all sorts on neat loop-tee-loops. Bob thinks it is great. He plays "fetch" with that as well, giggling the whole time. Today, however, he chose a styrofoam airplane to play with outside. That went well, until he broke the tail. Then it did not fly well. It did, however, crash well.
Our nightly walks take us by the fitness center. Bob enjoys the treadmill. We put it on its lowest setting - 1.5 miles per hour, and stand right next to Bob to catch him in case he falls (he hasn't - yet). We set it for five minutes (which is six minutes with the one minute cool down) and Bob goes to town. Today he wanted to go on it twice - 12 minutes total. There is a TV in the fitness center so we watched something on the learning channel while Bob was walking. He had a blast. Then, of course, when we left, he went right back to running around. Energy is wasted on the youth.
Last night, Bob stayed dry all night. He woke up with a dry pull-up. He used the potty right away and peed lots. He has gone on the potty five times today - a regained interest after over a week with him only using the potty only once a day. He has not pooped on the potty again since last Friday. Of course his renewed interest in the potty might have something to do with the tootsie rolls we bought. He goes on the potty, he gets a tootsie roll. (He makes poop, he gets another one of those train/DVD combos) Bob evidently loves tootsie rolls. I still have a collection of small cars on top of the fridge for prizes as well, but he can have a tootsie roll or a car. He chooses a tootsie roll every time.
And then there is Q. He got into Bob's pine cone collection on Monday night/Tuesday morning. He chewed up a pinecone. And that, in and of itself is not a bad thing. The fact that he ingested some of those pinecone pieces is a bad thing. I came home from work on Tuesday morning, and Q had puked everywhere. Saying that he puked everywhere is not much of an exaggeration. Three piles by the front door. Three piles by the dining room table. A pile by the couch. A pile on and around Jim's sneaker in the bedroom (right next to the bed - Jim apparently slept through Q puking). He did not puke in Bob's room or his bathroom because the gate is up at night so Bob cannot wander the house. He did not puke in the kitchen because that has a linoleum floor and that would be easy to clean up. He did not puke in the other bathroom because he is deathly afraid of water and there is water in the bathroom (His food bowl is in Bob's bathroom. When I feed him, I wash my hands after I put the bowl down for him - he will not enter the bathroom to eat until after I am done washing my hands). Q pretty much puked everywhere there was carpet. I wound up renting a Rug Doctor to clean it up. The Rug Doctor shampoo we bought with it was not strong enough for the stain. Jim added OxyClean to the mixture. Even with the OxyClean added, Jim had to make many passes with the machine. Anyone in the market for an annoying dog?
Our nightly walks take us by the fitness center. Bob enjoys the treadmill. We put it on its lowest setting - 1.5 miles per hour, and stand right next to Bob to catch him in case he falls (he hasn't - yet). We set it for five minutes (which is six minutes with the one minute cool down) and Bob goes to town. Today he wanted to go on it twice - 12 minutes total. There is a TV in the fitness center so we watched something on the learning channel while Bob was walking. He had a blast. Then, of course, when we left, he went right back to running around. Energy is wasted on the youth.
Last night, Bob stayed dry all night. He woke up with a dry pull-up. He used the potty right away and peed lots. He has gone on the potty five times today - a regained interest after over a week with him only using the potty only once a day. He has not pooped on the potty again since last Friday. Of course his renewed interest in the potty might have something to do with the tootsie rolls we bought. He goes on the potty, he gets a tootsie roll. (He makes poop, he gets another one of those train/DVD combos) Bob evidently loves tootsie rolls. I still have a collection of small cars on top of the fridge for prizes as well, but he can have a tootsie roll or a car. He chooses a tootsie roll every time.
