I want to give our sandbox a upgrade….I have several ideas but its outcome is based on economics and who will do the manual labor.
1. blue pool sand box
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I also want a hammock under my mesquite tree.
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Tag Archive: preschooler
Outside with dog
- Rocking out in the music/library room.
- Toy Train musuem
- Jumping
- Eating a icecream cone
- Playing at the jungle gym
- Happy Mama
J has been staying dry through the night for about 2 1/2 weeks.
J will tell me “potty mom” first thing in morning.
During the day he will tell me “potty mom” and I usually have about a minute to get him to the potty or disaster will occur. So, we happily take our toad potty everywhere we go. This ensures we dont have any “failures” or missed oppurtunites for potty success.
We are phasing out diapers; we our gleefully traveling to a very independent toddlerhood.
J has NOT been listening lately.
Last night, before he got out of the car I gave him clear instructions that I wanted him to walk next to me. “J you need to walk with Mom, hold my hand. No running. Walking Feet. Ok?”
He replied with a smile and nodded his head. Moments later he is laughing and running. He completely ignores me when I tell him to “stop his feet and wait for me”.
As a consequence he had to sit on the couch and listen to me explain the dangers. (I made it breif.)
We live in the desert. About 3 weeks ago I saw a rattlesnake in my frontyard. Last summer we had a mountain lion in our backyard (with pawprints bigger than my hand!). We have bobcats, javelinas, centipedes and scorpions who greet us at the front door (last Wednesday).
I don’t believe he is being disobedient to be defiant but he is impulsive, high energy and cheerful.
J is LIVING IN THE MOMENT. He is not thinking long term or consequences…just wants to have fun!
My other parenting issue is participation in circletime at the library. He will wander, climb under, run out of the room. He wanes in and out of participation. He will join in then start running around the room. When asked if he wants to or needs to leave because he isn’t following directions he request that he stays. He will join then go back to his own “program”.
Today, I gave him my expectations and told him if he didn’t listen at librarytime ; he wouldn’t be able to go to a second fun activity. He would be able to choose swimming, play at the mall, or park. He lost a 2nd activity because he was running around the room, climbing and crawling under furniture and ran out of the room.
Tonite, he listened walking holding my hand. He told me about the snakes. The other day we went to the museum and he got to see poisonous snakes and touch a local nonvenemous Sonoran King Snake.
This stage in his life I need some refresher courses in parenting classes and a toddler leash!
I keep reminding myself ” My only job is to make he feels loved & special and to allow his to foster and implement self-control, empathy, love for self and others.” So, however I react will teach him something positive or negative….
diced mushrooms
Lipton onion soup
cilantro
yellow sweet onion
green onion
bell pepper strips (red, yellow, green)
carrots
squash
baby spinach
colby jack cheese
Last Friday, when I got J ready for bed, I noticed his groin area was dramatically swollen. His penis, testicles…everything down south was swollen. His belly was hard and swollen.
He hadnt urinated in 5 days. I had previously taken him to the ER where they didn’t want to believe me that he hadn’t peed. So they gave him fluids, I nursed him and they waited for 5 hours to see if he would urinate ; and as I told them he didn’t pee. They did a ultrasound of his bladder he had urine in his bladder, they then catherized him to do a urinanalysis. Which determined he did not have a urinary tract infection. They were stumped as to why he hadn’t peed. Because they kept commenting ” he is visibly hydated”.
I decided to let J sleep a while after his shower to see if the swelling would go down. After a hour the swelling hadn’t gone away. So I packed us up and went to urgent care. From urgent care they sent us to the ER. His groin area was sensitive to touch. He screamed and kicked anytime a person with scrubs came near him. J is ALWAYS HAPPY; which let me know he was in pain and uncomfortable. After we arrived he peed; he soaked thru 3 diapers. He hadnt peed all day…..5 days without urination. He made up for it in a short amount of time.
That nite they did a comprehensive ultrasound of his abdomen; which included his liver, kidneys, pancreas and his testicles. They concluded he had a undescended testicle. They also did a urinanalysis which also came out negative for a UTI.
He has continued to have swelling with discomfort ( doesnt want me to touch them). So, I scheduled a appointment on Wednesday afternoon. On our way to our appointment we were rearended. We were hit pretty hard shook the van and left a abrasion on Sky’s nose from the popsicle hitting him on the nose and breaking. The doctor concluded that both J’s testicles have descended and that he has HYDROCELE.
The testicles of a baby boy actually develop inside the abdomen while he is growing inside the womb. During the third month of pregnancy, an outpouching of the lining that surrounds the inside of the abdomen descends through a tiny canal into the scrotum. This tube paves the way for the testicles to travel down into the scrotum. Once the testicles have reached their final destination in the scrotum, which usually happens just before birth, the tube pinches off near the abdomen.
