So what's been going on in the Kovar's world?
Well, we are about to put our house back on the market. We just had new carpet put in all upstairs and it really does make a difference. Hopefully it'll sell this time around. It was this time last year that we put it on the market and we had a lot of lookers last year, just no offers.
We have baseball practice 2 nights a week right now, which lasts for about 2 hours. Josh was hesitant at first because of all new teammates. I think he expected to have the same team from last year. He's getting more into it now that he's getting to know the new kids. Their first game is coming up next week.
Josh recently went to a skating party. It was the first time he had ever been on skates so we were wondering how he would do. He actually did very well. He fell down a few times but got the hang of it pretty quick. (See pic below) I have a feeling this is what he will want to do for his birthday party this year.
Josh's first time on skates!
He is still doing good in school. He, like the rest of us, is starting to realize that summer will soon be here and is starting to count down the days. What does he want to do this summer? Sleep he says.... such a little man already!
Jacob is growing like crazy. He's now eating up to 6 ozs. every feeding, but the best news... He sleeps through the night! YEAH!!!!!! He usually goes down anywhere between 7-8 and isn't waking up until about 4-5. We feed him again and usually goes right back to sleep until we wake him up to get ready for daycare. Some mornings he is up for the day at about 5 and that is tough but thankfully it doesn't happen that often.
On the downside.. he's been having to go to the doctor for one thing after another. Of course, first was jaundice, then the acid reflux. A couple of weeks ago he got a mild case of thrush. Not a big deal at first... until we discovered that the pharmacy had messed up on the prescription label and we had been overdosing him for 3 days. The doctor wrote the prescription for 1 mL, 3x a day. When we picked up the prescription it said 1 tsp 3x a day for 14 days. On the 3rd day we had already run out of the prescription. So we called the pharmacy thinking maybe they didn't have any big bottles to put it in at the time, maybe they forgot to put the refills on there, etc. When they looked it up on the computer, all I heard on the other line was "Oops, that's a mistake. That's supposed to read 1mL 3x a day." Not what you want to hear when you are giving your newborn medication. So, of course, me being me, freaked out and went off on them, called the Dr. etc. Thankfully no longterm side effects, just a bad case of diarrhea, but my mind would not stop going to the what if's. What if it had been a different med.. what if something had happened in the middle of the night and we didn't know because we thought he was sleeping.. etc.. So be cautious! Always double check with the doctor before you leave about what you're giving them and how much and then double check your directions and dosage on the labels. Seems like you would do that anyway but we never gave it a second thought. Dr. would write a prescription and then we would have it filled and just assume that everyone did their part correctly and no worries. We will never make that mistake again.
Anyway, so after that was over.. we noticed congestion. Thought it was probably allergies since it's becoming Spring and everything's in bloom- but it wouldn't go away and he started to have dry boogers in his nose... so I took him in this past Saturday morning to the doctor again... the verdict? A full blown ear infection in one ear and another starting in the other one... Lovely! Why the sarcasm? Josh started having ear infections from 6 weeks old until 14 months when we finally got tubes. It was a year of hell with that for us and for Josh. So now, we have begun now with Jacob too. However, we already told them that we will NOT wait as long as we did with Josh to get tubes. If we are still dealing with ear infections by the time he is 6 months, we will be getting tubes and getting that over with- for him and for us. He goes back in a week to see if the infection is gone or not.
On a brighter side, even though he has been sick, he seems to still be pretty happy. He has found his smile and what a beautiful smile it is... I love those gummy ear to ear grins! We started noticing it on the changing table. We would lay him down and he would turn his head and start grinning from ear to ear. We thought "Man he really likes having his diaper changed." Then we realized what he was smiling about. We have his comforter hanging on the wall above his changing table. He is fascinated by it. (See pics below)
Jacob looking at comforter
Pic of comforter
Jacob smiling at comforter
All in all he's a really happy baby. He has his moments but then again all babies ( and kids for that matter) do. Brent and I realize everyday how lucky and blessed we truly are with our two boys we have is our lives.
Below are more random pics of Jacob. Our next post will have lots of pics of both Josh and Jacob. So stay tuned and check back often!
Jacob bundled up after a bath
Very happy after his bath
~Smiles~
~More smiles~
1 comment:
What big grins! Too cute! I can't believe the mix-up with the pharmacy - how scary. I'm glad things are settling in though. Maybe this summer we can get together sometime....
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