That's me! I can't believe summer is over!
Both boys are in school this year. Jackson is in second grade and Jameson is in 4K half days. The both are loving it. Jackson was not sure the first few days because he's got a new regular ed teacher and a sub until January in his spec ed class, but now he asks to go on weekends.
Where to start? Eating and sleeping have both been horrible for Jackson. He's now tubed 3 times a day and eats all things dry/crunchy in between. He will no longer eat purees or sandwiches and won't drink the formula anymore. Doesn't seem to be a clear reason why. It's been very frustrating, but we've been getting help from the GI clinic. Right now, their main concern is weight gain over oral eating advancement. He got down to 30 lbs (remember, he's 8) and he gained almost 3 lbs after we went to the three times a day tubing schedule.
We had been tubing him at night, but we stopped for a few reasons: he won't stay in bed, which was pulling the button to it's limits and I was afraid he would pull it out. The second reason is that he was waking up so wet at 3-4 am, I would need to change him from head to toe and then he was up for the day. Even with an extra pad in the diaper, he was peeing himself silly. Good times. Which then lead to mountains of laundry.
We are now going to be starting him on melatonin to help him sleep. He's taking over two hours to fall asleep and then waking 2-3 a night and most mornings I find him in bed with me or sleeping on the floor. Hopefully, the melatonin will help. The ped gave me dosage instructions, so I'm on a mission to find some today.
J's 8th birthday was in July, and after partying with Grandma and Grandpa, we went to Packers Training Camp and a little amusement park in Green Bay. The week before school we went to South Dakota and visited tons of cool stuff, and just spent some family time together before the boys were off to school.
Yesterday, I got a call that J had an allergic reaction to "something." He had full-body hives and wheezing. They gave him Benadryl, which cleared up the hives, but his teacher said she noticed leg tremors. The ped said she wasn't sure what caused the leg tremors, but it's not a sign of the allergic reaction, maybe the Benadryl. She said to watch him and see if there are any more.
Yep, it's non-stop adventure around here.
Object du Jour: Super Why and the iPad.