And then there is Q. He got into Bob's pine cone collection on Monday night/Tuesday morning. He chewed up a pinecone. And that, in and of itself is not a bad thing. The fact that he ingested some of those pinecone pieces is a bad thing. I came home from work on Tuesday morning, and Q had puked everywhere. Saying that he puked everywhere is not much of an exaggeration. Three piles by the front door. Three piles by the dining room table. A pile by the couch. A pile on and around Jim's sneaker in the bedroom (right next to the bed - Jim apparently slept through Q puking). He did not puke in Bob's room or his bathroom because the gate is up at night so Bob cannot wander the house. He did not puke in the kitchen because that has a linoleum floor and that would be easy to clean up. He did not puke in the other bathroom because he is deathly afraid of water and there is water in the bathroom (His food bowl is in Bob's bathroom. When I feed him, I wash my hands after I put the bowl down for him - he will not enter the bathroom to eat until after I am done washing my hands). Q pretty much puked everywhere there was carpet. I wound up renting a Rug Doctor to clean it up. The Rug Doctor shampoo we bought with it was not strong enough for the stain. Jim added OxyClean to the mixture. Even with the OxyClean added, Jim had to make many passes with the machine. Anyone in the market for an annoying dog?
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Correction
I can't figure out how to edit a blog, but I wrote the wrong dates for returning to NY. Jim and Bob are leaving May 27th, not the 30th. I am leaving June 7th.
Bob and the goose bumps
Bob continues to be his cute self. He loves his bath, and he will stay in the bathtub for hours if we let him. Last night, he was in the bathtub for almost an hour. The water was cold. Bob was cold. He had goose bumps. I told him it was time to come out of the bathtub. He said no - more bath. I told him he had to come out of the bathtub because he was covered with goose bumps. I then pointed to the goose bumps all over his legs. He saw the bumps and he started to cry. He did not know what they were. He was scared. He thought something was wrong. I explained to him that they were temporary, and that once he got warm they would go away. He calmed down. When he was warm and dry I showed him that the goose bumps were gone. He was happy again.
Bob started to come home with toys in his backpack. I asked his schoolteacher about them. She said they did not belong to the classroom. I kept on asking Bob where they came from, but with his speech being unclear at times, even Jim and I had a hard time figuring out what he was saying. He kept on coming home with the toys. We finally figured out they belong to the bus driver. She buys toys to keep on the bus to keep the young children occupied. I was happy to return them. Most of them were noisy.
We have small tomatoes on our tomato plants. They are still green, but they are growing. We are going to have more tomatoes this year than we had last year when we attempted the same thing in California (we had smaller pots then - we only got one tomato).
Jim and Bob are leaving for NY on May 30th. I am leaving on the 7th. We are hoping to get to my Aunt Gige and Uncle Joe's 50th wedding anniversary party on the 10th.
Bob went poop on the potty on Friday. We were all excited. We danced and sang. Bob got one of the Thomas DVD's that come with a toy train my in-laws bought for him. We told Bob that he could get one every time he went poop on the potty. He has only gone once so far. They gave us a total of six of the DVD - train sets.
We went to the park yesterday and tried to fly a kite - it was a huge Dragon kite we got at Costco. It is really pretty. When Jim was putting it together, a group of kids gravitated towards him to get a peek at the kite. It has a 72 inch wingspan. But it was not windy enough. The longest period of time Jim got it to fly was about a minute. According to Weatherpulse, it is windier today than yesterday. Maybe we will try and fly it again today. When we got home, Bob just could not stop talking about the kite. He also remembers the airplane kite we had in California that broke. He wanted us to "wake up in the morning get new airplane kite." We told him we would think about it. For now though, I think one kite is enough. We also have a Nemo fish kite somewhere in the closet that we got in the 99 cent store. We had another one of those in California as well, but while at the beach, I let Bob hold the string for a couple of minutes, and he walked next to a palm tree. The kite got tangled in the top of the tree. At least that one was also a 99 cent store purchase. It did not come with a tail (probably why it was in the 99 cent store) and it did not fly well, so I made a tail out of a plastic shopping bag and cut it out with nail clippers (It was all I had in the car at the time). It did not look the prettiest, but it worked and Bob was delirious. I will make a tail for this one before we attempt to fly it. I think the dragon would be a little too heavy for Bob to fly. I fear he may end up like Curious George in the story "Curious George flies a kite" and go up up in the sky.
