This evening while we were getting ready for bed, I said Cale and I would sleep on the air mattress tonight. (The room's bed is just too hard for my hips and side-sleeping.) Daddy said, Oh, we'll need to inflate the air mattress some more.
Cale understands a lot more of what we say than we give him credit. He toddled right over to the air mattress as soon as he heard that, he put his mouth to the valve, and he puffed!
Oh.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
The Crab
We had a tasty dinner (I had mango crab cakes, yum!) with an outstanding view and a great breeze this evening at the Tower Bar. When we came down the stairs to pick up our double stroller, Karston noticed two holes in the ground in the natural area (rocks and plants) around the tree base. Karston grabbed Mary's hand to go investigate with him. (He's fascinated with holes in the ground right now. I would make jokes, but he wouldn't get them at this age.) Karston bent over to peer down the farther hole when a hermit crab scuttled out just into view! Karston screamed loudly, impressively loudly, AAAH! A CRAB! I'm sure the whole restaurant knew that Karston was surprised by a crab. In fact, the cook came out of the close-by kitchen to make sure he was ok. Karston also quickly jumped behind Mary and peeked around her knee at the crab who scuttled back down his hole. He pointed to the closer hole, Mary, what's in that hole? She replied, I think that crab's friend lives next door to him. Karston very confidently said, Well that crab is no friend of mine!
We're still laughing about that. Eek, a crab, no friend of mine! You never know what you're going to hear, and sometimes it's quite funny.
We're still laughing about that. Eek, a crab, no friend of mine! You never know what you're going to hear, and sometimes it's quite funny.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
HFM
Cale hasn't been sleeping well for the past week. Motrin, started Sunday night, seems to help him sleep. To add to the fun, I was coughing last Friday night: from nasal drain, to sore throat, to cough.
So for his fifteen month birthday, Cale got a fever. He woke me up at 4 am to tell me he didn't feel well. Luckily, infant Motrin took care of that fever, but I took him to see the doctor this morning (Cale weighs 21 pounds 14.3 ounces, and has a normal temperature after the Motrin). She says he probably has Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease (with pictures) because that's going around; sometimes the only sign is 2 or 3 days of high fever of 101 to 103 °F. In a nutshell, it's caused by several virii including several types of the coxsackievirus (an enterovirus) and symptoms include a rash on the hands and on the feet and in the mouth, fever, sore throat, decreased appetite, or irritability. It's more common in children, especially under the age of 10, because adults have an immunity to any of those virii if they've been exposed. Other than that, it's highly contagious, so I expect we'll all get something (unless we've had that particular virus before).
We're hoping for a fast recovery, before we fly to Key West on Sunday!
So for his fifteen month birthday, Cale got a fever. He woke me up at 4 am to tell me he didn't feel well. Luckily, infant Motrin took care of that fever, but I took him to see the doctor this morning (Cale weighs 21 pounds 14.3 ounces, and has a normal temperature after the Motrin). She says he probably has Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease (with pictures) because that's going around; sometimes the only sign is 2 or 3 days of high fever of 101 to 103 °F. In a nutshell, it's caused by several virii including several types of the coxsackievirus (an enterovirus) and symptoms include a rash on the hands and on the feet and in the mouth, fever, sore throat, decreased appetite, or irritability. It's more common in children, especially under the age of 10, because adults have an immunity to any of those virii if they've been exposed. Other than that, it's highly contagious, so I expect we'll all get something (unless we've had that particular virus before).
We're hoping for a fast recovery, before we fly to Key West on Sunday!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Pointy
Cale's upper canine teeth just poked through. His gums are swollen around these two teeth, the points have just come through, and Cale is gnawing on everything in sight. Teething is one of Cale's few reasons to be fussy and to wake at night (along with illness and growth spurt). I hope these sharp teeth come through quickly!
Sunday, June 07, 2009
One fish, two fish ...
