One of Those Days

I've never ever had to call poison control before.  That is before yesterday.  I was up in the attic going through some of the boys clothes and the boys were in the living room.  I came back down and Spencer says to me, "Mommy, Bennett has your vitamins."  I could figure out what he was saying until I looked at Bennett and he's got a handfull of my Tums, and about as many in his mouth.  I immediately freak out and call my mom.  She tells me to call poison control.  They tell me that he was fine and that there aren't any harmful side effects because he hadn't eaten enough of them.  Phew!! 

Later I put the boys down for a nap, but Spencer came out and sat on the couch with me.  He ended up falling asleep so I took in to sleep on my bed.  Well he didn't stay asleep, and when I went to check on him, he tells me that he ate one of my vitamins.  I look to where he's pointing and my heart sinks.  He's gotten into my jewelry box where I know that one of my migraine pills is at.  I really freak out this time.  I called my mom again and she told me to take him to the emergency room.  I called poison control AGAIN, and they told me that because he only ate one pill that it wasn't going to be harmful.  The caffeine in the pill was the only thing that would do anything to him.  Thank goodness!!!

I felt like such an idiot.  Here I'd never called poison control in my life and I end up calling them twice in one day!!  Thankfully the people that I talked with were so nice and knew exactly what they were talking about.  Really helped to calm my nerves.  Gotta love my kids!

Brotherly Love

I was sitting in the dining room working on the computer when I heard a commotion coming from the living room.  It went like this:

Tanner (a little loud): "Spencer, you're hurting my boo-boo!"
Tanner (screaming now): "YOU'RE HURTING MY BOO-BOO!!!"
Spencer: "Oh, sorry."
Tanner (as nice as can be): "That's okay!"

Doctor Visits

Took all four boys to the doctor today.  That was a trip.    Thankfully not all four of them had to be checked out today, but I still had to bring them all along.  I have to admit that they all did very well for being crammed into a small exam room.  I didn't have anyone to watch Spencer for me while I took the others, so he came along for the ride. 

Tanner has grown a lot in the past year.  He weighs 43 pounds and is about 42 inches tall.  He's in the 95-97th percentiles for both height and weight.  He's a tall kid!  But he's healthy and everything looks great for his growth.  He's also able to move into a booster seat instead of the full-blown car seat.  That's scary for me!  But it was bound to happen.

Bennett is doing some major growing as well!  He weighs 28 pounds and is 34 inches tall.  He's just over average for his height and weight, so that's good.  At least he's not hefty!  I asked the doctor about Bennett's overly bowed legs and she agreed that they did seem a little more bowed than they should be for his age.  She told us to have him stand in his diaper and take a picture of his legs.  Then do it again three months from now and compare the two pictures.  If it looks like his legs are straightening out then they won't do anything until he turns three where they'll check his legs again.  If it looks like they aren't straightening out then she'll send him to the bone doctor to have them take an x-ray and we'll go from there.  Should be interesting. 

I take Wyatt back to the doctor next week for his 2 month well visit, and I'll have more growing boys to report on.  So grateful that they are all healthy and growing strong and meeting their milestones at the right times.  That's such a huge blessing we seem to take for granted! 

Issue Solved

We've been trying to figure out sleeping arrangements for the boys recently.  I've been wanting to move Bennett into a toddler bed for some time, so I made an executive decision to move Bennett into the other room that we'll put Wyatt in once he's sleeping through the night.  However, this put Bennett in a room by himself and he was having none of that!  Every time we'd put him down for a nap or for bed he'd scream bloody murder until he puked!  So after two days of this, we decided that it's not hurting anyone having all three boys in the same room together.  Once the boys are older and can handle being separated a little better then we'll do it then.  In the mean time, we'll just have to deal with the three boys getting out of bed, playing in their room, and not going to sleep like they're supposed to be doing...

Monkey See, Monkey Do

I feed Wyatt a lot during the day and my boys are aware of it.  Thankfully they don't get jealous and want to sit on my lap while I'm trying to do it!  Spencer would try that when Bennett was a baby!  Made for difficult feedings.  Anyhow, the other day I noticed Bennett went and found the stuffed monkey they have.  He sat down on the floor facing me, lifted up his shirt and put the monkey's mouth to his belly.  Then he picked the monkey up and put it on his shoulder and commenced to burp him.  It was so cute!  Those are the moments you wish you had the video camera handy.  Love my boys!

My Choice

I've decided that I need to start getting myself into better physical shape.  Now, I'm not going to go on some crazy diet and exercise like mad at a local gym.  I am not in a position in my life to do that with my little kids.  However, I am going to do what I can on my own at home.  I've borrowed an intense walking workout DVD from my mother-in-law and I'm going to change my eating habits.  The workout DVD is broken into 4 one mile workouts.  I plan to start with doing one mile this week, then two next week, and so on until I'm able to rock out all four miles.  Nick brought home an eliptical machine from work, so once I'm in the habit of working out, I'll add that into my routine.  I need someone to stay accountable to, so I'm going to start fessing up to this here blog of mine.  So here goes:

I did the first mile workout on the DVD this morning.  I ate about 1/2 cup of Life cereal with 2% milk.  I also shared a handmade fruit smoothie with the boys for snack.  For lunch I plan to have a half of a baked chicken breast, rice, and peas.  For a snack later I plan to eat some celery with very little dressing, and for dinner I'll make roasted vegetables and have a small piece of meatloaf.

It's not much, but at least I'm doing something.  The boys have smaller plates that they use for meals, so I plan to use their plates instead of the larger ones we have.  That way I'm not filling my plate up too much with food I don't need.  I plan to not have seconds of the main protein for dinner, but lots of vegetables and fruit.  I'm also going to start buying whole wheat pasta, tortillas, brown rice and lots more fresh/frozen fruits & vegetables.  I already buy whole wheat bread, so that helps. 

I'm ready to do this.  Before I wasn't, but I sure am now.  I plan to stick to this decision so that I'm a healthier person for not only me, but for my family.  Plus I want to look good in jeans again!  So keep the encouragements coming and I'll stay accountable to my blog for my progress!!    

They Learn That Word Too Soon!

Bennett is a funny character!  He is starting to talk a lot more, and it's really fun to hear his personality come out in his voice.  He's learned to say "let go" and "go away" to use on his brothers.  But the one word that all the kids have learned way too soon is "NO!"  But when Bennett says it, it's really funny.  I look at him and tell him that he needs to not do what he's doing and he turns to look at me with a scowl and says, "mmmmm MO!"  It's hilarious!  He says it wrong, but he knows exactly how to use it!

1-Month Checkup

Took Wyatt to have his 1-month checkup this afternoon.  He was supposed to go about a week and a half ago, but due to issues with his insurance, we had to postpone it a little bit.  Needless to say, he's doing fantastic!  He's gained not quite 3 pounds weighing in at 11 lbs 5 oz.  He grew two full inches measuring 24 inches.  So he's growing well and doing what he's supposed to be doing for his age.  Love that little boy!!