TALAN @ 4 MONTHS

SO, TALAN IS 4 MONTHS OLD. WE WENT FOR HIS 4 MONTH VISIT TO SEE THE PEDIATRICIAN LAST WEEK. TALAN NOW WEIGHS 19LBS 4OZ AND IS 26 INCHES LONG. I CAN BARELY CARRY THIS "LITTLE" BOY ANYMORE. HE GOT HIS 4 MONTH SHOTS AND DID MUCH BETTER THIS TIME. HE IS GETTING REALLY GOOD AT TUMMY TIME. HE IS TRYING TO SIT HIMSELF UP NOW, ALTHOUGH HE TENDS TO TIP OVER ONCE HE GETS UP. THE PEDIATRICIAN TOLD ME WE COULD TRY CEREAL ONCE A DAY IF WE NOTICED HIM WATCHING US EAT AND TRYING TO GRAB FOR THINGS AT THE TABLE. SO, I DID. AT FIRST I ADDED SOME BREAST MILK TO A LITTLE CEREAL AND TRIED TO GIVE IT TO HIM FROM A SPOON. HE DEFINATELY TRIED TO SPIT IT AT ME. SO I ADDED THAT TO A BOTTLE WITH HIS POLYVISOL VITAMINS. UM, I ENDED UP THROWING THAT WHOLE BOTTLE DOWN THE SINK. NO ONE TOLD ME THAT THE POLYVISOL HAD A VERY DISTINCT FLAVOR AND TASTE WHICH WILL RUIN ANYTHING YOU ADD IT TO. I GUESS THAT IS THE WAY YOU LEARN???
WE DID GET A REALLY GOOD SCARE THIS PAST SUNDAY. TALAN IS REALLY CONSISTENT ABOUT HIS POTTY TIME IN THE MORNINGS. SUNDAY MORNING I CHANGED HIS DIAPER AROUND 9 AM AND NURSED HIM AT 9:30 BEFORE I LEFT FOR WORK. RANDY CALLED ME AROUND NOON TO LET ME KNOW THAT TALAN HADN'T EATEN OR POOPED. WELL THAT'S NOT NORMAL FOR THIS LITTLE BOY. SO, WE WAITED A LITTLE WHILE LONGER TO SEE IF ANYTHING CHANGED AND BY 4 IT HADN'T. WE ENDED UP TAKING HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT MEDICAL CITY AND SITTING THERE FOR 4 HOURS. THEY GAVE HIM AN IV WITH FLUIDS AND TOOK SOME BLOOD. THAT WASN'T FUN WHEN THEY TRIED THE HAND AND THEN HAD TO GO TO THE FOOT. THEY HAD TO PUT A CATHITER IN TO GET A PEE SAMPLE. THEN TO TOP IT OFF THEY GAVE HIM A SUPOSITORY. ONCE THEY DID THAT HE DEFINATELY DID HIS THING. THE BLOOD WORK CAME BACK NEGATIVE. ALL WAS OK WITH OUR LITTLE BOY. SO, OUR FIRST TRIP TO THE ER TAUGHT US IT IS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. EVERYTHING IS BACK TO NORMAL TODAY.
WE DID TAKE OUR FIRST FAMILY TRIP TOGETHER. WE WENT TO BROKEN BOW IN OKLAHOMA FOR A WEEKEND. WE TOOK THE BOAT AND RENTED A SWEET CABIN. ASHLEY N JAY, MICAH N ALYSSA, TROY N ASHLEY, LAURA N MATT, AND DEBBIE N PAUL ALL WENT. WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME. TALAN DID GREAT IN THE CAR RIDE THERE AND BACK WHICH WAS A FUN 3 HOURS. OF COURSE HE SLEPT MOST OF THE WAY.
OTHER THAN THAT LIFE AS USUAL IN THE WESTON HOME.