After dinner, I said I would tackle the mountain of dirty dishes if Daddy took the kids out to run off some energy (he loved that idea!). So I'm a little sorry that I missed this one, but at least our kitchen is much cleaner now.
Daddy, Karston, and Cale put on their life preservers and went in the pedal boat on our lake because Karston wanted to fish. Karston and Daddy brought their fishing poles. Cale sat between them in the boat, and he kept climbing over to grab Daddy's fishing pole. So Daddy let Cale hold the fishing pole. Twenty seconds after Cale started holding his fishing pole, it started to wiggle! Cale caught a fish! The routine here is that the fish-catcher (almost always Karston) and Karston get to touch the fish before we release it. So everyone touches the fish before he swims off, and then Cale gets to hold the fishing pole again. But whoa, whoa, what's this? Another fish on Cale's pole!
Cale held the fishing pole with a line in the water four times, and he caught three fish! I didn't know he was going for the title of world's youngest fisherman or I would have sent him out fishing before he was 14 months old, but it seems as though catching three fish at his age should be some sort of record. I'm sure he's the youngest person to catch fish from our lake. He's a talented child, and I think he loves fishing as much as Karston!
Daddy, Karston, and Cale put on their life preservers and went in the pedal boat on our lake because Karston wanted to fish. Karston and Daddy brought their fishing poles. Cale sat between them in the boat, and he kept climbing over to grab Daddy's fishing pole. So Daddy let Cale hold the fishing pole. Twenty seconds after Cale started holding his fishing pole, it started to wiggle! Cale caught a fish! The routine here is that the fish-catcher (almost always Karston) and Karston get to touch the fish before we release it. So everyone touches the fish before he swims off, and then Cale gets to hold the fishing pole again. But whoa, whoa, what's this? Another fish on Cale's pole!
Cale held the fishing pole with a line in the water four times, and he caught three fish! I didn't know he was going for the title of world's youngest fisherman or I would have sent him out fishing before he was 14 months old, but it seems as though catching three fish at his age should be some sort of record. I'm sure he's the youngest person to catch fish from our lake. He's a talented child, and I think he loves fishing as much as Karston!
Monday, June 01, 2009
Whooping Cough
We took the kids to the doctor (yet again, for the third or fourth time in a week or two), and Karston has whooping cough. If you listen to the "Sound of a child with whooping cough WITHOUT whooping" link, that's exactly what Karston sounded like last night just before he threw up. Karston's symptoms match a pertussis diagnosis quite well, so Dr. Goldbach made a savvy call.
What I learned from some online research is that you can get whooping cough even if you're vaccinated, but you get a milder case (so even if it doesn't prevent all pertussis, the vaccine is still a good idea); the vaccine also wears off over time if you don't get a booster. Adults are a "reservoir" of pertussis since we get milder cases, and the transmission rate within a household is 75 to 80%. Most pertussis is mild, and goes largely undiagnosed and unreported. Most people with whooping cough don't make the whooping sound; only about half of the infected children do. Whooping cough has also been called the hundred day cough (ick!).
So that means this week, both kids are on an antibiotic that tastes vile. Poor kids! However, it's the only way to keep Cale from catching whooping cough, and I don't want him on this ride.
What I learned from some online research is that you can get whooping cough even if you're vaccinated, but you get a milder case (so even if it doesn't prevent all pertussis, the vaccine is still a good idea); the vaccine also wears off over time if you don't get a booster. Adults are a "reservoir" of pertussis since we get milder cases, and the transmission rate within a household is 75 to 80%. Most pertussis is mild, and goes largely undiagnosed and unreported. Most people with whooping cough don't make the whooping sound; only about half of the infected children do. Whooping cough has also been called the hundred day cough (ick!).
So that means this week, both kids are on an antibiotic that tastes vile. Poor kids! However, it's the only way to keep Cale from catching whooping cough, and I don't want him on this ride.
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