Can I just say I LOVE my pediatrician?! I love him. I sat down and told him the whole story and he was great. He checked John Paul over really well and pronounced him recovered from this episode. He said that they don't officially diagnose asthma until about the age of 7, because that diagnosis follows the person forever, the life insurance and health insurance is higher. He also said a lot of kids have this reactive airway disorder, which means their lungs act like they have asthma and react to a cold or other triggers, but they are usually symptom free by the age of 7 or so. He said to go ahead and do a breathing treatment whenever he had a cough - that would be like his cough medicine and it would work better than Robitussin or anything like that (which you can't give to this age kid anyway.) So I only gave him one treatment before bed today. He was fine all morning but in the later afternoon he started coughing and getting really fussy again. He was really really cranky for about the past month or so, and really hard for me to deal with. Now I know he probably couldn't breathe and felt awful! Poor little guy. After his treatment he was great and played outside after supper for quite a while.
So you may remember my Deceptively Delicious post a few days before all this happened. I ordered the first Sneaky Chef book and it came today (I already have the second and really like it.) I got this one for $2 on Amazon used so I was pretty happy. They have some really great recipes in there too! One thing I tried today was called "breakfast ice cream." It was frozen strawberries, avocado, yogurt and honey. It really was the consistency of soft ice cream and it was delicious! A hit with everyone. I can't wait to try some other ones in there. I'll let you know how it goes.
Madeleine has been really interested in writing her letters lately. I picked up a first grade writing curriculum on freecycle today, which is really great, but it's a little old for her yet. Any advice on a 3 year old learning to write her letters?
And I recently hit the 12 week milestone with number 3, aka little Ice. I'm feeling mostly better - still a little sick in the evenings but throughout the day I'm mostly good. I've lost about 10 pounds total and I think I'm done losing and from now on, I'll be packing on the pounds. I have an ultrasound next Thursday and I'm really excited to see this new baby again. I've been so busy lately that half the time I forget I'm even pregnant!
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There is a 'beginning alphabet & numbers' booklet thing. it's for 3 and up. The one we have is bye crayola and each page is a letter and they trace it in upper and lower case. We got it at Target in the school supplies. Quinn does really well with it.
On a side note glad to hear JP is doing much better and you have a way to treat his cough.
see you soon!
Glad the bud is better.
DO NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT PACKING ON THE POUNDS. I swear I will slap you pregnant! ;)
Superkids is a reading program that St. Lawrence started while I was there, the teachers all thought it was great (some who have been teaching a long time). Though I think it begins at kindergarden. Check it out at
http://www.rowlandreading.org/
Superkids is a reading program that St. Lawrence started while I was there, the teachers all thought it was great (some who have been teaching a long time). Though I think it begins at kindergarden. Check it out at
http://www.rowlandreading.org/
(Sew, ha ha! )
So glad Bud is better!! Whew!
I have several who had reactive airway when little and outgrew it never getting the asthma diagnosis. I have 2 who got the diagnosis and even 1 of them outgrew it. I had asthma until my early teens..nothing until my late 30's..pretty good!
I hope this makes you feel better that he will hopefully put this behind him soon!
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