When fluid is found in the scrotum, it is called a hydrocele. Sometimes when the tube pinches off, it traps some fluid from the abdominal cavity in the scrotum. This is called a non-communicating hydrocele. It is called non-communicating because the tube is closed off from the abdominal cavity. However, sometimes the tube does not completely close off, and fluid from the abdominal cavity is free to flow through this tube into the scrotum. This is called a communicating hydrocele.
Because there is no new fluid coming into a hydrocele that is non-communicating, the body usually absorbs it over the first year of life. A communicating hydrocele will fluctuate in size since the fluid will travel to and from the abdominal cavity. Boys with this type of hydrocele are usually noted to have more fluid in the scrotum while they are upright or active and less while they are lying down asleep.
Up to 50 percent of all boys have some fluid within the scrotum at birth. Hydroceles are not painful, and the fluid from a non-communicating hydrocele may take up to a year to be absorbed. If the hydrocele lasts for more than a year, it implies that it is a communicating hydrocele, and many pediatricians recommend having it surgically closed. This recommendation for surgery is based upon the concern that a hernia may eventually develop.
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Last night, I heard a work in progress explosion or as I call it ” bubble guts”.
So, I anticipated liquid poo for the forecast today…
and liquid poo is what J delivered with a extra side of vomit!!!
I have had to change the bed sheets, wash him up in the tub, and wash his clothes & linens.
He still has a slight fever. the fever reducer isn’t taking it down.
He still has a appetite….he is nursing and just wants to be held. He’s moving alot. flapping his arms like is flying and moving his legs all around!
While he sits on my lap we are reading his favorite books and giving him lots of kisses.
He has been very helpful; helping me take my bedsheets off the bed and helping to mop after I mopped the floor.
We went outside to play in the mud…J enjoyed splashing in the water..He wanted nothing to do with getting muddy. With my assistance he scooped mud in the dump truck.
J agreed to go inside and take a nap since he was out of sorts and just wanted to rest. He then changed his mind and ventured into the playroom to play with toys and watch Thomas & Friends. He is sitting on the “puke sheet” with his turquiose vomit basin near him!
He is sipping on a wild concuction of juice (pomergranate& blueberry) gingerale & water.
Our plans changed today…Friday at 10am we join music hour at the bookstore. But, today at 9am J began projectile vomitting. The 1st incident occured on my bed.
So, I said its a outside day….I rather hose vomit off my porch then wipe it off my floors or scrub it out of my carpet.
He continued to vomit mercilessly. It came flowing out of his nose then his mouth…then both at the same time.
He had a lot of mucus in the vomit because he is congested.
His diet consisted of breastmilk and heavily diluted juice 80/20. Which made the throw up tolerable for me….but the quantity was alot!
I called his dr. to get it triaged over the phone; called to make sure i was doing everything right (keep offering fluids & take it easy) He has a slight fever.
Since he thrown up over 10 times in a short period of time his nurse thought it was crucial he come in for a appointment…I told her its nothing serious…just a virus. But she insisted…so we went and the Dr. told me just what I said :”its a virus”. He even threw up in the Dr’s office.
Since we didnt use our early morning to jam out to chords; we took a nature walk and continued our lesson on birds. Yesterday we discussed birds songs and nest. We gazed at nest in a cactus in our front yard. We listened to their songs and looked for birds building nest.
Today we “made” a nest. I am not a weaver so we recycled the watermelon container that is round and picked up things that would be in a nest.
We picked up sticks, dried leaves, cotton balls, styrafoam.
The boys were not amused by our science project, I had to keep trying to hold their attention….So we took breaks in between and played in the mud.
They enjoyed making orange pineapple jello and we discussed the color. They also enjoyed watering the plants and playing with our dog Jack.
On Friday, I kept asking J “do you need to go potty?” he replied firmly “no!”.
So, after playing outside it was time to sit on the potty.
I discovered WHY he didnt need to go potty….he had already POOED his underpants!
A BIG FIRM BLOB OF POO!
A voice in my head kept repeating “Not cool! not cool!”
The Poo had become bonded with his underwear….GROSS!!!!!
Today, was a whole NEW LEVEL of OMG!!.
He was in the bath playing with his measuring cups…having a BLAST!
J calls me ” Mommmmm potty”.
I was busy…so i finished up….it took me 45 seconds….
As I walk into the bathroom, he begins to poooooop.
He glances up for a brief second says “ewww poop” then goes back to playing.
Needless to say Bathtime was over….I bleached tthe tub out….What a way to start my day 🙂
On a positive note, when he woke up this morning his 1st request was “potty Moma”!
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