Well, the past couple of days have been pretty uneventful at the house. Landon decided to spice things up a bit by putting all the bath toys in the potty. He was excited about tubby time and mama was taking too long to get in there, so he went to playing on his own I guess. An hour later he decided that our walls were too boring and made some nice marker artwork on the walls. I agree with him. White painted cinderblock IS boring. You can't even nail into it to put a picture up! Quintin immediately cleaned up the marker (without being asked...wooohooo!) and Landon was reminded that paper is the only place to color. His brothers had been coloring and he felt quite left out because I told him no coloring. He always ends up looking like braveheart going into battle with all the marker streaks on his face.
We went to the doctor yesterday. Landon had been running a fever for the past few nights and Thea's cough was sounding pretty bad. I just wanted to make sure their lungs were clear. After Landon's pneamonia (spelling??) and RSV and Thea's recent trip to the ER for breathing treatments I get a little nervous! He thinks that there's a little something in Thea's lungs, but Landon's lungs sounded good. I really, really am liking my doctor a lot! We talked about fevers and he said that you can give them tylenol, but even better than that is lots of water. He went on to explain that when kids come into the ER with high fevers they can start an IV and without any tylenol or motrin the fever will drop. He said parents are always amazed at how much water goes into their child without them having to pee. What a wonderful thing to know! Next time I have to take one of them to the ER for fever I can say NO to the drugs and ask for an IV first. We do not use tylenol or motrin unless it's a very extreme situation and this was great to hear from a doctor. This is the same doctor who gave us extensive information on eliminating allergins in our home so landon won't have to take and meds for them. And who felt that it was good of us not to vaccinate Thea yet and said "whatever you're comfortable with". And meant it!! Praise God!!! I hate going to the doctor to have them look at me like i'm from the moon or talk down to me because I don't give my kids over the counter drugs, feed them dairy, etc.
OH...and Thea weighed 13 lbs and Landon weighed 30!! No wonder we call him "tank". He's just solid! It's not that heavy, but after Q and A who are skinny, skinny it's crazy for us to have such a thick child!
Thea is napping in her bassinette vs. her swing for the first time today. She is starting to wake up from loud noise (and boys putting big books on her and running past her yelling), so I thought this might work better. She's been sleeping for 2 1/2 hours! I keep checking on her to make sure she's alright.
I love these kids! I thank God I have an understanding husband who supports my staying home with them and dosen't ask me all the time if I'm ready to go back to work!
And cloth diapers...I think i'll have to save that post for another day! But we're up to 100% usage of cloth. Even overnight! Go fuzzi bunz.
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