3 Year Update
The kids had their 3 year appointment this week.
James has gained back the weight he lost when he had his endoscopy and was on barley & rye only. He’s now at 33 1/2 lbs and 36 3/4 inches.
Evelyn is our slow grower, which I find odd since she eats more than James, but she does eat better also - as in more rounded. She’s at 28 lbs and 36.5 inches.
We weren’t supposed to have shots, but there was as shortage of one that they needed to be caught up for. And, a new version of one came out, that they are advising to give to those who got the older version.
Well, of course, nothing is simple and Evelyn had a reaction. She couldn’t/wouldn’t walk the morning after it. If she tried, she cried and stood there helpless. Now, Friday (got shots on Wednesday) she’s got a swirling cascading rash on the area of the shot that made her unable to walk and a different one on her neck. And a random black eye she woke up with which apparently is a possible reaction.
Her rash spread slightly overnight, and a few new splotches have arrived. Overall, it seems that they are going to look to see if it’s cellulitis and then tell us to give her Benadryl - which we are. I took photos of the splotches, the red eye and will show our DR the next time we see him or I’ll mail them to him - as we aren’t frequently at the Pediatricians.
James, we are having a bit of an issue with again. If you remember he was found to no longer be allergic to wheat or milk at his last allergist appointment in April. He however is likely forever allergic to peanuts - very severe - and is now allergic to walnuts and almonds also.
Anyhow, at that time we weaned him off rice milk and onto cows milk. That took about a month. Then we cold turkey stopped gluten free. That’s been a month. Personally these (prick test) are not always accurate. And here we are, how things started before with his behavior, itching/rashes, sleeping issues and of course the lovely diaper issues, bloating belly, ect.
In talking with his Dr, and indicating we are having troubles again - he said we are really the best ones to know how it affects him and he supports if we’d chose to put him on gluten free until he can further tell us (James I mean) what is happening to him, he doesn’t have the capacity at the moment (or care-not sure) to tell us - he just stares at us blankly.
So we are debating. We’ve said we are a few times, but then aren’t sure if we are just being too sensitive for him and the expense of the food is very difficult to swallow. One of the main things the Drs keep saying is he is getting nutrients since he’s gaining weight properly, but in all my reading - that doesn’t mean anything. He eats less food than Evelyn, and runs around more than her- but weighs more and given in the last 2 months he gained 5 lbs - makes me scratch my head.
Who knows!
James is gearing up for Airventure which is keeping him busy. The kids miss him, but we are getting by OK. Looking forward to heading out to see things a day or two during it.
You should be getting 3 year old photos in the mail this week-next week!
They are growing SO Fast. I hate it, but love it all in the same. Not knowing if these are our last kids or not _ verdict is still out on that one. It’s hard to not feel like they are at times, and really want to hold onto that stage. But tonight, I had a full on conversation with Evelyn. Crazy! And James as I told him how big of a boy he was being proclaimed back to me “yeah mom!” as if it was just common nature. lol. Evelyn has started proclaiming her like of things, I like this. I like ice cream. I like chicken. I like Kitty.
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