Bob started to come home with toys in his backpack. I asked his schoolteacher about them. She said they did not belong to the classroom. I kept on asking Bob where they came from, but with his speech being unclear at times, even Jim and I had a hard time figuring out what he was saying. He kept on coming home with the toys. We finally figured out they belong to the bus driver. She buys toys to keep on the bus to keep the young children occupied. I was happy to return them. Most of them were noisy.
We have small tomatoes on our tomato plants. They are still green, but they are growing. We are going to have more tomatoes this year than we had last year when we attempted the same thing in California (we had smaller pots then - we only got one tomato).
Jim and Bob are leaving for NY on May 30th. I am leaving on the 7th. We are hoping to get to my Aunt Gige and Uncle Joe's 50th wedding anniversary party on the 10th.
Bob went poop on the potty on Friday. We were all excited. We danced and sang. Bob got one of the Thomas DVD's that come with a toy train my in-laws bought for him. We told Bob that he could get one every time he went poop on the potty. He has only gone once so far. They gave us a total of six of the DVD - train sets.
We went to the park yesterday and tried to fly a kite - it was a huge Dragon kite we got at Costco. It is really pretty. When Jim was putting it together, a group of kids gravitated towards him to get a peek at the kite. It has a 72 inch wingspan. But it was not windy enough. The longest period of time Jim got it to fly was about a minute. According to Weatherpulse, it is windier today than yesterday. Maybe we will try and fly it again today. When we got home, Bob just could not stop talking about the kite. He also remembers the airplane kite we had in California that broke. He wanted us to "wake up in the morning get new airplane kite." We told him we would think about it. For now though, I think one kite is enough. We also have a Nemo fish kite somewhere in the closet that we got in the 99 cent store. We had another one of those in California as well, but while at the beach, I let Bob hold the string for a couple of minutes, and he walked next to a palm tree. The kite got tangled in the top of the tree. At least that one was also a 99 cent store purchase. It did not come with a tail (probably why it was in the 99 cent store) and it did not fly well, so I made a tail out of a plastic shopping bag and cut it out with nail clippers (It was all I had in the car at the time). It did not look the prettiest, but it worked and Bob was delirious. I will make a tail for this one before we attempt to fly it. I think the dragon would be a little too heavy for Bob to fly. I fear he may end up like Curious George in the story "Curious George flies a kite" and go up up in the sky.
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Happy Easter
Happy Easter to everyone!!!
This last week, we taught Bob how to say "Happy Easter" and he has been saying "Happy Easter" to practically everyone he meets - in stores, and people who walk by our apartment.
It has been a chaotic week. Bob has been sick. He had a "boo boo" in his ear. He had an ear infection. His fever topped 103.5 and was difficult to control, but it finally came down. He, unfortunately needed antibiotics. I did not want him on the same antibiotics he was on in December as it gave him diarrhea and he is allergic to several different antibiotics. He wound up with another cephalosporin - the same class he had in December - that does not cause the stomach upset. Unfortunately, it tastes awful, and we have to bribe Bob into taking it each time. The last time I squirted it in his mouth, and he spat it right back out at me. I had to bribe him with a strawberry. Of course I have not been able to get Bob to eat yogurt or drink yogurt drink (he is strong willed). I wound up buying a children's acidopholus supplement. It is orange flavored and has a picture of a bear on it. I told Bob it was Tangerine Bear, and he has taken two doses so far without a problem (Tangerine Bear has been his favorite movie as of late. We got the VHS tape of it at the 99 cent store and he has just about worn it out). Bob has only one episode of diarrhea, and that was Friday before I bought the acidopholus supplement. It seems to be working. I have also been pushing the yogurt drinks on him - I bought the Dannon three ounce size so he can have more than one a day - if I can get him to drink them.
Jim and I were talking about (eventually) having another child. We asked Bob if he would like to have a baby brother or a baby sister. His response was "No like it baby brother, no like it baby sister, get baby chocolate."
