Jay is now almost two months old and in that time he has been sick twice now. We took him to the Doctor's yesterday where it was discovered that he a has a virus called bronchiolitis. There is much we can do for it other than let it run its course. Poor little guy is coughing up mucus, has a hoarse voice and a sad cry all the time. We are to keep his elevated, so he has a pillow under his mattress and he is the swing or bouncer more. They also told us to keep him upright for at least a half hour after he eats and pat his back to loosen the mucus in his lungs. We feel so helpless, poor little guy.
In other news, we had another fun mishap. While upstairs for a couple of minutes the kids got really quiet so I rushed downstairs right away. Coming down the stairs I saw Ellie with what looked like flour all over her face standing in the kitchen with the boys. Upon coming closer to her, I found that it wasn't white but clear and goopy. She had an empty container of Vicks Vapor Rub in her hand. She had the vapor rub all over her face, hair and she was eating it. YUM YUM. Likewise Evan had it caked on his face and hair, while Nathan sustained the least damage with a little on his face but most on his hands and clothes.
Knowing that this stuff can cause a burning sensation, and them having it on their eyes made me wipe it off quickly however I didn't know what could happen when vapor rub was ingested. I ran upstairs to look it up on the computer and all I could find was other people saying to go to the ER immediately. Instead we called Poison control, of which told us to wash the mouths out and make sure the kids drank lots of water afterward and if there was any coughing or vomiting to then go to the ER, give them baths,and irrigate their eyes really well every fifteen minutes. Let me tell you, I still can't get the vapor rub all the way out of Ellie's hair, which has been washed five times now.
To top things off, as I was getting each one of the kids out of the tub I would dry them off and set them to the side of me so I could get the next one and no one would be left in the bathroom unattended, Evan decided to pee on the floor. UGG
Needless to say we are keeping anything not for children locked away upstairs, rather than on the highest shelf...our daughter is too tall and mischievous to have it any other way...
Side note: Poison Control people are awesome. Ellie's eyes got really red and puffy because of all this, and they called every half hour to see how she was doing and instruct me on what could help the situation more.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Friday, March 14, 2014
The HIgh of the Day
After a long day I go downstairs to get things cleaned up and prepare for a night with a newborn. It is almost ten o'clock and I pass Ellie's bedroom door to hear her leapfrog laptop playing music, it the number 1-20 song and Ellie is singing along. " one, two, three, four....." etc " eighteen, nineteen, TWENTY, YEA!" She sings the last part louder and with excitement. Then comes the ABCs which is tries to sing along with. I love listening to her sweet high pitched voice sing so proudly. She is such a smart girl. The next song is " If you're happy and you know it bark with me" bark because of scout the dog on leapfrog. During this song I'd hear here singing and then clapping for the "bark with me" part. I didn't want to leave her door, I was standing there originally going to go in there and put her back to bed. I didn't have it in me to ruin that cute moment, and instead stayed standing there for several more minutes listening to my adorable, smart daughter sing, before I headed back downstairs to clean the kitchen.
Monday, March 3, 2014
4 Kids Under 2 1/2 - A Poopy Post
We welcomed our 4th child a month ago. This time doing a natural birth, which was amazing, hard at the end, but definitely worth it. Since then our lives have been a little more hectic as we try to find a new groove into things. So many people have asked us how we do things, so I thought I would write out what our lives are like, not just for other people to see, but also as a personal journal for us to look back on and laugh at.
My parents left to go back to Arkansas last week, and go figure the exact day they were traveling back I have an incident happen at home that made me wish they were there...
Thursday morning, I come out of my room from finishing feeding and pumping Jay. I thought the other kids were just playing with each other on the stairs, but as I go outside my door I am greeted by them I see brown stuff all over their face and hands. Going down the hallway I see these nuggets and more and more come in sight as I get to the stairs. Then I see Ellie's pull-up lying on the stairs, poop smashed into the carpet down the hallway and up and down the stairs, and pretty pictures made with poop on the walls. Look at my two boys, and not only are they covered in this foul crap but they are sitting eating it as well. Such a proud parent moment...
