He's 3 months old today! He continues to do great with his recovery. He weighed in today at 15 pounds 4 ounces. His pediatrician tells us he's in the 75th-90th percentile. I feel like he should be higher than that. I mean he's 3 months old and almost out of 6 month clothing. Hard to believe my little "big" man is growing so fast.
He's even moved out of the newborn napper part of the pack-n-play and is now in the bottom of it.
Last Tuesday was the first official day of summer vacation. That means that our fabulous sitter takes her summer vacation too. So Lucy is with me. All. The. Time. Jackson and I are still adjusting to having her with us. I love having summers off, but sometimes it is so hard having both kids. I sound like such a cry-baby. I've contemplated calling Tina to see if she'll take Lucy for a day to two during the week. Just kidding....sort of :)
So last Tuesday I was taking both kids to Target for the very first time by myself. I loaded them up in the car and off we went. Lucy was adament that she didn't want to ride in the cart. She was a "big girl". So I let her. I made sure she was right beside me the whole time. I stopped to look at something in the baby section and in a split-second she was gone. I yelled for her throughout the section. I pushed the cart back and forth looking for her. I went running up aisles and down aisles while yelling for her. Nothing. Then I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. I ran to the end cap of the aisle and she was sitting in a stroller there smiling and said, "hi mom!" It was the worst 30+ seconds of my life. She was quickly placed in the shopping cart for the remainder of the trip. We promptly found ourselves at the wine aisle. I cried the whole way home. Mother of the Year Award went to me that afternoon.
Fast forward to bath time that same night, Ted is working late taking pictures. Mama is flying solo with baths. Lucy gets her bath while I put Jackson in the bouncy seat in the bathroom. When we're done in there, I carry him in the bouncy seat (strapped in, of course) into Lucy's room to get her ready for bed. I'm combing Lucy's hair and bouncing Jackson with my foot. Multi-tasking at its finest. We tuck Lucy in bed and I pick up the bouncy seat (with Jackson strapped in) to go back into the living room, and a piece of the bouncy seat comes off. He falls forward in the bouncy seat hitting the floor with the bouncy seat following behind him, because I had strapped him in. I panicked. I just dropped my kid, that just had open heart surgery, on the floor. Head first. I cried harder than he did. I was able to calm him down and didn't see signs of trauma, bleeding, bumps, or bruising. My mom assured me that I was dropped on the floor as a child too. And I'm fine. Dropping him on the floor sealed my place as Mother of the Year. When I finally laid him down for the night, I gave myself a time out and cried and cried and cried. Alas, my mother was right. Jackson was just fine. He might need therapy later in life but for now he's ok.
Prior to the "dropping my heart surgery child on the floor" incident, Jackson found himself back at the cardiologist office. He had gotten a little virus and had developed a cough/cold. I called his pediatrician, who said he'd better get checked out since the cough was hanging on. We went in and his doctor assured me that it was just a virus that would run its course. But to be on the safe side, let's get a chest x-ray. His chest x-ray showed "pulmonary overcirculation due to heart condition". His doctor called me and assured me that the x-ray doctor was reading too much into the x-ray, it was a virus. But to be safe, let's go see the cardiologist. Finally, his cardiologist agreed with his pediatrician and that the x-ray doctor read too much into it. He's much better now and over his cough. I'm beyond thrilled that everyone is taking their time to make sure he's ok. They're ordering extra tests, extra office visits. Makes me feel good. Scares me too. Fun Fact #1: children and infants get 10-12 viruses a year! And that's perfectly normal. Wow! Guess we just wait for the next one to arrive :)
Still having napping issues with Jackson. He is sleeping through the night though! That's great news for mom and dad! He seems to love tummy time. He gets really mad when we're in the car and I have to stop at a light or stop sign. He does not like to stop. Keep moving!
Lucy loves her brother. She wants to give him kisses all the time. We're working on her not smothering him when she gives him kisses. She wants to be right on him. Whenever she sees his scar, she kisses "brother's boo boo". Then smiles and says, "all better."
We've had several adventures this past month. We've traveled to Athens, went to the zoo, the infamous Target trip, and many others. Trying to keep ourselves busy this summer. If anyone wants playdates, don't hesitate to let me know. We're up for them! In addition to our planned adventures, we've decided to try to sell our condo again. That means that this place has to be kept clean. The words "clean" and "toddler" don't really go together. I guess we'll manage.
If you, or someone you know, is looking for a lovely 2 bedroom, 2 bath, cathedral ceiling condo with pool and tennis courts, let me know :)
As always, here are some pictures from the past month.
Lucy loves playing with Jackson's toys, even though she's WAY too big for them!
Cousins (Jackson, Lucy, and Addie)
My jogging buddy.
Addie and Jackson
All smiles for daddy :)
Happy summer!
