I guess it's about time I got around to posting about Max's Christmas party at school...waaaaaaaaaaaay back on the 19th!
He had a great time. The whole school got to wear pajamas to school that day which set the tone great...might have been better if it hadn't been close to 80 degrees outside though...especially since the pj's he wore were fleece! Anyway, I got there right as they were getting ready to go to lunch and starting setting up for their gingerbread house activity. The teacher had hot glued (small) milk cartons to paper plates and each child got one with enough graham crackers and icing to "build" their house. We had bowls and bowls of all kinds of fun colorful candies to decorate their houses with and after a short demonstration they went to town! I'm not sure if more candy went onto the houses or into their bellies but hey, it's Christmas right?...it's a party right?
After they finished their houses they had a snack and watched a Christmas video and did another craft. We had them make "gingerbread people" ornaments with sand paper, cinnamon sticks, and paint. Once that was done it was time to clean up and go. Max had a great time but he was very excited to be coming home for a 2 week vacation!
Max "building" his house...wearing a Rudolph hat he made :)
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Gettin' SickYep, you guessed it...once Abby had beat the flu...Max got sick...UGH. He came down with a fever (102.6) Tuesday night (the 23rd). I gave him some Motrin and as I was sitting with him in his bed I noticed the inside corner of his eye was puffy. It didn't bother him at all and I didn't see anything in his eye so I let it go figuring he might be getting a sinus infection. After about 15 minutes, the swelling/puffiness had spread to over half of his eyelid but it still wasn't bothering him. I called the after hours line for the dr.'s office and the nurse who called back asked a bunch of questions and then thought he might be getting conjunctivitis. She said he probably needed to be seen in the office the next morning. She told me if it got worse to call back.
It got worse. I had gone out to get groceries for Christmas Eve dinner and John called to say Max had woken up sweating like crazy and upset and was now on the couch. I got home and noticed his eye looked completely swollen shut and he was dripping like he had just gotten out of the shower (I figured this was okay since it probably meant his fever had broken). A few minutes later he woke up screaming and thrashing and calling for John. At first we thought he was worried that he couldn't open his eye but then we realized that it seemed like he couldn't hear us or see us (even out of the good eye). He just kept screaming for John even though he was right there on the couch with him talking to him. Needless to say I considered this "worse" and called the nurses line again.
I spoke with a different nurse and after explaining to her the course of events she went ahead and paged the pediatrician. He called back and assured me that Max's "freaking out" episode was a night terror but he did want to see him the next morning first thing to look at his eye. During all this we were able to get Max back into his bed and he was sleeping peacefully...for the rest of the night.
Christmas Eve found us going BACK to the pediatrician's office (for the 3rd time in less than a week...Abby on Friday the 19th and Lucy for her 15 month well visit on Monday the 22nd...see below for stats). Max's eye was much less swollen in the morning but I noticed his fever was starting to creep back. He did have a slight temp in the office and the dr. diagnosed him with an upper respiratory infection...no antibiotics...YEAH :) He was MUCH better by the evening...more about Christmas Eve in another post.
Even sick...the boy likes to have his picture taken :)
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Lucy's 15 month stats...
weight 21lbs. 6 ozs. = 20th percentile
height 30" = 30th percentile
Yep, she's a little peanut!
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