Doing better

Just wanted to give a quick update. Jaxson is doing so much better, the antibiotics got in his little system and did wonders. He is still on the thrush and Augmentin for a few more days. I am doing better as well although it's been a slower healing process. I'm on thrush antibiotics for 3 weeks! My milk supply took a drastic hit so now I will be working on building that back up.

Last week was rough but I am so thankful for the health of my family. I often think of others who have illnesses that they live with on a daily basis or those with terminal illnesses who are living day to day not knowing what tomorrow brings. Sure does put it in perspective. I try to live my life like that, soaking up the love of my boys and not getting mixed up in the daily grind that life brings. It's so easy to worry about the cleaning, laundry and dishes that you overlook what's most important. We try to do things after the kids are asleep at our house so that we can spend our "awake" time playing with them. No matter how tired or sick we are I try to enjoy every moment that God has blessed me with.

I will try and update with pictures this weekend
Love,
LeAnn

Thrush & Double Ear Infection

So 2 weeks ago I had the stomach bug and got really, really dehydrated. I probably should have gone to the ER but the thought of sitting in the waiting room hour after hour just wasn't appealinig to me. So I stuck it out and once I could hold something in worked on rehydration. My milk supply suffered greatly and Jax was nursing often. I tried formula but the little toot refused to drink the stuff.

So 3-4 days later I began having dried, cracked nips(for my records, stop reading now if you aren't interested in my personal stuff :). I assumed it was from the dehydration and Jax nursing often. So I busted out the Lanlioh, hoping that would help. At the same time Jaxson was getting a nasty cold. The pain kept getting worse and worse and Jaxson's cold wasn't getting any better. So on Tuesday we were both in extreme pain and I could barely nurse and he still was refusing formula. I also noticed that evening that he has white patches that looked like cold sores on the inside of his cheeks. There were only two spots that evening. I called the on call doctor because I knew that was a classic sign of thrush but she said it was just a virus that needed to run it's course.

That night Jax ran 101-102 fever and began seeping thick, sticky eye goop from his eyes and his nose was awful as well. So I made a doctor's appointment. We were both diagnosed with thrush. By Wednesday at 11:30 his entire mouth was covered with white spots and he was completely miserable.

Thrush in the mother is terrible. I seriously would rather go through birth than have this sort of pain. I cannot pump because it causes the cracks to open back up and bleed. It's just awful. Jaxson was miserable this morning but at lunch seemed to be better. He is on Augmentin for ears and D----- something for thrush. I too am on that and a cream. I'm hoping it kicks in very soon

If he gets another ear infection we will be heading to Dr. Palmer to see if he needs tubes.

First formula

This is more for my records than anything else but Jaxson is getting his first formula bottle today. I had a terrible stomach bug over the weekend that Jax had on Wednesday. I got so dehydrated that my milk supply has suffered and he's just starving! I'm hoping now that I can hydrate this will be his only formula bottle and my supply will quickly bounce back! I know it's a minor thing to worry about but my goal for both boys has always been 1 year and I don't want this to be the beginning of the end.

Life

We are doing great! Just counting down the days until summer break.

Jaxson had his first ear infection on Friday, Aprill 22nd. Brody and Jaxson were almost, to the day, the same age when they both got their first ear infections. I've learned my lesson and the doctor wanted to put Jax on amoxicillin but that never worked for myself nor Brody's ear infections so we put him on Augmentin. If he has another one in the next 2 months I'm going to go ahead and see Dr. Palmer our ENT to see if he will need tubes. He said you will either need them or not depending on the way your ears drain. I'm not going to go through months of my baby in pain and not being able to rid ear infections like we did with Brody.

Brody is putting 3-5 words together and talking in sentences. His vocabulary has exploded just in the past two weeks. My favorite is when he returns from someplace with Daddy and will come running into my and say "Momma, I'm baaaack!" or when Jaxson is fussy he will come up to him and say "Baby, what's the matter? You need meme(paci)?" and then proceed to give him his paci and rub him on the head until he stops crying. It's the sweetest thing ever. Jaxson LOVES his brother and has started giving him kisses and grabbing for Brody when he is near him. Brody loves it as well. This is something I've always dreamed of, having a sibling. And being able to see their relationship bloom is about the coolest thing an only child could witness.

Brandon is finally done with all sports! He is able to get home before us on most days and it's great having him around. Brody gets so excited and will start screaming "Dada's big truck" when we pull around the corner and he's already home.

I have some pictures to download, just haven't found the time. Hopefully I can get those up and posted soon.

I have several prayer request for family members:
Kristi, cousin in Ohio and mother of Addison(3) and Chase(1) breast cancer has returned. It's all over including her lungs, liver and brain. She is in need of a urgent prayers and God's healing. If you could please keep her and her family in your prayers.

Kari, cousin in Arizona and mother of 2 boys the same age as mine just got diagnosed for the 3rd time in her life with cancer. She previously had childhood bone cancer and she now has breast cancer.

Molly, cousin in Ohio was diagnosed a few months back with thyroid cancer and is undergoing treatment now.

Till next time,
LeAnn

Brody's Factor V Test

On April 1st we had Brody's tested for the blood clotting disorder that my dad and I have, Factor V Leiden. I must first say how proud I was of Brody. They had to take 3 vials of blood so it wasn't a finger prick like he is use to. We had to hold him down and go into a vein in his arm. I thought for sure he was going to go crazy on us. He didn't even cry! I was shocked. He just looked at the Buzz poster they had on the wall and we talked about Woody, Bullseye and Buzz. Then he wanted his sucker and be done! The even better news: Brody DOES NOT have Factor V. I cannot tell you how many nights I prayed that he didn't have this. Brody is a climber, so I'm pretty sure in the future he's going to have something broken and therefore we would have to watch out/worry about a blood clot. Cannot be thankful enough for this answered prayers. Love, LeAnn

6 months

On April 1st Jaxson turned 6 months! Cannot believe he is already 1/2 a year old. We went in for his checkup and he weighed 14 pounds 1 ounce. He dropped from 25th percentile to 5th percentile. The doctor wants us to start feeding him "fatty" foods such as cereals and meats to try and help put some weight on him. He will recheck his weight in 6 weeks. I'm hoping it was just a scale error! 6 months: -He is in size 3 diapers -6 month clothes -LOVES banana's and peas (just like his brother) -Is eating 3 meals a day: fruit and cereal in morning, veggie and cereal at lunch and meat/veggie mix for dinner -can roll from belly to back and back to belly -sits up for a few seconds at a time then falls over -LOVES his brother -smiles at everything and loves to jibber-jabber I'm going to try and take some pictures this weekend at the gardens, if the wind will go away and be pretty

Mason's Birthday in San Antonio

Here are some pictures that Chantel took over the weekend, I stole them from her :)
We had a GREAT time in San Antonio and next time we go to visit them we plan on staying 3-5 days

This picture of Jaxson looks just like Brody did at this age! Love it. I put it on my sidebar next to the picture I have up of Brody. I think they were the same age when these pictures were taken. They could almost look like twins.