A "healthy" week!!!!!!

 Despite cough and runny nose, Thomas made it through the past week fever and wheezing free, therefore, NO DOCTOR APPOINTMENT!  It was amazing.  And he is finally getting better.  Instead of focusing on illnesses, I have decided I really need to focus on the fun we are having as Thomas grows up.  He is really starting to show more and more personality and I think that in the next couple of months he will start repeating everything we say (I really need to cut back on cursing one of these days...). 

As far as personality goes, he is still really outgoing.  But a new trait has emerged.  Thomas is bossy!  When he wants you to sit down and play with a toy, he lets you know.  If he wants you to splash with him in the bath tub, he points it out.  If one hand isn't splashing he will take time to let you know, it needs to be splashing too!  He points, makes a lovely "uuuhhhh" noise, and shows you what you should be doing.  It's really funny, yet I am afraid where this is going.  I don't like the temper tantrum that occurs when you don't listen, but I think at some point we might have to not always do what Thomas says.  But for now, I will indulge him, and sit in the chair I am supposed to and bang puzzle pieces on the table.

He is still doing great in daycare.  He apparently likes to hang out with the older kids, observing.  Today, when I picked him up, the older kids were kicking a soccer ball, chasing after it, and Thomas was right there with them!  It was too cute.  The sharp turns always got him though, he would fall down, but get up and get right back into it.  He is starting to learn to kick things instead of thinking everything has to be thrown.  So, hopefully soccer is in his future... I would be happy to play with him!

As far as speaking goes, he has mama and dada down.  Ball and bus are both "buuuuuuuuhhh".  I have gotten him to say basketball twice!  It's "backetbaw".  This weekend he really got into the "dooda" of Camptown Races, so that was pretty much all he said all weekend.  We went the library, he LOVED it and was just running up and down the aisles screaming dooda over and over again.  And there was a whole kids wing, so it was okay that he was screaming.  We did not venture to the adult section, I can reserve books online, it's easier that way. 



The latest in health drama is trying to schedule the urologist, Dr. Rahbar (his ENT surgeon) and GI to do all his things he needs to be "under" for at the same time.  Naturally, the date they came up with was "early July".  I was very discouraged.  I got ahold of Dr. Rahbar's surgery scheduler and she helped a little.  Thomas has a swallow study coming up on April 11 (a HUGE deal), he will see Dr. Rahbar on April 26.  At that point we will know if we are still doing "wait and see" with swallowing or if it's time to do the next step and fix the cleft - and no matter what date I set now, the result of the swallow study could change things anyway.  So, while I was frustrated and upset that she didn't call and say Thomas' surgery is tomorrow, after all, I am very anxious to figure out what is going on with his EE and when we can introduce foods, after spending the evening with Thomas and him enjoying his latest free of every allergen meal (homemade spaghetti sauce with brown rice pasta), I am willing to wait potentially 3-4 months to figure out if we can adjust his diet again.  Sigh....