Friday, November 18, 2011

Grant at 2 years

Here is an update on what my little sweet boy is like at 2 years old.  First, I'll give you the stats.  Grant went for his 2 year check up on 11/2, just a few days after his 2nd birthday.  He was 34.75 inches tall (60th percentile), weighted 29 pounds (64th percentile) and his head is 50.5 centimeters.  I love my big boy! 

Second, we learned that Grant has a severe peanut allergy (which we kind of already knew of course) and a mild allergy to pistachios.  Boooooo.  This is not cool AT. ALL.  However, not totally unexpected because of the Labor Day weekend reaction he had, plus Grant's cousins Gordon and Ryan both have peanut allergies!  I pretty much knew from the moment I found out I was having a boy that he would have some kind of peanut issue.  Of course, it's never fun when his pediatrician says, "Yeah, his allergy is off the charts!"  Um, great.

Third, let's remember what Grant is like at 2 years old.  The kid is a talking machine!  I always tell Todd that Grant isn't as clear as Natalie was with her words at this age, but he certainly has as many words as she did!  He must have close to 100 words, if not more.  He speaks in 4 and 5 word sentences.  He is OBSESSED with anything that has wheels.  Trucks, cars, trains, front loaders, cranes, tractors, back hoes, dump trucks, firetrucks, you name it.  He knows them by name.  At dinner, he will eat and then say, "I finished!  I watch TV?  I watch trucks?"  Of course, this sounds more like, "I finisss.  I watt TV?  I watt twucks?"  But we know what he means!

He's a pretty good eater too.  Last night he ate 1.5 grilled cheese sandwiches, and tonight, about 2 hot dogs and a bunch of mandarin oranges and some dried apple rings.  He still loves his milk!  He asks for it every morning and says, "Peas" when he wants it (mostly when prompted though).  Some other things that are kind of unique that he likes to eat are:  cooked carrots (sometimes), peppers (orange, red, yellow), cucumber slices, any kind of fruit, and his latest favorite... ketchup.  He LOVES sweets, just like his sister, but obviously now that we know he has a peanut allergy, we have to watch this a little closer.

He's still a good sleeper.  We put him down around 7:30 every night and he sleeps until 5 something, when Todd goes in, gives him a small cup of water, changes his diaper and puts him back to bed.  He loves teddy bears and loves to sleep with Blue Bear, his taggy blankie, and his blue blanket. 

He's a sweet boy too.  Maureen says he is always SO good with the babies at her house.  He hardly ever touches them, but he kneels down and is sweet to them, and he doesn't even mind it when baby Liam follows him around.  He tolerates his sister, although I feel this year that is going to change!  He's almost always sweet with mommy and daddy, although lately he will whine for the other parent when one doesn't give him what he wants!  It's pretty funny.   

We love you little buddy!!!!!  (And we love the haircut we got you not long after this picture was taken!)

Monday, November 7, 2011

Update on my eyes

This post is for Rob, who asked in the comments section of my last post about this how my eyes were doing.

Well, it's been over 2 months and they are GREAT!!!  I don't have any pain at all, and my vision is perfect.  I have another follow up next week, so I'll be sure to post more on how I'm doing, even if it's just a quick blurb.  As you know, I didn't have Lasik- I had advanced surface ablation, which is a little different with the same out come.  I had a slight astigmatism, and slightly weakened corneas, so this was determined to be the best procedure for me based on these things.  The recover was kind of tough for a few days, as I felt like scratching my eyeballs out, but it only lasted a few days, and a few adult beverages took the edge off and I slept for 12 hours straight.  The best thing you can do for your eyes is SLEEP.  So if anyone plans on doing this, and has ASA rather than Lasik, I recommend you either a) get a babysitter if you have kids or dogs, or b) make sure your spouse has a handle on the kids/dogs.  But about 5 days after the surgery, they took out the hard contact lenses, and that made a BIG difference.  Every day got a little better, and a week after surgery, I would say I was pretty close to 100%.  For a few weeks, I was having a bit of trouble with halos (and I think almost everyone gets those) but I have been taking my eye drops and vitamin C religiously, so that has helped.  With it now being dark when I go to CrossFit in the morning, or dark when I drive to the chiropractor at night, I've noticed a huge improvement.  The moon still ocassionally halos, but that's about it.  It doesn't affect my driving, because even if the "red light" haloed, I could still see that it was red!  People, houses, street signs, etc. did not have halos.  Just bright lights, and only when you look directly at them. 

When I last went to the doctor, I was 20/16, and could even read a few letters on the 20/12 line.  I had to go searching for it, but I was previously -2.00 prescription in one eye, and -1.75 in another. I think I was about 20/90 and 20/80, or pretty close to that.

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