Doctors visits part 2

Liam's 15 month well visit was today, even though he'll be 17 months old next week. Long story short, we had rescheduled and then canceled and then got sick and then the holiday's hit, so it completely slipped my mind to reschedule again.

We saw our backup doctor as our regular is out on leave. Liam is weighing in at 27.3lbs, he's 33 inches tall and according to his doctor, "he's too smart for his own good." Liam did pretty well, as long as he wasn't sitting on the exam table. I don't know what is was about that paper, but it completely freaked my poor baby out. The majority of his exam was done with Liam sitting in my lap. He ended up with 3 shots today, the final rounds of his HiV and Prevnar, along with his varicella. He did a good job with the shots, he did cry when getting them, but got over it pretty quickly and even gave his nurse a big hug before we left. 

He goes back in April for his 18 month well visit and if all goes well, he'll be seeing his regular doctor! We miss Sue very much and can't wait to see her again. Great doctors are hard to find and she's one of them.

Doctors visits ahoy!

The week before Christmas, M got rear ended while waiting at a stoplight on his way to work. The other driver had passed out behind the wheel from the massive amounts of PCP coursing through his system. He got arrested and M was able to walk away, thank goodness. Long story short, his car was deemed totaled, so we're currently driving around in a sweet rental (2012 Hyundai Sonata- we don't want to give it back, we like it so much!) until we get the settlement check for the car, Liam's (thankfully unoccupied) car seat, Liam's stroller (which was in the trunk, where the brunt of the damage occurred) and reimbursement for the $1200 worth of work we had done on it in Nov. No idea how much longer it'll take to get the check, but looks like we're going to be car shopping shortly. And car seat. And stroller.

As a result of the accident, M injured his back. The pain has been getting worse over time, and after several appts with his doctor, he started physical therapy this morning. He's going to be going 2x a week for 6 weeks and then they'll evaluate and see how he's doing, if he needs more, etc. I'm not going to lie, its really hard to see the man I love in so much pain. Its been difficult having to do all the heavy lifting around here, including Liam, especially being in my 2nd trimester with T2. Hopefully the PT will work miracles and I'll have my husband back to how he used to be soon!

On the Liam front, he's doing very well. He has a check-up at the doctors tomorrow, so we'll get a weight and height check, as well as a few shots. In the past he's taken his shot very well, brief cry of pain and then he's over it, fingers crossed he's over them fast tomorrow!

Day 45 (2/14/11)

Happy Valentine's Day! As our super special Valentine's gift to Liam, we took him to the pediatrician for his 6m well baby visit. Thats right, shots! Our little monster is now weighing in at 21.9lbs and is 27in tall (although I feel that he's taller then that).

He's also starting to become much more mobile! He's not crawling yet, but he's rolling like crazy! He can get on his hands and knees and he also does a mean downward facing dog. I think we may have a future yogi on our hands!

Day 4 (1/4/11)

Even though we got some shots at the doctors last night, aside from being super sleepy, Liam has been in a really good mood the majority of the day! Go Li!

Those of you who know me, know I'm a bit on the "natural/organic if possible" side of life, or at least I aim to be. Part of my goals in 2011 is to do my best to try buy local, organic and healthy food and upcycle unwanted things, among other things. One of them is to switch Liam over to the cloth-side. Cloth diapering that is. CDing today is waaayyy different then it was back in the day. Our stash is very small right now, we only have 3 GroVia shells and 9 inserts, although I will be expanding it as finances allow!

Todays pictures show off one of his CDs!

Day 3 (1/3/11)

We're back from the doctors and the verdict is:

We passed!

No blood was found in his diaper, which means no additional testing needed! Hooray! While we were there, we decided to get his 5mo shots done rather then going back in 2 weeks. He took his shots like a champ, barely cried! I'm so proud of my big guy! Did I mention he's weighing in at 19lbs, 3oz? Yup, big guy is right!

Here's my happy boy earlier today: