We took Rowan in to speak to his doctor today. As I’ve mentioned, his meds are helping him east better, for sure, but he’s begun fighting his morning bottle again. However, less than an hour after he refuses that morning bottle, he wants it so badly. I think he’s waking up and feeling refluxy because his meds aren’t lasting through the night, so when they finally kick in, he’s starving.
I mentioned it to my doctor and she was more than willing to figure out his top dose. She figured out how many mg/kg he was allowed to take, and bumped his dose up! He’s allowed to take up to 3 mls 2x a day, which is twice what he’s been taking. Obviously we won’t go all the way to the top immediately, but I’m confident now with how much he can have, and I can start experimenting with going higher in doses and see what works. Of course, as his tummy muscles get stronger and he gets more mobile and eats more solid food, we’ll ween him off of it all. But not yet. He’s in that in-betweener stage where he just needs some extra help. We all do sometimes.
After his appointment, we grabbed lunch and waited for Brady to run into work for a quick 20 minutes to throw on a basement hand rail. We picked up some parts for Bradys van and then made our way to Dr. Mike’s office. Brady and I both needed adjustments so the whole clan joined the party. Dr. Mike never ever seems bothered by the crew. He walked around and adjusted Brady while delicately stepping over Rowan, who was rolling himself around the room. He talked with Dekker and even teased him a bit and rubbed his head. I know thats small, but I LOVE that interaction. Part of it is because I can see how far Dekker has come, and how not too long ago, he would have flipped his lid if someone touched his head or addressed him even. But I love it even more because Dr. Mike has gotten that reaction from Dekker, and has still persisted to have a bit of a camaraderie with him, and its paid off! Dekker really likes him! So as usual, it was a good appointment.
When we were just on our way out of town, we saw on FB that a friend was needing some drywall mud to finish a reno, so since we were already in the city, we grabbed some and brought it over to save them a trip. It was actually really fun to go walk through their house and see their plans and progress and everything they’d dreamed up!! What a vast improvement that is going to be for their home! It was just fun to be part of the excitement for the fifteen minutes that we were there. I can’t wait to see the end result!
We drove home with 2/3 kids sleeping in the van, while the little miss worked tirelessly to wake them. Upon arriving home, we pulled out the winter gear that we bought the kids at the end of the season last year to see if it fit. Dekkers jacket is definitely a bit oversized, but a nice long coat never hurt a little boy. Laela actually had two new sets. She’ll rock the 2T this winter and likely be up to the 3T next year. The 3T is SO much cuter, but I didn’t know she’d stay so petite! Live and learn, I guess. And we didn’t try Rowans stuff on him because he was “out of sorts,” we’ll say, but its 12-18 months, which is exactly what he’s wearing now, so I’m sold on it. They’re all so cute in their new stuff, and they all love it. Win!
We finally put up the tree, but all of our decoration are in our storage container, so that will come another day. We ate pulled pork for supper that had been cooking all day, which was delicious, and then the kids went down pretty soon after. Everyone was trashed, but in a good way, I think. Hopefully a good nights rest will be just the right thing for everyone, and tomorrow will be another lovely day. Brady has a morning meeting, but then hopefully he’ll snag our decorations on the drive home and we can get on some of that. The kids are so ready for the festivities to begin!!
And so I am. I love Christmas 🙂
It was a really good day. I’m feeling very thankful.