Rolling with the Punches....

The hits just keep on coming as far as Sam is concerned. At his 1 yr check up he weighed in at 24 lb even, 30 1/2 inches long. That's 68% for weight and 69% for height and head.

But he was 25lb 3 oz the week before - he was clothed but his clothes don't weigh that much. His left ear was now infected so we held off on vaccines til we can get him well. Dr was a little concerned about weight loss, but he's obviously still a good size and he wasn't eating much when he was so congested (and throwing up from coughing didn't help).

His blood test - which he sat through and didn't even flinch - revealed he was slightly anemic, so he is now on an iron supplement.

And I tried the TINIEST bit of peanut butter on bread last night and he has broken out with a rash on his upper arms, upper legs and stomach. And his cough is way worse today, but I think that's in part due to the allergic reaction to the peanut butter.

I really didn't think I would have more problems with my 33 weeker than my 27 weeker. Gavin had his share of illness that first year but it was plain old cough/cold/ear infection/rotavirus with a case of RSV thrown in. Sam's are legitimate conditions. Shame on me for making assumptions I guess.

It's getting a little old finding "one more thing" all the time. But then I remind myself how much worse a lot of people have it. I think I could have a little better attitude if I could just get some sleep! But judging by how fast this year has flown by, in a blink of an eye these boys will be out of the house and I will have a lifetime of uninterrupted sleep. So I will remember to appreciate the middle of the night snuggle opportunities and try to be an adequate employee/mom/friend on 4 hours of sleep!

Soy Baby

Emailed our ped last night and got a msg to go ahead and switch to soy milk and see if that helps. I'm going to be sad if Sam is allergic to cow's milk. No pizza or ice cream! What's a kid to do? Although, I must say it makes sense since he had both those things Sunday, and that's when things really started to flare up.

So, we will see.