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Monday, August 25, 2008

Still Envious

When I went to get the kids up this morning, my younger son (YS) was just waking up and my older son (OS) was bouncing all over the place. Usually it's the opposite. I think it's because unfortunately we had the pleasure of finding OS taking up the entire bed curled up in bed with us last night thus allowing the boys to sleep in separate rooms and prolonging their usual morning shouting matches brotherly playing. YS seemed groggy, but I didn't think too much of it. As usual, I was distracted with OS's theatrics. Poor second born YS!

After breakfast, I noticed that YS was walking around with a really bizarre expression on his face. It looked like his cheeks were sunken inward and his lips were pursed together. I did a finger sweep and found a piece of cheese in his mouth. He had "eaten" a piece of string cheese with breakfast. Thinking it was resolved I went back to the important things in life like loading the dishwasher and checking email. However, when I looked over at YS, a few minutes later he still had that same expression on his face. Again, I did a finger sweep and found another piece of cheese (the breakfast dishes had long been cleared so this was the same piece from breakfast.)

I de-slimed my finger and went back to what I was doing. However, another glance over at YS revealed the same expression. Then with a sinking feeling I realized that I hadn't heard him speak all day. Not even his usual "No, OS!!!!!" at breakfast that happens at least a half a dozen times. I bolted up from the couch and did yet another finger sweep except this one was empty. I started to get nervous. What the heck was wrong with his face? I tried to coax him to say some words. Nothing. Why couldn't he swallow that cheese that I had removed? Was there a problem with his facial muscles? I called the Big Giraffe who asked to speak to YS after I not so calmly told him my concern. YS began speaking to him, but his words were mumbled.

I was a little panicky at this point, but felt better that at least he was talking. He already had a doctor's appointment scheduled for this morning for a weight check. Plus he was playing normally with OS. He was also making good eye contact. Other than the weird expression and the fact that he wasn't saying anything, he seemed fine. I decided to finish getting us ready. I did a final finger sweep and again there wasn't anything there. However, when I went to brush YS's teeth a few minutes later, he began to act squirrelly. After a wrestling match a battle of wills, I discovered why: there was a small piece of cheese lodged under his tongue that he was sucking on.

I pried it out of his mouth and almost lost my fingers in the process. It was just like in the movies where a baby is born and a few seconds later they began to cry (my kids came out crying.) There was a moment of silence where I could see the wheels turning in his eyes and his mouth gearing up to let out an ear piercing scream that he wanted the cheese back. Things were fortunately back to normal.

The pediatrician said it was a toddler power struggle. She welcomed YS to the world of being two. Great. In the meantime, YS put on a pound an a half! The progress is good and on track. He's to continue with his current diet including whole milk and be re-checked in three months. Yes, I still am envious of my own child!

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: The cheese stands alone; hopefully it's not standing alone under your child's tongue.

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posted by Alex Elliot @ 11:29 AM   6 comments
6 Comments:

  • At 8/25/2008 1:13 PM, Blogger Tracey said…

    Lil stinker. Sucking on cheese... ew.

    Hey, I tried to email to the You're a woman now and it keeps coming back. Do you have a different email other than the one listed on the site?

     

  • At 8/25/2008 2:04 PM, Blogger Heather said…

    My brother's kid used to stash food in his mouth, then take a nap. He'd wake up hours later and start chewing. NASTY.

     

  • At 8/25/2008 3:29 PM, Blogger Kate said…

    Ah, the toddler years. Can't we just skip ahead to 1st grade? I hear ya on that. My youngest is 2 1/2.

     

  • At 8/25/2008 7:25 PM, Blogger Sally HP said…

    WHAT?! That is SICK! I can't imagine how 'tasty' cheese would be after sucking on it for a couple of hours :(

     

  • At 8/25/2008 7:58 PM, Blogger Meredith said…

    Yikes! Hopefully it was just a one-time thing.

     

  • At 8/27/2008 12:11 PM, Blogger skiplovey said…

    That's great that he gained weight so quickly.
    What is the special diet that YS is on, can I find it somewhere? Our doctor advised us last week to up our son's calories. He's pretty picky so that'll be challenging.

     
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