Lost Control and Gave Up…and, much more…

It has been a really busy week back at work. Everything seemed to take 5 times longer than it should. Something that I planned to get done on Monday and should have taken 30 minutes, didn’t get completed until today after encountering one problem and delay after another. That’s just the kind of week I have had.

It was so busy that I didn’t get around to calling the peds office back until yesterday afternoon. I started Max on solids and one of the things to watch for is rashes and welts. I’m too tired to go into the long version of the story, but I was to make some changes and watch him and let them know either way. Well, he was still getting the rashes and welts, but they would come and go and I decided that it really wasn’t a problem, hence the delayed call back. When I spoke to the nurse, she wanted to schedule an appointment. I said, are you serious? She said, let me talk to the doc and get back to you. So, I get a call back today saying that Dr. H wanted to see Max and check it out and that they had a noon opening, can I make it. Just as I thought, Max is fine and the rash and welts are not allergy related. I forget the name he rattled off, but it is very common in infants. As I told the doc, Max had them when he was just born and he could have been having them all along, but it got colder here and Max has been in long pants and long sleeves most of the time. But, since I was supposed to be watching for an allergic reaction, I just started noticing them again. Max’s comes and goes, only stays for a short period of time, and is all over. Apparently, if it is a food allergy type rash, it stays for a few days and gets really dry. Good to know. If it is an overheated type of rash, that can be common this time of year (according to Dr. H, of course), it would be a rash with small red dots on it. Again, good to know. Most little ones have out grown this type of rash by now, but not my Max. Dr. H said he will outgrow it, but that he just has fair sensitive skin and it may take a bit longer, but it isn't serious.

All that aside, I’m supposed to start Max on Baby Prunes (or Baby Pears if he refuses the Prunes) and/or ½ once of prune juice mixed with ½ of water once a day to get things flowing a bit more frequently for my little guy. Dr. H didn’t like hearing that Max’s last little poo poo present for me had been 11 days apart. He beat his past record of 10 days, which occurred while traveling this Thanksgiving. I guess this isn’t a good trend.

Anyway, Max was really teething today. He wanted to suck and chew on everything and anything he could get into his mouth. In fact, he just woke up crying and rubbing his gums and I am nursing him while I try to finish this. I went over to a friend’s house tonight that I hadn’t seen since well before Christmas to exchange gifts and we got back late. I tried to feed Max his cereal and peas. He just wanted to chew on the spoon. I couldn’t get it away from him. I lost control. He was just going to town gnawing on it. I had to laugh. It was so cute. I gave up. I played with him on the floor until he was hungry. Feed him and he fell asleep in my arms. They say at this age, they are just getting used to the experience. Rather than battle it, I let it go. I just didn’t have the energy to either fight it or make if a fun enjoyable experience.

An extra bonus was that I got a free highchair today. The friend I visited has twins that are 2. She recently moved them out of the highchairs and are now sitting at a small table and chair for meals. She asked me if I wanted one of them. It was a win/win. She got more of her garage back and I am spared more expense. SCORE!

BTW, if anyone knows where you can actually find baby prunes or baby prune juice, let me know. I have looked at two stores now and came home empty handed.

Max is back asleep on my lap and I am straining my shoulder and neck muscles trying to type over him so I am going to put him down for round 2 tonight and see how it goes. He has been sleeping the first part of the night in his crib. Sometimes that is 40 minutes. Last night it was for 7 hours. If I am still awake, I settle him back in his crib. If I was asleep or almost asleep, I bring him back to my room and put him in the co-sleeper.

TGIF!!