Bob had a blast coloring Easter eggs Saturday afternoon. The kit came with the coloring and stickers to put on the eggs. It was fun. Jim took pictures. He will post them as soon as he gets the chance (on www.thebobpics.shutterfly.com )
I have to get going. The Easter Bunny is here and I have to give him a hand with these Easter Eggs and and Easter basket and help get them ready for Bob. I hope you all have a happy and blessed day!!
This last week, we taught Bob how to say "Happy Easter" and he has been saying "Happy Easter" to practically everyone he meets - in stores, and people who walk by our apartment.
It has been a chaotic week. Bob has been sick. He had a "boo boo" in his ear. He had an ear infection. His fever topped 103.5 and was difficult to control, but it finally came down. He, unfortunately needed antibiotics. I did not want him on the same antibiotics he was on in December as it gave him diarrhea and he is allergic to several different antibiotics. He wound up with another cephalosporin - the same class he had in December - that does not cause the stomach upset. Unfortunately, it tastes awful, and we have to bribe Bob into taking it each time. The last time I squirted it in his mouth, and he spat it right back out at me. I had to bribe him with a strawberry. Of course I have not been able to get Bob to eat yogurt or drink yogurt drink (he is strong willed). I wound up buying a children's acidopholus supplement. It is orange flavored and has a picture of a bear on it. I told Bob it was Tangerine Bear, and he has taken two doses so far without a problem (Tangerine Bear has been his favorite movie as of late. We got the VHS tape of it at the 99 cent store and he has just about worn it out). Bob has only one episode of diarrhea, and that was Friday before I bought the acidopholus supplement. It seems to be working. I have also been pushing the yogurt drinks on him - I bought the Dannon three ounce size so he can have more than one a day - if I can get him to drink them.
Jim and I were talking about (eventually) having another child. We asked Bob if he would like to have a baby brother or a baby sister. His response was "No like it baby brother, no like it baby sister, get baby chocolate."
Bob had a blast coloring Easter eggs Saturday afternoon. The kit came with the coloring and stickers to put on the eggs. It was fun. Jim took pictures. He will post them as soon as he gets the chance (on www.thebobpics.shutterfly.com )
I have to get going. The Easter Bunny is here and I have to give him a hand with these Easter Eggs and and Easter basket and help get them ready for Bob. I hope you all have a happy and blessed day!!
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Update
I have run out of ideas for naming my posts. This weeks title is less than exciting, but I don't know what else to call it.
Bob is back to school this week thankfully. He loves riding the school bus and going to school, and he is usually more well behaved after school because they do a variety of activities with him. Lately we (or usually just Jim when I am at work) have been taking Bob onto the golf course to run around every night so he can get out some of his energy. I have some big foam airplanes that Jim will throw and Bob will run after them. They fly a good fifty feet each time Jim throws them. So, basically, Jim plays fetch with Bob. But Bob loves every second of it. Bob also discovered the rakes in the sand traps at the golf course. Bob likes to rake the sand. When Bob is done, we re-rake the sand trap. But it does tire him out. He has been going to bed a lot easier lately.
Q has completely recovered from his ordeal with the cactus last week without any long term ill effects.
Chuck had a delivery to Phoenix last week, so Jim and Bob got to see him briefly. I had a doctor's appointment that I could not re-schedule, so I missed him. Bob was excited to see Papa Chuck's big blue truck. Papa Chuck brought Jim's favorite Jelly Beans - Just Born. Just about every store in Phoenix sells Peeps this time of year, but no one carries the jelly beans they make. Oh well. We were lucky to have Papa Chuck bring them to us.
As for my doctor's appointment, I found out that I don't have to go off my thyroid medicine to have my annual scan. There is a new drug that came out about a year ago that raises your TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) levels. I get a shot on Monday, one on Tuesday, have labwork on Thursday, and a scan on Friday. I was not looking forward to the scan because I did not want to go off my thyroid hormone. Now, I don't have to be off the hormone at all. I do, however, have to go on a low iodine diet for a week or two prior to the scan. I perused the diet, it is not going to be fun. Just about everything that I like has iodine in it. But it is better than stopping the thyroid pill for a couple of weeks.
