Life with Two: February 2008

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Corn on the Cob

Luca's first attempt at corn on the cob... He did really well! I didn't think he'd like it, but he actually got quite a kick out of this funny way of eating. Good thing too, because we LOVE corn on the cob!! :)

Fractured Hand

Around Christmas time, Anthony noticed the fleshy part between Luca's thumb and forefinger was deeply black and blue. At first, I thought it was just paint, but it didn't come off. I asked Luca's teachers if they had any ideas how it happened, but they didn't and neither did we. Once in a while he would say "owie" and point to his left hand, but it wasn't even often enough that we thought to take him to the doctor. He still played and used that hand just as well as the right.

Well, jump forward almost 2 months... Luca randomly grabbed his left hand one night and screamed "owie! owie!" So, we finally took him to the doctor, who gave us a prescription for an xray at Children's Hospital. The next day, we headed over to the hospital to have his hand xrayed. I didn't think it would be anything...how could it be? He surely would favor that hand or show he was in pain if something were broken, right?

After playing in the amazing waiting room (yes, there IS a reason to go to a Children's!) we were called back to the radiology department. Luca sat on Daddy's lap and started to put his hand down on the table. The xray tech said "oh, don't worry about having him put his hand down, he won't be able to keep it still." Well, not only did he keep his hand still, but he did all the positions they needed and held them while she took the pictures. The tech was extremely amazed. :) (We trace Luca's hands all the time, so he knew how to hold his hand still.)

We waited for the news for about 10 minutes and then the tech came out and said we had a phone call from our pediatrician. Apparently, the radiologist DID see a fracture in Luca's third metacarpal that was healing. But the worrisome part was that there was spot on the xray that appeared to be a hole in the healing bone, which would suggest a bone infection. Our pediatrician wanted us to come to her office right away to get a white blood cell count.

As we drove there, I was almost in tears, it was so scary thinking something more serious could be wrong. Not to mention our son had a fracture this whole time and we didn't know it! I just kept thinking, how do parents handle news that is so much worse than this??

We arrived at the pediatrician's office and the did a finger poke to draw blood. Luca didn't cry at all, just watched and said "poke" then "bleeding". :) He did, however, cry when they put the bandaid on his finger. He did NOT want a bandaid.

Anyway, loooong story short, his white blood cell count is fine, so no infection. He is healing from a fractured hand, but you'd never know it. We'll go back in a month to get his hand re-xrayed and make sure it's still healing.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Valentine's Day Parade

You have no idea how hard it is to keep 26 toddles together in a line!! :) Luca's class did a very informal Valentine's Day parade around the school and they did so well! These are kids ages 16 mos - 33 mos and they loved their parade!

And, as requested, a new video of Luca dancing...

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Why is there milk in my cereal?

My BIG boy had his first bowl of Cheerios - with milk! We were bored with all the old standby's and decided to try something new. How amazing that such a simple act could make for such a delightful breakfast. Luca loved it and ate the whole bowl. :)