Max's elbow!

02 Mar 2010

today it was all the usual run of the mill stuff, I arrived at Mum n Dads place to drop the kids off so I could go to work, Max got excited yelling out Poppy, Poppy, as he was running up to him with his arms up.
then Max starts to cry, at first we all think Bloody Poppy, being too rough again................just like I remember him doing to us as kids. so Poppy picks him up, but Max reaches out for me, so I take him and give him a cuddle, but his left arm is all floppy, so I sat on the lounge and we think maybe he has a corked or pulled muscle or something.
after about 5mins of him being still on my lap he stopped crying, I gave him some neurofen and moved his arm to see if there was any change, and he cries again. so then took him into the spare room and laid him on the bed to check his shoulders, I held his dummy above him to see if he would reach for it, he does with his right hand but doesn't move his left, so I picked him back up and his left arm was all floppy trailing under him,he didn't even try to lift it up, he has gone pretty pale about now. poor little man. he looked up at me with the look of worry on his face. I asked him where it hurts and he pointed to his left elbow.
after another 5mins of doing the wait and see if it gets any better thing, I decided to take him to campbeltown hospital. we got to reception and we were called in after only waiting about 2 mins. a Dr came to have a look at him first, just to see where they thought they needed to take any x-rays, shoulder wrist or elbow areas, she put 1 hand on his elbow and her other hand on his wrist, she did a pull and a twist and after a big cry, he pointed to his elbow again , but this time he was smiling.

they said he had popped his elbow. I will ring the hospital tomorrow and actually ask them to tell me again what he did, I was just so happy for him, that after they had fixed him, I forgot to listen to anything else they were saying LOL.

My Dad said he had held Max's hands, and then Max lifted his feet off the floor, and as he did that, he has pulled is elbow out of wack. ( which we didn't know at the time)
Mum followed me to the hosp, so then she took Max back to her place and I went to work. the hospital is about half way between Mums and my work.
at first, I thought it was his shoulder, but I should have paid more attention to Max , he kept pointing to his elbow.

he is as good as new now, Mum said he didn't complain or cry while I was at work, and I was only 15mins late for work too, can you believe that!
I think that will be the quickest emergency room visit I will ever do .LOL.

Santa Photo 2009

23rd December 09

I took the kids up to see grannan and Grandpop today, My Nan wasnt real good, shes stuck on the lounge all day and I think she has all but given up. I dont want to be old and helpless but I guess its just part of life......

4th Dec 09

yet another school concert for Hannah.
I'll come back and edit this later.

26th Nov 09, Hannahs Bushwahzee

Hannah was the main star tonight in her school concert, put on for the parents, Nanny and Poppy came to watch aswell as Aunty Jen Jen and Naye. I was on video, and Jen was on photo duty LOL. Maybe we should go into business LOL.

29.9.09
Max 82.7cm and 13kg
Kaylee 16kg.
Hannah 20kg

10 December 2009.

Hannah did a preformance in the local shopping centre today with her class, they performed the reindeer boogie, they all had to wear their school uniforms and a santa hat,I got it all on video, she was so good, she saw me filming though and moved up the back , the little bugger. LOL. she had a great time.
Hannah felt very special to see her friends mum, Sue today, her words to Greg were, "Even Taylah's mum came to watch me", with a big cheesy grin on her face.
Greg was coming, but he just couldn't wake up. it was probably better that he slept anyway. He is so good though, he even goes without sleep just so he can watch Hannah perform.

How slack!

I am so slack, I spend so much time on the computer and its been since august since my last post!
I really need to do a big update, but so much has happened I dont know where to start...........

maybe I will just come and add some more later as I think of things......

20 Sep 2009, Hi hope you are all doing well.

guess what

Max took his 1st steps!!! YAY!!!! you should see him , he is so proud of himself, he will stand up with his hands in the air until somebody acknowledes him , then we have to clap and cheer and tell him to walk, so he takes about 3 or 4 steps and lands on his hands. LOL.

no more physio every month now either!

there was something else i was going to mention too, but I cant remember!!.........

Max

we had our last physio appointment for Max last Monday!
Suzy said she doesnt need to see him anymore,and theres nothing more shecan do at this stage, if he isnt walking in 8wks time then we go back again for more leg strentghing excersies but he pushes bikes walking being them, he has his walker trolley thing that he pushes everywhere, he does laps in the back yard, he's still has stiff legs. He is such an outdoors boy! he has a meltdown if the back door gets closed on him! once we open the door again out he goes and is all smiles again.
He loves dirt,sand,and his favouerite is water! so he is going to love the pool this summer.

Max also has 3 more teeth, bottm right next to the middle,and 2 eye teeth coming

Max

I gave Max his 1st haircut today, I just cut the curls off behind his ears, so he has a little boys cut now!

