Post-"Doctor" Update

First of all, thanks to a few of you for checking in on E today...Kirsty's 2 comments, Britten's email, Samantha's call. That meant a lot to me, and to Jason for that matter so THANK YOU!

APPOINTMENT RE-CAP
Yeah, I'm trying the sub-headings again. We went and saw the PA and Easton didn't cry at all. I guess he's only afraid of his regular doctor and nurse. He even sat nicely on the scale to be weighed. Normally the other nurse has him lay down for that part, he liked sitting much better so I'm glad I asked if it we could try that way.

So anyway, she checked out his ears and throat, listened to his little heart and lungs, listened to and pushed on his tummy and declared all of those to be just fine. She even said one of his ears looked "Perfect". Oh, and she was only able to look in one nostril but I'm sure the other one was fine. Eastie didn't like holding still for that part too much and she didn't push it. Basically, she's not sure if he might just have a mild form of this tummy virus that's been going around or perhaps if he's developed a dairy allergy. Nooooooo, please no! Either way, we're supposed to stop giving him any dairy (and citrus) for a few days and see if it helps. Then, we're going to re-introduce it and see what happens. Apparently when we have a virus the "stuff" in our stomach that helps us digest dairy and citrus can get worn down. So, you can potentially develop a temporary intolerance for those things when you're sick. I'm really really hoping its merely a virus, with as picky as Easton is and the way he refuses non-dairy sources of protein I really don't know what we'd do if he was allergic. Keep your fingers crossed with me!

I'm just hoping he starts feeling better soon. He was a little dehydrated today with fewer wet diapers. He was also real low energy tonight and really isn't eating much at all. This afternoon he had half a grape and at dinner he had only a few sips of apple juice. He did drink his chocolate soy milk without batting an eye, I guess he didn't notice anything was amiss. That's good!

CAR SEAT CONVERSATIONS
So, Easton was only 18 pounds 14 ounces today. Still not 20 pounds. We're (I'm) waiting until he's officially 20 pounds before we turn his car seat around. I'm sure he's strong enough and ready and certainly willing but the recommendation is to be both 1 year old and 20 pounds before you turn them forward facing. And, being the rule-follower that I am, that's what we're doing. J thinks we could turn him around now and we probably could but rear-facing is safest anyway, he's just lucky I'll agree once he is 20 pounds :) But, gosh...that seems like such a long way off and he gets so hot with no AC to blow on him. Easton just needs to get healthy and start eating better. We need to fatten him up fast.

THE 'BRARY BULLY
So even though he's not 100% I still took Easton to Circle Time today. The bully was there and we learned his name is Samuel. He wasn't a trouble maker today but his dad annoyed me instead. When we got there he noticed Easton's outfit and said, "Oh, I love rompers." How girly. And, yes, E was wearing a one piece thing today but he looked cute and I would never call it a "romper". If it wasn't the bully's dad it probably wouldn't have phased me a bit. Maybe he really did mean it in a nice way...perhaps to attempt to make up for the bullying? Oh well. Easton wouldn't sit still towards the middle of the second story so we left. He was disturbing the other listeners. They did do a dance before that story with a little plastic shaker egg and he was so cute shaking it about. I guess he wasn't ready to sit still after the short dance. Crazy guy.

GUESS WHO'LL BE WORKING FOR BILL GATES
Yup, my man J was offered a new job with Microsoft! He's starting out just as a contracted employee and not technially an official Microsoft man to start but they think they'll be able to bring him on soon as an official non-contracted guy. They are in a hiring freeze at this place because of the recent merger. The really cool thing about all this is that they sought Jason out. He wasn't even looking for a job! It's all moving really fast which is a little nerve racking for me but what an opportunity, huh?!

THE FANCY PANTS BAND
So, partly due to the recent huge change in Jason's life (um, I'm referring to Microsoft if that wasn't an obvious transition), he's decided not to play in the new band. Mostly its an issue of "too many irons in the fire". I'm happy if he's happy. Although, the tour would've made me unhappy I have to admit. He's still going to play an upcoming "Battle of the Bands" gig with them but that's it. He's at rehearsal now as a matter of fact. I honestly don't mind these late night rehearsals too much. They affect me a LOT less than his old band's "Sunday at 3" for 3 hours practices. With the late night ones like now he's here to help do Easton's bedtime routine then off he goes and I have the night to blog, watch a movie he doesn't want to see (like tonight's Brokeback Mountain), or simply go to bed early! I think I'll only watch part of Brokeback Mountain and then hit the sack before too long. Good night and thanks for checking in!