Jim's Dad and step-mother visited on Saturday. They were in town for a day. We went to a children's museum in Tempe - just outside of Phoenix. Bob had a blast. It was nice.
We had an encounter with the biggest bee I have ever seen in my life yesterday. It weighed at least two ounces. In case any of you are not aware of this, Jim is severely allergic to bees, as are many of his relatives. I don't know if Bob is, but I don't want to find out. Bob left the screen door open. I think the bee was on the patio enjoying the flowers on our tomato plants. He flew in. Jim came and got me. I whisked Jim and Bob into the bedroom and shut the door. It was then just me and the bee......and Q the dumb dog. Q started to go after the bee. I diverted him from that activity. I had enough fun with the adventures in veterinary medicine last week from the cactus incident. I didn't want to nurse Q back to health if this thing stung him. I grabbed a big basin and I whacked the thing outside through the patio door. It made a sizable "thud" sound when I hit it, but it wasn't enough to kill it. I watched it fly away. Then again, the thing had to be pretty huge since Jim did not have any trouble seeing the thing. I have never seen a queen bee before. I wonder if it was a queen bee. Or maybe there is a strain of deadly bees here in Arizona. Or maybe it is the water.
Bob is back to school this week thankfully. He loves riding the school bus and going to school, and he is usually more well behaved after school because they do a variety of activities with him. Lately we (or usually just Jim when I am at work) have been taking Bob onto the golf course to run around every night so he can get out some of his energy. I have some big foam airplanes that Jim will throw and Bob will run after them. They fly a good fifty feet each time Jim throws them. So, basically, Jim plays fetch with Bob. But Bob loves every second of it. Bob also discovered the rakes in the sand traps at the golf course. Bob likes to rake the sand. When Bob is done, we re-rake the sand trap. But it does tire him out. He has been going to bed a lot easier lately.
Q has completely recovered from his ordeal with the cactus last week without any long term ill effects.
Chuck had a delivery to Phoenix last week, so Jim and Bob got to see him briefly. I had a doctor's appointment that I could not re-schedule, so I missed him. Bob was excited to see Papa Chuck's big blue truck. Papa Chuck brought Jim's favorite Jelly Beans - Just Born. Just about every store in Phoenix sells Peeps this time of year, but no one carries the jelly beans they make. Oh well. We were lucky to have Papa Chuck bring them to us.
As for my doctor's appointment, I found out that I don't have to go off my thyroid medicine to have my annual scan. There is a new drug that came out about a year ago that raises your TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) levels. I get a shot on Monday, one on Tuesday, have labwork on Thursday, and a scan on Friday. I was not looking forward to the scan because I did not want to go off my thyroid hormone. Now, I don't have to be off the hormone at all. I do, however, have to go on a low iodine diet for a week or two prior to the scan. I perused the diet, it is not going to be fun. Just about everything that I like has iodine in it. But it is better than stopping the thyroid pill for a couple of weeks.
Jim's Dad and step-mother visited on Saturday. They were in town for a day. We went to a children's museum in Tempe - just outside of Phoenix. Bob had a blast. It was nice.
We had an encounter with the biggest bee I have ever seen in my life yesterday. It weighed at least two ounces. In case any of you are not aware of this, Jim is severely allergic to bees, as are many of his relatives. I don't know if Bob is, but I don't want to find out. Bob left the screen door open. I think the bee was on the patio enjoying the flowers on our tomato plants. He flew in. Jim came and got me. I whisked Jim and Bob into the bedroom and shut the door. It was then just me and the bee......and Q the dumb dog. Q started to go after the bee. I diverted him from that activity. I had enough fun with the adventures in veterinary medicine last week from the cactus incident. I didn't want to nurse Q back to health if this thing stung him. I grabbed a big basin and I whacked the thing outside through the patio door. It made a sizable "thud" sound when I hit it, but it wasn't enough to kill it. I watched it fly away. Then again, the thing had to be pretty huge since Jim did not have any trouble seeing the thing. I have never seen a queen bee before. I wonder if it was a queen bee. Or maybe there is a strain of deadly bees here in Arizona. Or maybe it is the water.
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