A week of sickness

Sunday 26th July it started with me, I was very sick, I couldn't get out of bed, then Sunday night Hannah had a temp, and by Tuesday she still had it. and was coughing way too much too. I took her into the hosp. just to check her over, and we were admitted overnight! they were very concerned about her right lung and her asthma, she had a chest x-ray, which came back clear, and she had so much ventolin I thought it was way too much, but by wednesday arvo she was back to her normal self, annoying Kaylee LOL. then thursday, Kaylee got the temp, but other than that was fine cause she doesn't have any asthma, then friday Max go it, and now Greg has the flu! so it has hit us all!!
I cant wait for summer and warmer weather!

Hannah was so good in hospital, she had to wear an oxygen tube that went in the end of her nostrils, and she didn't complain about it, not once, we had pencils and some school work given to us by the nurses which was great because at 8.30pm the TV automatically turned off, and theres no radio, or anything! we just laid in our beds and chatted. I think Hannah enjoyed it. just having her an I.
we had a shocking sleep though, every time Hannah's oxygen level dropped the machine alarm would go off, and that was pretty often, than if it wasn't the alarm, it was the nurses coming in to check her temp of listen to her chest,I think I slept about 2hrs in total. it was so nice to come home, we slept very well being back in our own beds.

Max stood up!

Max stood up today for about 5 seconds, he thought he was so great, he even clapped his hands LOL.

Max

Max now has 4 double teeth, 4 front top, and 2 front bottom, and his front bottom right has just strted to come through...
I really must get him a baby book like the girls have......
and I forgot to put on here he crawled April 8th.
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26 Mar 2009,

I got very excited today, after max woke up from his day sleep, he was squealing, and having so much fun in his cot, i was listening to him on the monitor,
when i opened his door he was sitting up, and he did it all by himself, he was waving his arms up and down and laughing, i think he was actually proud of himself , so i laid him down and said, show me how u got into that sitting position......
and he did,, he sat up and squealed again

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08 Mar 2009,

well Max had his re-check hearing test the other day and he passed with flying colours, unlike last time he was just on the pass line..

he's turning 1 in 6wks so i am starting to plan his bday party, it will be just family, nothing huge.

Max is around 11kgs and he would eat all day if i let him!
still breastfed, he probably has 4 or 5 feeds a day.
he is such a boy, loves to kick things, and bang things, and the more boystress the better
i can picture him when he gets older, he will take whatever it is the girls are playing with, off them, and he will run away laughing while the girls cry cause he took their stuff

his tounge tremors have fully stopped also to very very VERY happy about that.
off to the sydney childrens hosp to the neuro musculor Dr on the 24th for his follow up appointment, hopefully they wont need to see him again after that.
Max is still having physio, and O.T. checks his fine motor skills, which he is still behind on, but the older he gets im thinking its part Max too, he's just a very laid back boy......................he's bewdiful and i love him to bits....

Max's MRI 15th June 09

Max had his MRI today , it went well, I dropped the girls to Mums last night, Hannah had the day off school, which made it so much easier, so Hannah and Kaylee had a sleep over and they were very excited about it. Mum said they were very good and not 1 fight! so that was great, Shanaye was there too, and usually when the 3 of them get together, and them all being Scorpios, they all want to be the leader LOL

I dont often have to get up at 5.30am ............we left home about 6.30am, I just put Max straight from his bed into the car, all rugged up, he woke up for about 5mins, but once we started driving he was asleep again, he had to fast from 3am so I was worried he would be crying in the car on the way up cause he was hungry, but he slept the whole way. we got to the hosp around 8.30am and then went onto the ward, and they were running late, as hospitals do, and our 9am appointment time ended up being 11am, but around 10am Max started to get cranky and hungry, so I just tried to distract him with the toys and looking out windows, and he did very well.
when they put the mask on him to anesthetize him , I got a bit of a lump in my throat, they asked did I want to kiss him before I left, but I couldn't, it would have made me 'really' cry, then I had to wait about 45mins for him to be scanned, they were giving free back and shoulder massages for patients and staff, but I couldn't find the room so I missed out, I just went to the cafe and had some lunch, and then went to the waiting room, and I was there about 10mins but it felt like an eternity......................then 1 of the nurses came and spoke to another parent and I asked her if Max was in recovery yet, and can I just go and wait by his side rather than in the waiting room, and she went in and asked and then came straight back out to get me, so that made me feel so much better................it was so funny watching him wake up in recovery, I really wish I had got it on video! it was like he was drunk. he was giving all the nurses his cheeky smile, we were all laughing, and they said they how nice it would be if all babies came out of recovery like Max did. and I felt really good, all of the nurses came in to see Max, all at the same time, and they said to each other, come in here and look at how happy this baby is, hes so cute, meanwhile on the other side of the room theres a 4yr old throwing a tantrum on the floor! and I kinda thought to myself, I bet the mother of that child wishes she was me LOL, if only for a little while LOL. good confidence boost anyway.

the Dr came in and went through the scans with me, and showed me all the different parts, so I pretty much got the results, and she said there were no signs of any abnormalities and the cyst/tumor thing had completely gone,,,.....................such a relief to hear that, and I just about cried, and Dr bye noticed and rubbed my arm, and you know how if you are upset and somebody touches you it makes you worse, I had to try and laugh a bit so I didn't cry LOL.......such a sooky la la I am. LOL

we left about 2.30 and then I drove to Mums to get the girls, and we finally got home about 5pm, and the girls were exhausted because they fell asleep in the car, and I put them into bed when we got home, they didnt wake up. Max had some dinner, a bit more than usual, I think he made up for not having any breakfast! He went to bed around 8.30 and went straight off to sleep, hes so good............I dont know how I got so lucky
it really is a weight off our shoulders...................

