You ever have one of those weeks where everything is especially nutty? Yep, that is what this week has felt like for me! It started out with poor little Kaden getting his staples pulled out on Monday. I remember watching them do this with Chad's staples after his surgery, and I remember the incision falling apart in the intern's hand, and the look on the surgeon's face when he ran into the room, saying he needed to get back into surgery. The look on Chad's face that day was blinking in my mind like a fast polaroid picture, when Kaden got his taken out. Ok, so there is a big difference between a little cut on the head and major skull surgery, but a staple is a staple. And it is never easy to watch someone you love have them taken out!
Kaden and I also have been bitten by some crazy bug or virus thing. Kaden seems to have kicked it, which is so good, but Mama can't shake it. It was so horrible last week, that I actually missed my own baby shower! My wonderful co workers threw the shower and have been planning it for months, it would have been way too hard to reschedule. They took pics and I was totally there in spirit!
I feel like we were running around all over the place this week, trying to squish everything in! I went and registered at the hospital this week (oh yeah, it would be good to do that, huh?!) and Kaden had his speech assessment with ChildFind on Wednesday. He was referred by his daycare teacher who was concerned that he was struggling with pronouncing certain letters. When she first mentioned it to me, I was taken aback, because doesn't every parent think their child is a complete brainiac??? I had never noticed that he was having trouble with certain letters. So after 4 hours of assessing him, they came to the conclusion that he does not qualify for speech therapy services, but does have a mild delay, which is basically three letters. Most likely this is caused by being born tongue tied, because these particular letters have to do with the tongue not stretching far enough. We go to see the ENT on Monday, and we will see if he can possibly have the surgery done to take care of it. This surgery could have been just a simple SNIP that would have happened when he was just days old, and he wouldn't feel a thing, but our hippie Californian doctors said that they didn't really think it was all that important and it would stretch out eventually. Damn you hippie doctors! We were also referred to the ENT after Kaden failed his last two hearing tests, and there seems to be fluid that is not draining out of his one ear. So, he may have to get tubes in his ears.....oh and there is a baby on the way. Like in two weeks. holy cow.
This week is week 37 that this little nugget has been baking in the oven, 16 more days to go! My hormones are beyond beserk and I have been a weepy mess all this week. We have been so excited to meet this little one, and now the day is so close, it doesn't even seem real.
Happy St. Patty's Day weekend to everyone! Cheers!
Aw! Sorry it's been a crazy week! Settle in, nest and get ready! Life is even crazier with two, my friend!!
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