I am happy to report that Max finally is having amazing poops. I am giving him Floradix, which is a all food iron liquid supplement, in his bottle each am. I am also giving him molasses in his bottle if I start to notice a lot of bruises on his legs. I figured that Scott was anemic as a child and I am anemic..so I figured that Max may be as well. I know that iron and poop are directly related. I also am making sure that he gets a large does of probiotic each am and each pm. All of this has seemed to do the trick and now he sometimes even goes 2 times a day. Yeah! No more rabbit poops.

We saw Todd Hoover again because Max was digging in his ear. He told me that it is an allergy, both food and environment, but that I should not worry since his ears looked great. He gave him another dose of the original remedy and hopefully, this will relieve the digging from happening at all. I think Todd Hoover is one of the best homeopaths because he is such a wonderful observer of both Max and my own thoughts on his condition. The good news is that is is not systemic and it is not yeast just allergies.

Max had green goo coming out of his nose and so we did not go and see Christy at Cakerwakers. I felt horrible but her little one had just gotten over a sickness and I just could not bring him to the party for her little one turning 2 years old. this is the second time i have tried to meet this blog friend and it did not work out. Boo Hoo! Hopefully, we will try again. Sorry but it seems everyone is sick in June. UGH!

As for the pregnancy update, the damn scale is going up and up. Maybe it was the chinese food or the popcorn at the movies. Or maybe it is just the fact that I am prego. I really wanted to gain little weight but I guess I know that I got it off before and so I can do it again. I went for the ultrasound/blood test for down syndrome and the percentage is 1/580 for my age. Well my tests came back and my percentage was 1/10,000. The nurse on the phone was amazed by my numbers. I will take that number any day. As for the baby, well the baby looked happy and bouncing around. I am so anxious to find out what we are having. I have no patience. God bless those who can wait.

Well here is my little gardner. he was very helpful as long as he had a shovel, my shovel and his water bottle. I am still not sure how I managed to get all my veggies planted with being sick and taking care of a sick boy but I did. We planted cauliflower, collard greens, swiss chard, lettuce and tomatoes. I am so excited for the veggies to start growing. 

I do have to admit that it was tough to get into the groove with Max trying to pick up every gardening tool and playing with the dirt and trying to re-plant to plants. Luckily his Dad was eager to have the garden finished as well so they played while I worked in the fields. Lately the pregnancy hormones have been making me feel a tid on the bitchy side and so Scott has been stepping up to help more with Max.

Max is getting in his molars as well as being sick and so he is in no mood for anything. He is fussy and cranky and crying for no reason and this pregnant fussy and cranky mom just feels tired. He has the teething red butt and he is just not happy. I gave him a huge dose of Tylenol, chamomilla homeopathic remedy, a binky and put my little guy to bed. I feel like I need that too.

Tell me! Am I the only one that finds this pregnancy thing tough running after another kid? Where did my patience go? Will I ever get it back?

Just asking.

Well we have been sick. We went to a play group on Wednesday and last night Max woke up with a horrible cough. I usually do not point fingers when it comes to Max getting sick but this other kid had the same cough and the mom said, “well he was sick a few days ago and yada yada”. I guess the mom’s I typically hang out with do not bring their kids to a play group if they were sick a few days ago. Luckily Max is getting better but the snot is pouring out of his nose and he has a Demi Moore voice and he looks sick. UGH. I know I was not feeling well either and so I know he must not feel good at all. Then his did the puke cough all over his pajamas and bedding. But luckily he was so tired that I was able to clean it up and put his back to bed. Damn mom.

Do you ever have people that you do not like for any particular reason? They just rub you the wrong way? Well this mom is that way for me and the other day I found out she moved to one of my classes so I called this morning and moved us to another class. Call me crazy or call me sane because I actually did something about it. Regardless, she just annoys me.

So we are back from sick house and I am also just feeling tired. I want the second trimester to come NOEW!!

I am sorry for being a bad blogger but Max got tubes in his ears. I did not get much sleep Tuesday night because Max got up ay 4:45 am (oh please ) and then Wednesday night was rough as well. So blogging got put on the back burner. Max was not allowed solids or formula past 11 pm, so I woke him at 10:45 pm for a bottle. He drank it half asleep. Then at 4:30 am I woke him for some apple juice and he drank that and then went back to sleep until 5:40 when I woke him so we could get in the car and drive to Children’s Hospital in Voorhees, New Jersey, one of the satellite offices. Let me first say that CHOP is amazing and we did have great nurses except for the final nurse, who had the personality of somebody doing cocaine for 3 days with no sleep. Yeah GO FIGURE! She was nutty but I was not really worried about her. I just wanted her to get out of our face. She was making me feel like I had anxiety. Regardless, after tears on Wednesday night, and tears in the bathroom praying to GOD and everything else in the world holy or unholy, I was strong for my kid. Max was great and he was full of giggles after they dosed him with some drugs. I asked if they give that drug for take home use as well. The nurse laughed and said she wanted it too for her kids. LOL. Seriously, of course I would not but it is always fun to dream about a kid that giggles and sits still. The procedure was only 6 minutes start to finish and so we will just see how his ears are moving forward. No matter what-Max has allergies and he will have them forever. He will still be the kid who cannot eat dairy or soy and has an  intolerance to wheat It is ok because my hubby and I are the same way. Why would my kid be any different? Of course I get upset sometimes that he cannot just eat anything but he gets outer ear infections, just like swimmers ear and the outer gets aggravated by allergies and water. So for now, the kid of a competitive swimmer from ages 5 to 16, will just have to stay head above the water and no showers for a while. Crazy thing is that he was fine yesterday and this morning he feel and busted his lip and blood fell down his face. GO FIGURE!! Thank goodness for popsicles that helped the swelling and now you cannot even see the cut in his mouth. Good to be back. Have you ever had to go through your kid being put under for a procedure?

Toddler TantrumsOriginally uploaded by MaxsmomI am sure we all know this face. Does your child drop to the floor, throw his or head back and then, twist and turn and then throw his or her arms over his or her head and cry? See this picture of Max. Max has a really bad ear infection and I can only give him ear drops, since the hospital required that he be off of any supplements for a month, and so he is suffering and I am suffering. he is napping less due to pain. Stabbing his ears. Waking up in the middle of the night for a few hours. Waking up early in the morning around 4 am. The result is more tantrums. The poor kid is so tired and get not rest. The poor mom is tired and cannot rest. I know I talk about this all of the time but it is true. It is hard not to get frustrated in the middle of the night as I am walking down stairs to get a bottle because he is pointing his finger in the air and in our world-this means bottle. He just wants to be loved but when I am that tired..the love is there but the frustration sometimes out weighs the feelings. I am sure I am normal. But it is still hard to have those feelings when my little guy just wants to feel ok. it is tough being sleep deprived. Why can’t I have a tantrum like this daily as well?