Update on Max

currently with his physio we are working on his leg strength, and has to practice pulling himself up on things , so going from a sitting position then getting up onto his feet, he can do it on the girls table, or holding onto the side of his playpen, but once he gets up he cant get back down, so I have to sit him back on the floor and let him pull himself up again, he isn't showing signs of standing on his own yet, and he doesn't take steps or move his feet when he stands, I think he gets a bit scared cause he doesn't have the leg strength just yet. there are about 3 babies all 3 and 4mths younger than him and they are all on the same level. .........he will get there eventually.
but he is still the best baby, goes to bed without crying, I put him down, kiss him gnite, give him his dummy and walk out and shut the door and then I don't hear a peep out of him. the past few wks he has been waking up, not sure if its because he gets cold or if his teeth are bugging him.
His MRI is booked in for June 15th, so hopefully he stays healthy between now and then, otherwise we will have to wait another 6mths again. because he has to under a general they wont knock him out if he has been sick...................

back to work for me

I started back at work about 3wks ago, and it hasnt changed a bit. I was even having a conversation the wasnt continued on from 12mths ago when i left! it doesnt even feel like i had a whole yr off. I was meant to start back in March but broke my baby toe , so then I had to wait another 6wks before i could get my stael capped work boots on. so far its good, its my child free time, I dont get to go out without the kids ever so 2 nights a week is a good release, and being paid for it makes it a bonus. stops me from going around the bend too LOL

Kaylee @ pre school

Kaylee is loving pre-school, she always asks if she can go again tomorrow! LOL.
on wednesday the teacher told me how impressed she is with what Kaylee can do, she is advanced for her age with some things, and its mainly thanks to Hannah, because Hannah will learn things in kindy and then come home and teach them to Kaylee, and Kaylee then does the same things at little school , she is a very fast learner, so we wont have any problems with her which is great....................(she has her mothers brain hahahahahaha)..................
and her best friend is a boy!! Noah, she said he talks to her and plays with her all day, but she doesnt like the other boys, just all the other girls.

Max

Max is getting his 1st double tooth, no wonder he has been so very cranky!!!

Kaylees first day at Pre-school.

for the past few weeks we have been getting Kaylee ready for little school ( Hannah goes to big school so Kaylle goes to little school) telling her that we will drop her off and she can stay there all day and then we pick her up in the afternoon, and she loved hearing it, she liked for 1 of us to watch her go to the toilet but we have been saying to her to go by herself cause we cant watch her at little school, sometimes she would wet her pants so we were using this to get her to go to the loo straight away.
I took Hannah to school then took Kaylee to kindy, and we walked in to the room and she put her bag into her locker, and then with a big confident smaqile said, ok so waht can i do? they had a table set up with puzzles on it, another table with play dough and another table with paper and pencils, first she chose the puzzle table, and got fed up with that pretty quick as she couldnt do it, so she then moved to the play douhg table, and one she was getting into it she said, ok mum you can go home now if you want to and you can come and get me again after you go home. so I told Kaylee if she needed me just tell the teacher to ring me and i will come and pick her up. gave her a hug and a kiss and she didnt look back LOL
I was thinking i would be staying there about an hr for her to get used to the room and teqchers, because thats what i did with Hannah, but i was in and out in about 10mins! so i then had 45mins to kill as i had a dr appointment for Max to get his 12mth needles, so i did a bit of window shopping .......

I left home at 2.30 so i could talk to the teachers to see how she went, and Ivka told me that about 11am Kaylee asked her to ring my mum cause i need her, and Ivka told kaylee to wait a while as they were about to go outside and have a play, so Kaylee smiled at the thought of playing outside on the slippery dip and was good as gold after that, I think maybe at 11 she had done all the inside activities and maybe she just felt a bit lost as to what to do next.
I asked her did she make any friends and she said yes ( with a very cheeky smile),,,,,,, 2 boys!!! LOL.

she wants to go again tomorrow , but we told her she has to wait til next wednesday, and she said OKAY (in her nasaly smiley voice )

Max's first birthday!

the girls letting the heluim balloons go after Max's bday party
Max and his 1st bday car track cake.
Max having his bday dinner on his new plate Daddy bought for his bday

my baby boy is 1! and i cried all day, Happy that he is getting older and more interactive with us, but sad because i wont ever have a baby aged zero ever again.......

i'll have to come back and update this later)