I was so mad. I didn't know where to start, or who to start cleaning up first. I get the kids cleaned up put a baby gate up on the stairs so the two little boys couldn't get up. Ellie is then standing on the first stair trying to climb over the gate, and I wouldn't let her. She then proceeds to take her pull-up off once again when my back is turned and pee on that first step off the stairs. This had me break out in tears. It was still morning and yet I was done with that day.
Thankfully my visiting teacher and neighbor was home that day, so I called her up in tears to take the three older kids to the park across the street while I cleaned the house. Meanwhile, during all this the baby is crying upstairs wanting to be held. Thankfully as I was cleaning up my cousin knocks at the door. She was able to hold baby Jay while I cleaned, and then allow me to shower after it was all done. Bless her and my visiting teacher that day.
Saturday we woke up to rain. We planned on going to the Mesa Lehi Days Rodeo, a fun event Jared went to growing up and we have gone every year since living here. We get there and get settled, as we are trying to feed the kids, it starts to rain, HARD! Thankfully Jared came prepared, and had a tarp to drape over our bus of a stroller...
The kids didn't really like the tarp because the couldn't see anything. After about ten to fifteen minutes of hard rain, it stopped. Both Jared and I had a side of us that was wet, because we both didn't quite fit under the umbrella. We were mostly using it by the stroller as Evan would stick his head out. The grass was flooded with water. Thankfully we wore our lawn mowing shoes, because they became soaking wet and muddy. It was a fun adventure that had both Jared and I smiling and laughing the whole time. However because it was so wet the kids couldn't really get out and play and it was nap time already. We decided to pick up some more of the famous barbecue served and head back home.
Later that afternoon/evening I wanted to take Ellie to go see the movie Frozen. We had been watching YouTube clips of the music for weeks now and she always cried when I turned it off. We arranged for some of the other other cousins and their moms to come with us. We brought snacks and popcorn to make it a special fun time. Ellie loved the movie, her favorite song is "Let it go" and she has even started singing it by herself, it is cute to hear.
On Sunday I woke up to feed Jay and then proceed into my routine of getting the other kids up and fed.I finish feeding them downstairs and by that time Jay is ready to eat again. So I put a show on the TV and head upstairs. As I am finishing up feeding Jay both Jared and I hear the kids playing downstairs. Jared turns to me in bed and says " I'll go down and play with them in a sec." A couple minutes later, in the upstairs hallway, we hear Ellie say "Eww.." "Nothing good could come from that word," Jared and I said to one another and Jared immediately hopped out of bed, I soon followed. Once again Ellie had taken off her poopy pull-up and the twins proceeded to play with it on the stairs and write with it on the walls. I stood and looked at Jared and said, "Your turn." He says, "I ... no ... I just ... nuh uh ... nope. Can't handle this." This time I wasn't mad, I was laughing, because I found Jared's reaction to all of this humorous because I had already gone through the other emotions for this situation.
After the crappy situation was once again taken care of, Jared was more determined then ever to help get Ellie potty trained. We took her to the potty every fifteen to thirty minutes. Finally at the end of the day we had her sitting on her potty in front of the TV, watching music videos of "Frozen" and the movie "Once Upon a Potty." After about forty-five minutes of this we had a success! She was excited to see our excitement, as well as to get a sticker and a treat. Hopefully this is the beginning of a new era ...
If we've convinced you to never come to this house again, we wouldn't blame you. That said, with this many little ones, you'd better believe I've become very good at cleaning things THOROUGHLY. In any case, we're very glad that Ellie is showing signs that she's ready to be potty trained. We can't wait to go through this with the boys ...
My parents left to go back to Arkansas last week, and go figure the exact day they were traveling back I have an incident happen at home that made me wish they were there...
Thursday morning, I come out of my room from finishing feeding and pumping Jay. I thought the other kids were just playing with each other on the stairs, but as I go outside my door I am greeted by them I see brown stuff all over their face and hands. Going down the hallway I see these nuggets and more and more come in sight as I get to the stairs. Then I see Ellie's pull-up lying on the stairs, poop smashed into the carpet down the hallway and up and down the stairs, and pretty pictures made with poop on the walls. Look at my two boys, and not only are they covered in this foul crap but they are sitting eating it as well. Such a proud parent moment...
I was so mad. I didn't know where to start, or who to start cleaning up first. I get the kids cleaned up put a baby gate up on the stairs so the two little boys couldn't get up. Ellie is then standing on the first stair trying to climb over the gate, and I wouldn't let her. She then proceeds to take her pull-up off once again when my back is turned and pee on that first step off the stairs. This had me break out in tears. It was still morning and yet I was done with that day.
Thankfully my visiting teacher and neighbor was home that day, so I called her up in tears to take the three older kids to the park across the street while I cleaned the house. Meanwhile, during all this the baby is crying upstairs wanting to be held. Thankfully as I was cleaning up my cousin knocks at the door. She was able to hold baby Jay while I cleaned, and then allow me to shower after it was all done. Bless her and my visiting teacher that day.
Saturday we woke up to rain. We planned on going to the Mesa Lehi Days Rodeo, a fun event Jared went to growing up and we have gone every year since living here. We get there and get settled, as we are trying to feed the kids, it starts to rain, HARD! Thankfully Jared came prepared, and had a tarp to drape over our bus of a stroller...
The kids didn't really like the tarp because the couldn't see anything. After about ten to fifteen minutes of hard rain, it stopped. Both Jared and I had a side of us that was wet, because we both didn't quite fit under the umbrella. We were mostly using it by the stroller as Evan would stick his head out. The grass was flooded with water. Thankfully we wore our lawn mowing shoes, because they became soaking wet and muddy. It was a fun adventure that had both Jared and I smiling and laughing the whole time. However because it was so wet the kids couldn't really get out and play and it was nap time already. We decided to pick up some more of the famous barbecue served and head back home.
Later that afternoon/evening I wanted to take Ellie to go see the movie Frozen. We had been watching YouTube clips of the music for weeks now and she always cried when I turned it off. We arranged for some of the other other cousins and their moms to come with us. We brought snacks and popcorn to make it a special fun time. Ellie loved the movie, her favorite song is "Let it go" and she has even started singing it by herself, it is cute to hear.
On Sunday I woke up to feed Jay and then proceed into my routine of getting the other kids up and fed.I finish feeding them downstairs and by that time Jay is ready to eat again. So I put a show on the TV and head upstairs. As I am finishing up feeding Jay both Jared and I hear the kids playing downstairs. Jared turns to me in bed and says " I'll go down and play with them in a sec." A couple minutes later, in the upstairs hallway, we hear Ellie say "Eww.." "Nothing good could come from that word," Jared and I said to one another and Jared immediately hopped out of bed, I soon followed. Once again Ellie had taken off her poopy pull-up and the twins proceeded to play with it on the stairs and write with it on the walls. I stood and looked at Jared and said, "Your turn." He says, "I ... no ... I just ... nuh uh ... nope. Can't handle this." This time I wasn't mad, I was laughing, because I found Jared's reaction to all of this humorous because I had already gone through the other emotions for this situation.
After the crappy situation was once again taken care of, Jared was more determined then ever to help get Ellie potty trained. We took her to the potty every fifteen to thirty minutes. Finally at the end of the day we had her sitting on her potty in front of the TV, watching music videos of "Frozen" and the movie "Once Upon a Potty." After about forty-five minutes of this we had a success! She was excited to see our excitement, as well as to get a sticker and a treat. Hopefully this is the beginning of a new era ...
If we've convinced you to never come to this house again, we wouldn't blame you. That said, with this many little ones, you'd better believe I've become very good at cleaning things THOROUGHLY. In any case, we're very glad that Ellie is showing signs that she's ready to be potty trained. We can't wait to go through this with the boys ...
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)