By the Light of Day

Lilly was awake all day yesterday (slept twice, twenty minutes each) and screamed for 90% of it. I can't tell if it's teeth coming in or if she's dealing with a bug (she has a runny nose and major grumpies), but either way...she's a total hag to be around, yesterday at least. And last night was no exception. She went to sleep at 8:30ish, woke up at 10:30, ate and went back to sleep 'til 12:30, fell back to sleep in my arms, but as soon as her head touched the crib sheet - the screaming started again. Then we were up until almost 2:00am. Got to watch more Dirty Jobs and Jon and Kate Plus Eight though.

Scott woke up and offered to keep her while I went back to bed, but I knew that it would take some jostling and just the right amount of firmness and letting go and such. You know that special routine that only Mommy knows. I wasn't too sweet either. I had just gone to bed at 11:30 and to be woken up one hour later REALLY sucked. My eyes were sticky and my head felt like lead. I was cursing the day she was born and ranting all the way. I am NOT a very sweet, gentle Mommy in the middle of the night - I admit it. But, by the light of day, I remembered how it is suppose to go and met my chubby baby with smiles again. Thanks be to God that each day is a new start!

Today Zach had his three year check up. We continue to selectively vaccinate him and this time, since we weren't doing all the "normal" vaccines, he didn't have to get any at all. I don't get that! They'll give mega doses of vaccines to a six month old baby, but once they hit two years old they don't need/get the same amount. Dr. Rogers did say that he could get Tetanus this time around, but I still remain firm that the DTaP is mostly unnecessary. Tetanus shots can be administered at the ER should he get a wound that is deep enough that he'd need medical attention. Diptheria is really rare here in the states and Pertussis is treatable. Plus, the accelular pertussis is the part of the vaccine that has higher risk for severe reaction. So today he only needed to get his finger pricked to have his iron level checked. Up until this point Daddy was more than willing to do whatever procedure it was before Zach (get on the scale, have his BP checked), to show him that it didn't hurt. What a good Daddy, right!? But this was as far as he was going - the rest was up to Zach.

They did have to check it twice and did come up as having low iron. They gave us lab orders to get his blood drawn and checked more thoroughly. But after asking more questions - he's barely off the normal range (they like them to be an 11 and he was a 10.2) and Dr Rogers said most often it turns out to be nothing more than a low reading that day and IF he was anemic it would just be a vitamin supplemented with iron. So we're just gonna go ahead and up the iron intake in his diet and get him an iron enriched vitamin. Other than that - he's a totally healthy little boy - 95th percentile on height of course. *wink* He did really well too, being at the doctor. He didn't want to do any of the things required (weight check, feeling the tummy, etc) but once he was pressed harder he relented and didn't balk too much. I did ask about his inattentiveness and hyperactivity, but all he would say is that it's not usually addressed until it becomes a hindrance to his functioning, like in a school setting. So basically, deal with it and hope for the best.